Matson Receives Two Honors From Toyota Logistics for 2007 Performance
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Matson Navigation Company has been honored with two 2007 Toyota
Logistics Excellence awards, one for Marine Quality and the other for
Outstanding Achievement.
The Quality Award recognizes Matson for meeting Toyota’s
damage percentage requirements, as well as implementing a comprehensive
damage prevention program that included a collaborative working
relationship between both companies. The program involved Toyota and
Matson developing a number of initiatives designed to ensure vehicles
were transported as safely and securely as possible, with an overall
focus on continuous improvement.
The Outstanding Achievement Award honored Matson for its role in
successfully providing sailing and delivery priorities for Toyota’s
roll out program for its new "Tundra”
model with auto dealers in Hawaii and Guam, in order to coincide with
release dates on the U.S. Mainland. The project encompassed meeting
requirements of rental car markets, inventory and distribution from West
Coast facilities and initiating systems development with Toyota
Logistics Systems to provide accurate advanced shipment notification.
"Matson is extremely proud to receive these
two high honors from Toyota,” said Ron Forest,
Matson’s senior vice president, operations. "Delivering
quality service for Toyota involves a cross functional team effort by
operations personnel in all key port locations, as well as maintaining
high levels of customer service and sales staff communications in order
to meet the manufacturer’s unique needs in the
Hawaii and Guam markets. We are very pleased to have achieved a very
successful damage prevention program. In addition, the recognition for
Outstanding Achievement is equally gratifying. Matson’s
contribution to Toyota’s roll out program for
its new Tundra model in Hawaii and Guam was a carefully coordinated
project that reflected a strong collaborative relationship between the
two companies. Matson also demonstrated its ability to transport Toyota’s
fleet of oversized vehicles to all of the major ports in Hawaii, as well
as Guam. We look forward to continuing to work with Toyota Logistics in
2008 and build on the successes realized in 2007.”
Matson provides ocean transportation services to Hawaii, Guam, China and
Micronesia, as well as logistics services through its subsidiary, Matson
Integrated Logistics. Matson is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alexander &
Baldwin, Inc. of Honolulu (NASDAQ:ALEX).
