FedEx Corp to receive OCI award on Oct 2

02 Oct '07

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The Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), the leading advocate and comprehensive resource for the profession of product development and innovation announced the winners of its Outstanding Corporate Innovators (OCI) award for 2007.

FedEx Corp and MSA (Mine Safety Appliances Co) will receive the OCI award on October 2 at PDMA's annual International Conference at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando Fla.

PDMA members nominated more than 20 global candidates for this year's OCI award. Winning organizations demonstrate exceptional skill in continuously creating and capturing value through new product and service development.

“We are pleased to recognize these two organizations that demonstrate an enterprise-wide commitment to innovation and are highly successful in the continuous development of profitable new products,” said Stan Jankowski, chair of PDMA's OCI award selection committee.

“The practices employed by each of these companies will provide significant learning experiences for the new product development community when the recipients share their award-winning techniques at International Conference.”

Driving Business Success by Linking a Disciplined NPD Process with the Voice of the Customer Following a well-defined innovation strategy that is strongly tied to corporate objectives, MSA has leveraged technology and process discipline to transform a 94-year-old company with roots in mining into a global leader in sophisticated safety products.

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