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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rolls-Royce Corporation Executive Vice President Elected to CAPS Research Board
of Trustees
(TEMPE, Arizona) April 28, 2008 – The CAPS Research Board of Trustees recently elected
a leading supply management professional from the Aerospace & Defense industry,
Beverly Gaskin, to serve as a Trustee. Gaskin is the Executive Vice President of
Supply Management at Rolls-Royce North America, and is responsible for developing
the company's supply chain strategies and policies with regionally-based suppliers.
Rolls-Royce North America provides land, sea and air power solutions worldwide.
CAPS Research is a globally recognized supply management research organization affiliated
with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and the Institute
for Supply Management™ (ISM). The Board of Trustees is responsible for setting overall
operating policies and procedures, and establishing key research programs.
Gaskin is also responsible for optimizing the company's supply chain value through
stabilization of the supply base, and growing capabilities and driving efficiency
and effectiveness across several Rolls-Royce businesses headquartered in the United
States including Energy, Corporate and Regional Aircraft, Helicopters & Small Gas
Turbine Engines, and Defense North America. Rolls-Royce North America has annual
spend in excess of $1.4 billion in the U.S. and Canada.
Prior to joining Rolls-Royce North America in September 2006, Gaskin was the Director
of Global Supply Chain Management at Delphi Steering business. She is an accomplished
supply management professional with an outstanding record of success in global strategic
sourcing, supplier quality, supplier development and cost savings.
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About CAPS Research
www.capsresearch.org:
CAPS Research is a nonprofit research organization founded in 1986 to provide leading
research to our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and to the public. Our mission
is to work in partnership with a global network of executives and academics for
the discovery and dissemination of strategic supply management knowledge and best
practices. CAPS Research is jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business
at Arizona State University, the Institute for Supply Management™ and over
145 Global 1000/Fortune 500-size organizations.
About Rolls-Royce North America
www.rolls-royce.com/northamerica:
Rolls-Royce North America takes care of the North American operations of London-based
Rolls-Royce plc, maker of aircraft engines, gas turbines, diesel engines, power
generation sets, marine engines, and distribution systems. Major businesses include
Rolls-Royce Energy Systems (gas turbine engines), Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine
(sales and service for marine engines), Data Systems & Solutions (decision support
systems), Rolls Royce Corporation (aircraft, industrial, and marine engines), and
Rolls-Royce Engine Services (aircraft engine repair and overhaul). Rolls-Royce plc's
helicopter, corporate aircraft, and energy businesses are headquartered in the US.
Rolls-Royce North America employs over 7,300 people at more than 64 locations throughout
the United States and Canada.
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CAPS Research
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