The Supply Chain Innovation Award

This new Award for 2008 is intended to recognise innovation in supply chain operations that has resulted from a deep collaboration and partnering effort between a shipper and service vendor such as a component supplier(s), consultant, technology company or logistics service provider All parties involved in the innovation should be listed on the ballot form. The Award is intended to be presented jointly to two parties but additional parties to the innovation can also be considered.

The four sets of nominated parties that receive the most votes through the balloting process will be contacted and requested to provide a white paper outlining details of the partnership and supply chain innovation achieved. These white papers will be passed to the panel of Awards judges who will choose the outright winners in the category. The white papers will also be published in editions of Supply Chain Asia Magazine.

Criteria for voting are as follows:

• Nominees should include at least one service buyer or shipper and one or more service vendor
• The nominees should have collaborated together and completed a project with clearly defined objectives and timescale within the past two years
• The results of the project should be quantifiable and should be reasonably believed to represent innovation in the practice of supply chain management
• The project should have been characterised by a deep collaboration and partnering effort between the parties involved

The Education & Training Award

In an effort to further bridge the gap between business and education, and as a natural follow on to the focus within Supply Chain Asia on education, training and human resource issues over the past year, we have introduced The Education & Training Award to the 2008 Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards. The Award will recognise an institution or organisation that has proven itself a leader in the field of Education & Training in the Supply Chain arena in Asia. As well as a recognition of general ability in the area of supply chain and logistics education and training, it can also be presented to an organisation or institution for a strong and innovative piece of research for the industry. Criteria for the Education & Training Award are as follows:

• Nominated bodies can be from the public or private sector
• Nominated bodies can be generally classed as educational institutions, training bodies, industry associations or private supply chain service companies with a top rate education and training programmes for staff
• The nominated bodies should be headquartered in Asia or should have a strong pedigree in education and training in supply chain and logistics in Asia
• The nominated bodies should have demonstrated innovation and creativity in the development of solutions to meet the regional supply chain and logistics human resource challenge
• The nominated bodies should have a strong pedigree in the production of innovative and groundbreaking research for the regional supply chain and logistics industry

Supply Chain Integrator of the Year

The Supply Chain Integrator of the Year Award is intended to recognise those companies providing the highest quality integrated supply chain service offerings and consistently making strides in further integrating infrastructure, operations and services. The following criteria should be considered when making your selection for the Award:

• Network coverage & expansion initiatives
• Cost & reliability of services
• Level of customer service
• Range of integrated products on offer
• Demonstration of recent and significant innovation in development of integrated products
• Integrated service offerings should be a key marketing focus for nominated companies