THE 5th LOGISYM AWARDS 2023 RECOGNISES INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES WHO HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENCE AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY

• Companies/Individuals may be nominated for more than one category
• Companies/Individuals may nominate themselves
• Members of the Advisory Board or the Executive Committee of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society are not eligible to be nominated for awards in the Individual categories
• Nominations must be submitted on or before 10 April 2023 at https://forms.gle/bCCk3PrDmueoAMMf8
• Late or incomplete submissions will be disqualified
• The judges’ decision will be final
• Any clarification or doubt relating to the nomination and submission procedure may be sent to info@LogiSYM.org

Corporate Awards – Service Providers & Technology Suppliers

Best Robotics Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering robotics solutions for intralogistics applications such as picking, packing and transportation. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominee solutions which have delivered proven productivity and efficiency benefits. In addition, nominations can highlight new technology innovations plus attention to safety and ease of use.

Best Supply Chain Software Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering software solutions that facilitate logistics and supply chain processes. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominee solutions that exhibit deep functionality, high performance, ease-of-use, integrability, and that have delivered proven benefits to clients. In addition, nominations can highlight new market initiatives and technological innovations.

Best Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering contract logistics services to clients (shippers). In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for those logistics service providers that have achieved success in increasing service levels, reducing costs and improving supply chain visibility for customers. Nominations can highlight the extent of logistics services to customers, industry sector(s) expertise, thought leadership in spearheading innovations, and contributions to raising the overall standard of third-party logistics.

Best Transportation Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering cargo transportation services – sea, land, or air – that serve to support the operations of client companies. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominees that achieve success in increasing service levels, optimising costs, and improving sustainability performance for customers. Nominations can also highlight product and service innovations and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of cross-border trade issues and their implications.

Best Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering WMS solutions that are helping to drive and deliver superior warehouse performance. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominee solutions that exhibit deep functionality, ease-of-use, integrability, and that have delivered proven benefits to clients. In addition, nominations can highlight new market initiatives and technological innovations.

Best Warehouse Automation Company

Nominees for this award shall be involved in offering automated material handling/storage equipment for use in warehouses and distribution centres. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominee solutions across one or more material handling/storage sub-sectors, e.g., AS/RS, conveyor systems, lift trucks, AGVs, which have delivered proven productivity and efficiency benefits. In addition, nominations can highlight new market initiatives and technology innovations plus attention to safety and ergonomics.

Corporate Awards – Shippers

Best Digital Transformation Initiative

This award is for an end user (shipper) company that is making specific and judicious use of new digital technologies to realise significant improvements in supply chain performance. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominations that show evidence of astute organisational planning for digital transformation, the development of new business models, and the successful scaling up of pilot initiatives. Nominations can also indicate efforts to create and build digital awareness, manage cybersecurity threats and achieve deep organisational support and acceptance.

Best Supply Chain Innovator

This award is for an end user (shipper) company that continually aims to improve its supply chain function through innovation. In assessing the submissions, the judges will look for nominees that consistently implement new practices or technologies in their organisations to deliver tangible increases in supply chain performance. Nominations can also indicate initiatiatives aimed at embedding new ways of working in the organisation, upskilling and reskilling, and overcoming “innovation fatigue”.

Best Sustainable Logistics Enterprise

This award is for an end user (shipper) company that is incorporating the ethos of sustainability to realise significant improvements across environmental indicators including carbon emissions, waste disposal, and energy management. Nominations can also demonstrate activities and initiatives aimed at promoting and prioritising sustainability in the organisation.

Individual Awards

Sustainability Champion

Nominees for this award shall be involved in developing and successfully implementing initiatives that serve to promote environmental sustainability. These initiatives can encompass areas such as carbon emissions reduction, energy efficiency, product recycling and waste management. Nominations can also highlight efforts to evangelise the ethos of sustainability within companies and to the broader industry.

Promising Start-Up Champion

Nominees for this award shall be responsible for the development of a new enterprise in the logistics & supply chain industry. They should provide evidence of superior entrepreneurship skills such as recognising a market need/gap, developing a competitive advantage and value proposition, financing the initiative, adequately and appropriately resourcing the organisation, and targeting and acquiring customers. Nominations can also provide indication of early success and new venture progress.

Supply Chain Management Champion

Nominees for this award shall have a track record of success in improving or transforming the supply chain performance of a company or companies.  As well as a solid understanding of the art and science of supply chain management, nominations can demonstrate how superior leadership skills, cultural awareness and tenacity in the face of challenging circumstances have contributed towards their achievements.

Thought Leadership Champion

Nominees for this award shall have an acknowledged track record and reputation for developing new ideas and concepts that further the development and sophistication of the logistics & supply chain industry. They should demonstrate how such ideas and concepts fill a gap in existing knowledge and practices and indicate the extent to which these have been accepted as new ways of thinking and working. Nominations can also provide indication of the dissemination of formulated ideas and concepts via, for example, conferences, books, journal articles, and media appearances.

Special Award

LogiSYM Excellence Award

This special award is for exceptional service to the logistics & supply chain sector by an individual recognised by the judges for his/her multiple and high achievements during a stellar career dedicated to serving this industry. The winner is identified and selected by the LogiSYM 2023 Organising Committee.

PANEL OF JUDGES