The Gustave A. Larson Company recently celebrated the 26th anniversary of our supplier evaluation program, Partners in Excellence and Quality (PEAQ). An awards dinner was held at the Blue Mound Country Club in Wauwatosa, WI on July 29, 2015 to honor the five supplier winners for 2014.

The PEAQ Program was created out of the desire of Karl G. Larson to find a means to honor the partnership between the Gustave A. Larson Company and its business partners. The companies honored were:

• Advanced Distributor Products
• Crystal Distribution Inc.
• Heatcraft Refrigeration Products
• Nu-Calgon
• Mitsubishi Electric US Cooling and Heating.

All received the 2014 Partners in Excellence and Quality (PEAQ) Award.

The winners are chosen through an evaluation of data collected throughout the year considering various measurements of the quality of partnering in business. Factors considered in the supplier evaluation process include product quality, profitability, marketing, sales support, electronic commerce capabilities, on-time deliveries, lead-time, warranty policy, credit terms, business policies and procedures.