Sanmar Shipping was among the six South Indian companies that was selected to receive the AMVER (Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue) Awards this year. Amver is an international maritime programme, operated by the U S Coast Guard, to assist the safety of vessels on the high seas. The Amver Awards Programme, inaugurated in 1971, recognises those vessels, which regularly participate in the Amver system. Sanmar Shipping qualified for this award in which merchant ships from all over the world participate.
At the awards presentation - C V Subba Rao, Sanmar Shipping (2nd from left) with the US Consul General in Chennai, Andrew T Simkin(3rd from left)
Recognising the importance of information sharing, and the benefi ts derived from past successes, Crane announced our companywide Success Story Race! The intent was to generate a database of application examples, a compilation of success stories captured from the invaluable knowledge of the sales personnel. Sales engineers sent in their success stories elaborating - what was the customer’s application, what problems he was facing with his application, what did the sales engineer do differently to help him solve his problem and what was the overall strategy.
Dinesh Satheesan of Xomox Sanmar, Valves Division, won the 2nd prize in the Success Story Race competition hosted by the vertical marketing team focusing around success in the chemical based applications. Dinesh won a cash prize for his success case.
Kesari Prasad, Dinesh Satheesan, Sriram Ramakrishnan
The winners were selected after careful review by an approval committee that included representatives from sales and business management. The judging committee(Mark Breese,
John Kalnins and Gregor Bach) established a cumulative numeric rating for each success story based upon a defined set of questions.
The participation in the Success Story Race is a global one and the case studies are shared by the entire organisation, making this an attractive medium to share and learn from best practices around the world within the organisation.
Xomox Sanmar received the best supplier award from Sterlite Industries, Tuticorin. The award was presented to Xomox Valves Division for being the best supplier in the Engineering Products category, scoring on quality and competitive pricing. Ramesh Nair, COO of Sterlite Industries, presented the award at the Vendor Meet held in Chennai on 22 August 2009.