2024 Categories

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. 

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.

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.

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.  

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

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.

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.