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Industry Sector Categories

The Food & Drink Supply Chain Excellence Award 

This award recognizes projects that improve business outcomes via techniques, processes or projects for companies in the food and drink sector. It is open to anyone working in food and drink supply chains across all temperatures, including grocery, supermarket, wholesale, restaurants and on- and off-trade procurement, sourcing and distribution, as well as wholesale and contract caterers and 3PLs or 4PLs working in partnership with such businesses. 

The Public Sector Supply Chain Excellence Award

This award recognizes projects where supply chains have improved public services. It is open to anyone working in public sector supply chains, be it procurement, sourcing, distribution and 3PLs or 4PLs working in partnership with such businesses. These projects can be on a federal, state, or local level.

The Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Excellence Award

This award recognizes projects in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector that use supply chains to benefit patient health outcomes. It is open to any organization working in the life sciences, hospital and health and medical devices supply chains, be it procurement, sourcing or distribution, or to 3PLs and 4PLs working in partnership with such organizations.

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Excellence Award

This award recognizes projects in the manufacturing and/or engineering supply chain that have benefitted from the creation and supply of industrial equipment. It is open to manufacturing and/or engineering companies, or to 3PLs and 4PLs working in partnership with such companies. 

The Retail Supply Chain Excellence Award

This award recognizes projects in the retail sector that use techniques, processes or achievements to improve the retail experience. It is open to anyone working in a retail supply chain, from fashion to consumer goods to e-commerce, be it procurement, sourcing, distribution and 3PLs and 4PLs working in partnership with such organizations.

Supply Chain Categories

The Supply Chain Visibility Award

This award recognizes projects that demonstrate excellence in supply chain visibility throughout the supply chain. Examples could include projects that have improved order processing, inventory, delivery and mitigated potential supply chain disruptions.  

The Supply Chain Innovation Award

This award recognizes projects that demonstrate how an organization is driving change through the adoption of new, innovative supply chain practices.

The Digital Transformation Award

This award recognizes the key strategic investments in software that have improved supply chain visibility, efficiency, and overall supply chain performance, delivering benefits to customers. It is open to businesses that have succeeded in helping their partners evolve their traditional supply chains into connected, smart, and highly efficient supply chain ecosystems.

The Supply Chain Operations Award 

This award recognizes projects that demonstrate excellence in the efficiency of a supply chain operation. This could involve warehousing, national and international transport by air, sea, rail or road – or any combination of these elements. 

The Sustainable Supply Chain Award

This award recognizes projects that improve environmental sustainability within the  supply chain. Examples could include industrial property development, improved transport efficiencies, or improved recycling. 

The Sustainable Materials Award

This award recognizes projects that use materials more efficiently to minimize waste in the supply chain. Examples could include reduced use of packaging and plastics or the introduction of new sustainable materials.

The Warehouse Initiative Award

This award recognizes excellence in warehouse management, incorporating single-site operations or a multi-site strategy. Winning entries will demonstrate improvement in the efficiency of operations, be it through process, strategy and/or the advanced use of technology and/or automation.

The Clean Transport Award

This Clean Transport Award recognizes projects that showcase collaborations, technologies and policies aimed to cut carbon emissions, with the ultimate goal of making businesses more sustainable and establishing strategic advantages over the competition. It is open to vehicle manufacturers, end-user brands and technology providers.

Robotics Categories

The Best Use of Robotics

This award recognizes projects where an organization has used robotics to deliver fundamental changes to its logistics and supply chain operations. Examples could include pick and pack robotics or the use of AGVs in a warehouse environment.

The Best Use of Cobotics

This category recognizes organizations that demonstrate innovative, efficient or otherwise effective use of collaborative robots (cobots) across operations. Entrants must be able to show the organizational or wider sector benefits resulting from the application of the technology.

The Innovative Use of Artificial Intelligence Award

This category recognizes organizations that use artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-powered technologies in operations in a way that is innovative, improves efficiency or is otherwise beneficial to the organization or the sector.

The Smart Factory Award

This category recognizes organizations that have implemented technologies under the remit of Industry 4.0 into operations in a way that is innovative, improves efficiency or is otherwise beneficial to the organization or the sector. Examples of applicable technologies include those involving: sensors, mobile computing, cloud computing, IoT, big data/ data analytics, RFID, 3D printing, drones, cybersecurity and more.

The Industrial Innovation Award

This category recognizes organizations that show innovative application of industrial robotic or automated solutions. Entrants must show how use of such solutions has led to gains in productivity and efficiency, cost savings or other improvements to overall operations. Any organization that uses or implements robotics or automation technologies for industrial applications may apply.

The Robotic Innovation in Sustainability Award

This category recognizes organizations that demonstrate how use of robotic or automated solutions can or has led to improvement in the environmental impact of the company. This can include promoting biodiversity, reducing energy consumption or cutting carbon emissions.

People Categories

The Team of the Year

The winning entry will demonstrate the contribution of a high performing team to supply chain success.

This award is not directly open for entries.

The judges decide the winner by considering all entries across every category.

The Rising Star Award

This award is for young people starting their careers in supply chain and logistics who demonstrate enthusiasm, talent and the promise of great things to come. Candidates can come from all levels within the organization from apprentices upwards.

This award is open to any employee under the age of 30.