Manufacturing Magazine March 2015 | Page 101

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American Apparel Inc . was recently named Gold Star Superior Supplier by the Defense Logistics Agency
major supplier of military uniforms for over 25 years and our employees take a tremendous pride in the support of the Warfighter ,” said Chuck Lambert , Chief Operating Officer for American Apparel .
“ To be honest , we ’ ve never focused on the award , but to even be in the same discussions associated with the other Gold Star companies on the list is most humbling .”
The award designation is part of the DLA ’ s Superior Supplier Incentive Program ( SSIP ), which is designed to incentivize contractor performance by identifying suppliers with the highest rankings in areas such as cost , schedule , performance , quality , and business relations .
According to Lambert , winning the award has created an attitude within our organization that it

“ Our QMS is maintained and continually improved through the use of quality objectives , internal audits , data analysis , corrective action and management review .”

– Chuck Lambert , Chief Operating Officer for American Apparel
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