The shortlist for the 24th Supply Chain Excellence Awards has been announced, with some 70 businesses recognised for excellence.
All shortlisted entries will make presentations to the Awards judges later this month, in a bid to be a winner at the glittering ceremony at London’s Park Lane Hilton on 12th November.
Leading the way with nominations are Wincanton, shortlisted four times with Ella’s Kitchen and Kraft Heinz. Following on three nominations are areospace logistics firm B&H Worldwide; DHL; Gist; SuperDry; Tesco; Unipart and XPO Logistics .
All will have to work hard in September to impress the 32 -strong judging panel of experienced supply chain industry leaders in order to win at a ceremony that will celebrate all that supply chain has achieved in 2020. Make sure to check logisticsmanager.com for more details about the evening.
Sky CP wins the Overall Award at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019
This year the awards are sponsored by Clipper Logistics; DP World; Geek + and Unipart Logistics.
Last year Sky took the Overall Award at the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. It saw some strong competition from the likes of Primark Stores with PAC-D; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust with Ingencia Solutions and Heineken UK with Tradeteam.
The Supply Chain Excellence Awards were launched in 1997 and have grown to become the benchmark for supply chain best practice.
Construction Supply Chain Excellence Award
Battersea Power Station Development Company and Logistics Partners Consultancy Ltd
Tesco with Fit Out UK
Etex with XPO Logistics
British Gypsum with XPO Logistics
Food and Drink Supply Chain Excellence Award
Simply Supply Chain with Futura Foods
Ella’s Kitchen with Wincanton
Tesco with Fit Out UK
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Healthcare & Pharma Supply Chain Excellence Award
Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and CEVA Logistics
OrderWise and London Ambulance Service
CitySprint with Viapath
NHS with Unipart
Alexandra 
Henkel win The Flex Award for Supply Chain Innovation in 2019
Manufacturing Supply Chain Excellence Award
B&H Worldwide
Husqvarna Group with Logility
2A Spa
Retail Supply Chain Excellence Award Sponsored by DP World
KinKind with Omni Channel Fulfilment
ASDA with Packaging by Quadient & Clipper Logistics
ZigZag Global
Superdry with Hikrobot and Invar Systems
Waterstones and Unipart Logistics
Technology Supply Chain Excellence Award
Superdry with Hikrobot and Invar Systems
Infineon Technologies
Telefonica (O2)
Best Use of Robotics Award Sponsored by Unipart Logistics
Superdry with Hikrobot and Invar Systems
Boots with Locus Robotics
Sourcing and Procurement Award
Tesco with Fit Out UK
CharterSync Ltd with Jota Aviation 
Primark were among the winners at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards in 2019
Supply Chain Innovation Award
Fargo Systems with Genesee & Wyoming
ZigZag Global
Infineon Technologies
Kraft Heinz with Wincanton
Wavin with XPO Logistics
CBRE
Supply Chain Operations Award Sponsored by Clipper Logistics
DHL Supply Chain & National Grid
B&H Worldwide
CEVA Logistics with Nutricia
Supply Chain Strategy & Design Award
Oxford University Press with CEVA Logistics
White Stuff and Ligentia
OrderWise and London Ambulance Service
DHL with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
Supply Chain Visibility Award
Gist with Starbucks
Knauf UK with Sixfold
Metro Shipping & LANXESS
Kolonial.no and RELEX Solutions
Sustainability Award
ASDA with Packaging by Quadient & Clipper Logistics
Ella’s Kitchen with Wincanton
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Kolonial.no and RELEX Solutions
Warehouse Initiative
Eddie Stobart with AG BARR
DHL Supply Chain & National Grid
B&H Worldwide
Kraft Heinz with Wincanton
N Brown and Dematic
NHS with Unipart
Rising Star
Lloyd Morris, site manager at Gist Coventry
Siobhan, site manager at Gist
Aisa Ali, shipping co-ordinator at CEVA Logistics
Samantha Marosvari, XPO Logistics
You can now book your table for the night of the year in supply chain, and join those shortlisted in a celebration of the very best of the industry in 2020.
Meet the Sponsors
Clipper Logistics: Founded in 1992, Clipper Logistics plc has been a leader in retail logistics for more than two decades, operating in over 44 sites within the UK and Europe. Clipper is known for its consultative approach, constantly responding to rapid change through innovation, and for working alongside some of the biggest names in retail including John Lewis, ASOS, and Superdry.
DP World: DP World London Gateway is the UK’s most integrated logistics hub, comprising of a state-of-the-art, semi-automated, deep-sea container terminal and Europe’s largest development space for warehousing and distribution facilities.
Geek+: Geek+ is a global technology company specialising in smart logistics. We provide a comprehensive line of logistics robots and solutions to help businesses realise smart logistics transformation. Currently, Geek+ has deployed more than 10,000 AMR robots worldwide, leading the global smart logistics revolution.
Unipart Logistics: Unipart Logistics provides logistics, manufacturing and consultancy services across the automotive, technology, retail and utilities sectors. It develops intelligent supply chain management and consultancy solutions that deliver competitive advantage through services including; dynamic order fulfilment, just in time production logistics, returns and repair avoidance, maximising the value of returns, same day repair and end to end engineer support.
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