Awards categories

Operational Excellence Award

Demonstrating measurable Achievements in enhancing the bottom-line, maximising customer satisfaction, reducing cost, increasing market share and gaining leadership position though strategic supply chain implementation will be key factors. Key measures will include;

• Components of implementation for business processes along the supply chain through outcomes (stock turns, availability, etc),
• enablers (S&O Planning)
• and IT infrastructure (supporting investments) will also be key measures.

Winner

RS Components

Shortlisted Companies

Supply Chain Innovation Award

This award promotes greater lateral and expansive thinking in supply chain management. It will reward a company that has thought “outside the box” when solving supply chain challenges or driving value through the supply chain. Possible areas in which such innovative excellence can be achieved include co-ordinating business functions across the supply chain and developing mutually beneficial ways to strengthen supply chain relationships. Businesses will be rewarded for delivering success through pioneering and original supply chain techniques.

Winner

TRI-VIZOR with UCB, Baxter & H.Essers

Shortlisted Companies

Bakkavor Group, DHL Supply Chain, Helveta, Toyota Material Handling Europe, TRI-VIZOR with UCB, Baxter & H.Essers, Irish Dairy Board with Sterling Commerce

Best Value Chain Solutions Provider

The judges will be looking for examples where solution providers have demonstrated excellence and innovation in addressing a significant supply chain challenge; the results of which can be quantified and proved to be sustainable in terms of cost savings, revenue and customer satisfaction. Aspects of clearly defined service standards and suitable remedies, as well as the ability to provide bespoke solutions for unique challenges outside the traditional domain of complexities will be expected.

Winner

Johnson Controls

Shortlisted Companies

Crimson & Co, Iasta, Johnson Controls, Kinaxis, Plex Systems with Inteva Products

Best Collaborative Practice Award

This award recognises a company or partnership for its achievements in driving supply chain excellence through collaborative frameworks, resulting in improved business performance. With a focus on shared problem-solving using a new process or technique, this award celebrates a true partnership, especially at the relationship-trust level. Both sides must have gone beyond the terms of their contract to help and support each other; sharing risk and reward, as well as each other's resources to produce substantive results with commercial potential/application.

Winner

World Duty Free with Luxottica Group UK

Shortlisted Companies

Gerber Juice with Cannington Enterprises, Johnson Controls, Nypro Inc., World Duty Free with Luxottica Group UK

Supply Chain Skills Award

Even with the most up-to-date technology available, it is the people within the supply chain workforce that ultimately drive the success of the twenty-first century value chain. With an ever-growing “skills vacuum”, exacerbated by negative perceptions of supply chain and logistics, the judges will be looking to the business and academic worlds for success in developing the definitive skill set through inspiring leadership, innovative training, proactive recruitment techniques, as well as successful change management across the workforce.

Winner

Office Depot

Shortlisted Companies

Infineon Technologies AG, Office Depot

Green Supply Chain Award

Recognising the bottom-line value that a “green” supply chain delivers, this category rewards those companies which have demonstrated unparalleled performance in environmental supply chain planning and execution. This will include compliance with regulations, minimising waste from the supply chain process as well as the overall adoption of green practices across the supply chain. Entrants will need to illustrate success in cutting their carbon footprint, in turn presenting how they have transformed the green agenda into a business opportunity to drive profitability and deliver value. Additional value will be placed on efforts to roll out the sustainability initiative on a global basis across multiple plants.

Winner

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd.

Shortlisted Companies

Asda, Brakes Group, L’Oréal Luxury Products Division, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd., Unilever Brazil

Supply Chain Technology Award

This award recognises technology ideas that made substantial improvements to your supply chain.

Winner

ediTRACK

Shortlisted Companies

ediTRACK, Johnson Controls, Waer Systems Limited, Sterling Commerce

Customer Centric Supply Chain Award

This award recognises companies that can prove a demonstrable a commitment to putting the customer first. These companies represent a dynamic shift in the design of the supply chain as they are moving from a “push” supply chain to a customer- centric and demand driven model. They manage demand rather than merely respond to it. This award validates all initiatives that led to customer-centric excellence via supply chain activities.

Winner

Community Network Services Limited with Sterling Commerce

Shortlisted Companies

Dixons South East Europe (Kotsovolos), Office Depot, Community Network Services Limited with Sterling Commerce

Logistics Best Practise Award

This award recognises companies that drive logistics excellence throughout the organisation through developing efficient, sustainable and cost effective strategies. Its aim is to promote the outstanding achievements in any aspect of transport & distribution including operations, processes and services.

Winner

Asda

Shortlisted Companies

Asda, Halfords with Solving Efeso, Trade logistics with Ikea franchisee Fourlis Group