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How innovative is your supply chain?

The submission deadline for CSCMP's Supply Chain Innovation Award is March 15, 2020.

Has your company implemented an innovative supply chain solution that has produced quantifiable results? Then consider sharing that expertise with your peers by entering the 16th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award competition, run by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in partnership with the media brand SupplyChainBrain.

The competition defines a supply chain innovation as a new process, new technology, or new application of an old process and/or technology that creates quantifiable and sustainable results in terms of cost savings, revenue, and customer satisfaction.


The first step to enter the competition is to submit a written case study. These entries will then be reviewed by a panel of judges, who selects a group of semi-finalists. Semi-finalists will then produce a video showcasing the highlights of their innovation. From those video submissions, a group of finalists are selected.

Finalists will then have the opportunity to present their insights, lessons, and applicable takeaways at the Council's annual EDGE 2020 conference in Orlando, Florida, on September 20-23. Case studies about the finalists will also be published on CSCMP's and SupplyChainBrain's websites.

The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2020. Eligibility and submission details can be found on the CSCMP website.

To submit your application for the Supply Chain Innovation Award, go to https://www.eiseverywhere.com/eSites/513178/Log%20In.

 

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