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Congratulations to the 2018 semi-finalists
Talent Breakthrough of the Year
Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year
How to Vote
We invite members of the supply chain profession who are part of the SCM World community to vote for who should make the group of finalists. Voting will take place between 6 September and 13 October 2017 – it’s up to your professional peers to decide who makes it to the final stage!
If you’re a member of the SCM World Community you will have received an email asking you to vote. Email [email protected] if you would like this resent.
As an SCM World member, you will be able to cast your vote for up to six entries. You may not vote for your own company. Votes over the six maximum and all self-votes will be discarded.
The finalists will then be individually evaluated by an expert panel of the world’s leading C-level supply chain executives and academics. In this final stage, each judge will rank the finalists in each category based on their achievement against each of the three award criteria: innovation, execution and impact. The final winners will be revealed at SCM World Live Americas on 6 February 2017.
2017-2018 Timeline
The semi-finalists for the SCM World Power of the Profession Awards have been announced and the community vote is now open. Between 6 September and 13 October, practitioner members of the SCM World community will shortlist the top six initiatives for each of the two main categories.
From this community vote, we will reveal the finalists across both categories at SCM World’s Live Europe Forum in Barcelona on 31 October 2017. From these finalists, our panel of distinguished industry judges will select the strongest initiatives in each sub-category, and from those, determine the two overall winners.
The winners will be revealed and celebrated at a gala dinner at SCM World Live Americas Forum on 6 February 2018 at the Turnberry Isle Resort in Miami.
Awards Ceremony
The Power of the Profession Awards 2018 ceremony will take place at a gala dinner on 6 February 2018 at the Turnberry Isle Resort in Miami, Florida, as part of the SCM World Live Americas Forum.
Join us at this forum to celebrate not only your own successes, but also learn from other initiatives by meeting industry peers including the finalists and winners in person.
For more information about SCM World Live Americas, which is open to VPs, SVPs and EVPs in supply chain functions, please register your interest here.
Award Categories
The Power of the Profession Awards comprise two awards categories: Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year and Supply Chain Talent Breakthrough of the Year.
Within each category there are three sub-categories, meaning there are eight awards available in total. To win, entries need to demonstrate how they meet the following criteria. More generally, the judges are also looking for the level of innovation, the quality of execution and your ability to demonstrate the impact of your initiative – both qualitatively and quantitatively. See below for further information on the categories for the 2018 Power of the Profession Awards.
Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year
Initiative that drives breakthrough innovation for customers, the business and/or the lasting benefit of society.
Category awards:
Customer Innovation of the Year
Supply chain initiative that has created a more valuable customer experience and achieved a positive, quantifiable impact on customer loyalty.
Supply chain initiative that has created a more valuable customer experience and achieved a positive, quantifiable impact on customer loyalty.
Business Win of the Year
Supply chain initiative that has contributed outstanding top-line business performance, profitable growth, savings, and/or given a distinct competitive edge.
Supply chain initiative that has contributed outstanding top-line business performance, profitable growth, savings, and/or given a distinct competitive edge.
Social Impact of the Year
Supply chain initiative that has achieved a positive, quantifiable impact on society, local communities and/or the environment.
Supply chain initiative that has achieved a positive, quantifiable impact on society, local communities and/or the environment.
Supply Chain Talent Breakthrough of the Year
Talent initiative that is shaping the supply chain team of the future by fostering diversity, creating value for the business and/or developing capabilities across the value chain.
Category awards:
Talent Diversity Champion of the Year
Supply chain talent program that has resulted in a more diverse and engaged workforce throughout the supply chain organization.
Supply chain talent program that has resulted in a more diverse and engaged workforce throughout the supply chain organization.
Talent Payback of the Year
Supply chain talent initiative that has driven tangible revenue growth, cost savings, product innovation or outstanding customer satisfaction metrics.
Supply chain talent initiative that has driven tangible revenue growth, cost savings, product innovation or outstanding customer satisfaction metrics.
Talent Partnership of the Year
Supply chain talent initiative that has extended capability development across the value chain, quantitatively driving value internally and/or externally with suppliers and partners.
2017 Winners
Talent Breakthrough of the Year
Talent Diversity Champion of the Year
Talent Payback of the Year
Talent Partnership of the Year
Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year
Customer Innovation of the Year
Business Win of the Year
Social Impact of the Year
“The awards process really pushed us to reflect on what it takes to achieve supply chain excellence…”
Susanna Zhu, CPO at The Hershey Company, winner of the 2017 Talent Breakthrough of the Year award
