Skaneateles Falls, NY, USA, May 18, 2012 - Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, today announced it was a recipient of the annual Operational Excellence Award from Medline Industries, Inc., the nation’s largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products. The award recognizes companies that provided the highest quality of support, sales, supply chain performance and collaboration with Medline to achieve mutual goals. Welch Allyn received the honor at Medline’s National Sales Meeting held in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 25.

“Welch Allyn is honored to receive the prestigious Operational Excellence Award from Medline,” said Tom Doherty, senior director of global supply chain management at Welch Allyn. “Our compliance rating on Medline’s vendor scorecard was above 90 percent. This is a result of great teamwork not only among Welch Allyn sales representatives, but also between the corporate offices of Welch Allyn and Medline. We’re proud to consider them partners of ours and we look forward to working with them for many years to come.”

The Operational Excellence Award is part of Medline’s larger Distribution Supplier Recognition Awards program. All winners are chosen by a panel of executives from Medline’s Distributed Products division.

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