From a slow start a few years ago, the Contribution to Environmental Improvement category is now one of the most active, with a growing number of very worthy entries.
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This was a hard fought category with four good contenders for the prize.
Exemplary customer service is central to supply chain excellence, and this Award certainly offered a fine selection of initiatives aimed at driving up customer satisfaction levels.
As may have been expected, the Logistics & Fulfilment category received a great number of entries again this year – and hence, the shortlist was long, making the judges’ task that much harder.
Innovation is always a difficult category for the judges – mainly because it’s difficult to determine what an innovative step is, exactly, as opposed to the application of known technology or methods.
Lancashire-based discount specialist B&M Retail has bought Rockpoint’s 618,839 sq ft The Vault facility at Liverpool International Business Park.
The Individual Contribution Award is unique in that the winner is chosen by a vote of the readers of Supply Chain Standard.
The Team of the Year can come from any area of supply chain and this year the judges chose to shortlist four outstanding entries: British Sky Broadcasting, Belron, Carlsberg UK in partnership with Gist; and Procter & Gamble.
An expert and efficient ‘solution’ to help cut costs should be a priority.
As always the Consumer &Retail category drew plenty of entries, but when it came to selecting for the shortlist four stood out from the rest.
