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45 AutoData | April 2018 recting directions: “Performance reports are constantly passed on to our partners throughout the year. We believe that the meeting narrows the relations that the company maintains with its suppliers”. In the manufacturer there is a belief that the annual awards meeting helps in the exchange of information in order to improve processes. So the supply chain can plan, develop and manage its business more efficiently, sharing stability with Hyundai. SEWING BUSINESS Another objective of the event, ac- cording to the executive, is to create an environment conducive to sewing new business globally and locally. Carvalho points to the event as “important to eli- minate doubts about what is expected of the supply chain in its main indicators, motivating everyone to obtain good results that, in the end, benefit customers”. Recognition is also working to promo- te evolution in terms of parts quality and other factors: “Quality indicators and pur- chased materials, warranty costs, agility in the location of parts and others that depend on our suppliers have improved considerably since the first edition of the award in 2014”. This year HMB recognized partners who excelled in the areas of innovation in cost reduction, logistics management and deliveries, quality, intelligent increase of local content, foreign trade services and also better performance by the supply of direct and indirect items. The winners were Dymos, TI Automotive, GrupoAntolin (Trimtec), Sogefi, DSE Logistics, PPG and Movitec respectively. Suppliers of the Year Hyundai 2018 Foreign Trade Services DSE Logistics Advice and customs clearance General Direct Purchases PPG Industrial Paints and chemicals Indirect General Purchases Movitec Industrial equipment Quality Grupo Antolin (Trimtec) Interior finishes Logistics and Delivery Management TI Automotive Clutch, Fuel and Brake Systems Increase Local Content Sogefi Brasil Suspension systems Innovation in Cost Reduction Dymos Seats