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Supply Chain Management | Finance | Logistics | PurchasingDecision makers from start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises

Wanted: The best supply chains 2019!Superior supply chain management has long since developed into an important success factor for global businesses. By awarding the Supply Chain Management Award for the 14th time, we honor companies with outstanding value chains – companies that have optimized their supply chains in a consistent or extraordinary manner. We pay tribute to solutions that help improve competitiveness and are game-changing for other companies. The award winners of previous years demonstrate the diverse and creative ways in which companies organize their supply chains.

In times, in which process platforms, highly efficient algorithms, and powerful big data applications are becoming more and more important also for the supply chain, we will – next to the established Supply Chain Management Award for the best solution in design and implementation – also present the Smart Solution Award for particularly innovative, future-oriented supply chain solutions. Applications may be submitted until July 15, 2019, and we are looking forward to your contribution. Every year we receive many excellent and prize-worthy applications. Choosing this year’s winners will once again be no easy task for the members of the high-caliber jury.

The prizes will be awarded at the international supply chain summit EXCHAiNGE – The Supply Chainers’ Community held in Frankfurt am Main on November 26 and 27, 2019 at the Hypermotion. The two-day event provides an excellent platform for an intensive exchange within the supply chain community – not only for the winners and nominees, but for all participants.

We look forward to your application and your participation in the conference!

Harald GeimerPartner

PwC Management Consulting

Dr. Petra SeebauerPublisher of LOGISTIK HEUTE &

Managing Director of EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbH

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You can see the joy in them: InstaFreight wins the Smart Solution Award 2018 and is received by Maximilian Schäfer (Managing Director; 3rd from right) and his team, InstaFreight GmbH. Dr. Petra Seebauer (Managing Director EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress- GmbH and Publisher LOGISTIK HEUTE; left), Harald Geimer (Partner at PwC Strategy&; right.) and Johannes Giloth (Laudator and CPO/SVP Global Operations, Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Supply Chain Management Award winner 2015; 2nd from left) congratulate on behalf of all jury members.

Happy winners: Gerhard Uhl (VP Supply Chain & Logistics; 4th from right) and team, CEMEX Deutschland AG, are delighted to receive the Supply Chain Management Award 2018. Dr. Petra Seebauer (Managing Director EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbH and Publisher LOGISTIK HEUTE; 2th from left), Harald Geimer (Partner at PwC Strategy&; right.) and Dr. Patric Spethmann (Laudator and COO, Gries Deco Company; Brand DEPOT, award winner in 2017; left) congratulate on behalf of all jury members.

The Supply Chain AwardsHallmark of excellent value chains

The performance and efficiency of your supply chain set an example for your industry? You have been able to achieve an essential competitive advantage by means of successful globalization and/or digitization? You have developed an innovative solution that is fundamentally changing your industry?

If you have, you should apply for the Supply Chain Management Award 2019 or the Smart Solution Award 2019!

The respected Supply Chain Management Award recognizes outstanding, realized supply chain management concepts that have been both developed and implemented, and are groundbreaking for other companies as well. The Smart Solution Award, which was awarded for the very first time in 2018, honors particularly innovative concepts that are still in an early stage of implementation. With this prize, solutions are honored that have the potential to fundamentally change traditional value chains in the future.

The winners will be announced within the scope of the international supply chain summit EXCHAiNGE. The conference will take place on November 26 and 27, 2019 at the Hypermotion in Frankfurt am Main. All finalists are given the opportunity to introduce and discuss their concepts with an audience of professionals in the “Finalists Forum”.

The Supply Chain Awards are given by the trade magazine LOGISTIK HEUTE of the Munich-based publishing house HUSS-VERLAG, as well as by Strategy& together with PwC.

The application processThis is how the selection process works.

Applications are open to corporations from all industries. We also welcome partnership applications from companies linked by a first-class network or from companies that have developed exemplary cross-company supply chain solutions.

The jury evaluates all applications submitted on the basis of the same three dimensions:

• Overall concept of the supply chain solution• Organizational anchoring and realization of changes and results• Innovative capability

For the Supply Chain Management Award, the jury focuses on how far the developed solutions are anchored within the company, to what extent proven results and improvements are realized, as well as on the disruptive character for the respective industry.

For the Smart Solution Award, the jury considers the coordination of the solution and the overarching vision of the company, the proven value added for the end user, as well as the disruptive effect.

Multi-stage selection process

The selection process consists of several stages: In the first application round, companies initially introduce their supply chain solutions in writing with appropriate documents, regardless of whether a solution qualifies for the Supply Chain Management Award or the Smart Solution Award.

The best candidates for the two prizes are selected from these applications and, in the second round, they are personally visited on site under the leadership of Strategy& and PwC supply chain experts. Candidates are given the opportunity to present their achievements in depth during a workshop.

The most convincing candidates from this round advance to the final round and are invited to present their concepts live to the audience and the jury at the international supply chain summit EXCHAiNGE in Frankfurt am Main on November 26, 2019.

The solutions are then intensely discussed by the members of the jury. Based on the available informa-tion and their impressions, the independent jury of experts selects the award winners.

Deadline for applications is July 15, 2019

Detailed information and application documents are available at www.exchainge.de/en/award

Your contact at PwC/Strategy&Stefanie GrabnerManager Strategy&Tel. +49 (0)151 742 036 55grabner.stefanie@strategyand.de.pwc.com

Your contact at LOGISTIK HEUTEDr. Petra SeebauerPublisher of LOGISTIK HEUTE & Managing Director of EUROEXPOTel. +49 (0)89 323 91 213 petra.seebauer@exchainge.de

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The jury Applications are judged by a jury of high-caliber experts consisting of representatives from industry, science, consulting and professional media.

Jürgen BraunstetterSenior Vice President Supply Chain Management AutomotiveContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG

Armin BreitnerGroup LogisticsAdolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG

Ralf BuscheSenior Vice President Global Supply Strategy & PerformanceBASF SE

Harald GeimerPartnerPwC Management Consulting

Johannes GilothSenior Vice President of Global Operations and Chief Procurement Officer Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG

Kerstin GliniorzVice President Supply Chain Management EMEA ADM WILD Europe GmbH & Co. KG

Prof. Dr. Michael HenkeDirectorFraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML)

Isabel HochgesandChief Procurement Officer Beiersdorf AG

Michael KadowManaging DirectorHouse of Logistics & Mobility (HOLM) GmbH

Karl KirschenhoferChief Operating OfficerRadio Frequency Systems (RFS)

Dr. Thomas LindemannVice President Customer Logistics Europe & Asia | Warehouse Management QVC eDistribution LLC & Co. KG

Dr. Petra SeebauerPublisher LOGISTIK HEUTE,Managing Director EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbH

Dr. Patric SpethmannManaging Director/COO Gries Deco Company GmbH/DEPOT

Patron of the Supply Chain Awards Steffen Bilger MP Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

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The award ceremonyIndustry meeting point for networking and exchanging information

The award ceremony will be held during the Award Night of the international supply chain summit EXCHAiNGE in Frankfurt on November 27, 2019. The conference provides decision-makers, enablers, designers and innovators within the supply chain with a cross-industry platform to exchange information on the latest trends and effective approaches as well as to do some networking.

Award winners will be officially recognized at the Award Night. Last year, the evening event with its inspiring presenters and attractive program was one of the highlights of the two-day conference taking place within the three-day Hypermotion event. At the same time, the get-together taking place subsequently to the Award Night is an important meeting place for networking and exchanging information within the supply chain community..

Award-winning solutionsAs different as the award-winning solutions are, they have one thing in common: They are exemplary for other companies and help to improve competitiveness.

In making its decision, the jury is specifically interested in the market-leading stimulus provided by the submitted solution. Thus, the platform operator InstaFreight received the Smart Solution Award, which was presented in 2018 for the very first time, for its digital freight forwarding solution. In case of the Supply Chain Management Award, the documented improvement the solution contributed to is also of relevance.

The solutions of the Supply Chain Management Award winners of the previous years were very varied: Thus, Siemens’ appliance factory in Erlangen, for example, received the award for its efficient, highly flexible and positively customer-oriented integration of a production plant in the supply chain, just as the fundamental supply chain transformations of PERI, Nokia Networks, Henkel and BASF or the digital solution of CEMEX Deutschland for an integrated Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process did last year. The one thing all of these solutions have in common is that they have all helped to significantly improve competitiveness and have been a game-changing example also for other companies.

2018CEMEX Deutschland AG awarded with the Supply Chain Manage-ment Award for an integrated solution for the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process

“We are very pleased to be recognized with this great honor. The supply chain will be instrumental—both in the digital transformation of CEMEX and in building material logistics as a whole. Optimizing the coordination of all workflows notice-ably enhances quality and slashes the process costs of all players. This is a key element of the faster, more affordable construction of the future. Our global, interdisciplinary team at CEMEX achieved this using state-of-the-art agile method-ologies. We can all be very proud of this.”

Gerhard Uhl, Initiator and driver of the international supply chain optimizations at CEMEX

InstaFreightawarded with the Smart Solution Award for the outstanding implementation of a supply chain solution, which brings the entire customer interaction – from order to delivery up to payment – onto one platform.

“We are proud that our business idea is resonating not only with customers and carriers but also with the logistics experts

at EXCHAiNGE. This prize confirms that the digitization and optimization of processes is key to logistics and that our solution at InstaFreight gets to the very heart of the issue. I wish to extend my special thanks to our team, without whom this success would never have been possible.”

Maximilian Schäfer, Co-Founder and Managing Director, InstaFreight GmbH

2017GRIES Deco (DEPOT)Gries Deco was honored for a cloud-based supply chain solution that combines automation and material flow transparency to achieve end-to-end efficiency.

„We are pleased that our performance in the digital supply chain is appreciated and has been honored by recognized experts, and we are proud to have won the award. With a team like that, with whom we have achieved this achievement, we feel extremely confident facing the challenges of digitization and Industry 4.0 that lie ahead.“

Dr. Patric Spethmann, Managing Director/COO, Gries Deco Company GmbH

2016PERIPERI was honored for developing a global planning process, including a software tool, to enhance material flow transparency in the “Closed Loop Supply Chain” project.

“The Supply Chain Management Award generates outstanding awareness for the power and added value of supply chain management. This builds trust among our customers and motivates our employees – important factors for small but highly successful companies like PERI. It is also a one-of-a-kind confirmation of the clear vision and mission we are pursuing.”

Dr. Bernd Rosenkranz, Head of Global Supply Chain Management, PERI GmbH

2015Nokia NetworksNokia Networks was honored for a sustainable turnaround brought about by a holistic supply chain solution focusing on growth, agility, cost management, flexibility and productivity in manufac-turing and delivery performance.

“We participate very selectively in compe-titions. In taking part and ultimately winning the award, we hope to take

a stand internally. If we are not just successful, but also gain recognition from outside the company for what we are doing, this appreciation is important and motivating.”

Johannes Giloth, Senior Vice President Global Operations, Nokia Networks

2014GF Piping SystemsGF Piping Systems was recognized for an innovative end-to-end supply chain solution that has given the company a strategic competitive advantage.

“The Supply Chain Management Award is the reward for our consistently hard work over the years, while it is also an extraordinary motivation to continue with the same level of commitment and enthusiasm.”

Claude A. Fischer, Head of the Utility Business Unit, GF Piping Systems

2013ADVA Optical NetworkingThe specialist for fiber-optic trans-mission technology received the award for a highly flexible end-to-end supply chain solution based on a global supply chain strategy.

“The timing of the Supply Chain Manage-ment Award is perfect! It is encouraging to see our strategy is confirmed by the recognized experts on the jury. And it is also recognition of our team’s work.”

Dr. Paulus Bucher, Senior Vice President Global Operations, ADVA Optical Networking SE

2012Infineon TechnologiesInfineon Technologies received the award for an end-to-end supply chain solution which has given the company a strategic advantage in the highly sophis-ticated logistics of semiconductors.

“We see the Supply Chain Management Award as recognition of our achievements. It represents valuable appreciation of the hard and good work done by our supply chain community. The award highlights the importance of the supply chain within our company and sets us apart from our competitors.”

Dr. Kurt Gruber, Corporate Vice President Corporate Supply Chain, Infineon Technologies AG

2011BASF SEBASF was recognized for a cross-divisional and cross-functional trans-formation project which reorganized core business processes and radically renewed and harmonized operational structures.

“The award has strengthened the conviction of internal stakeholders that supply chain management can provide a competitive advantage for the company. Even more important is the signal it sends to the market. We have received a lot of positive feedback from our customers.”

Dr. Robert Blackburn, CIO Barbara Hoyer, Vice President Process Enablement, BASF SE

2010BMW Group, Business Unit MotorcycleBMW received the award for the development of a supplier risk manage-ment system as part of an integrated and collaborative supplier management strategy.

2009Henkel, Laundry and Home Care DivisionHenkel was honored for the successful global reorganization of their supply chain as part of a holistic approach to complexity management.

2008Uncoated Fine Paper, Mondi Europe & InternationalMondi received the award for imple-menting a holistic and transparent end-to-end supply chain architecture.

2007Gerätewerk Erlangen, Siemens AG Industry Sector “Gerätewerk Erlangen” was honored for a comprehensive, powerful, yet very customer-oriented supply chain reor ganization.

2006Business Unit Electronic Assembly Systems, Siemens AG Assembly Systems received the award for a fundamental global transformation of processes, organizational structures and working time models while ensuring high quality and delivery performance.

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7 steps to your success!

Start of the Application PhaseCompanies that have optimized their supply chain in a consistent or innovative manner may apply for the Supply Chain Awards.Request your application documents atwww.exchainge.de/en/award

Cut-off date – July 15, 2019We look forward to receiving your application in English or German. The manuscript must be unpublished and may not have been used for any other competition. All applications completed and submitted by July 15, 2019, will be included in the selection process.Please direct your questions regarding the application process by email to exchainge@euroexpo.de.

Please send your application in digital form to:Dr. Petra SeebauerPublisher LOGISTIK HEUTE &Managing Director EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbHpetra.seebauer@exchainge.deandStefanie GrabnerManager Strategy&grabner.stefanie@strategyand.de.pwc.com

Shortlist announcement – August 15, 2019All applications submitted will be reviewed according to established criteria by August 15, 2019. The best concepts will be identified and selected for company audits.

Company auditsAugust 1 – September 5, 2019

In the next step, experienced supply chain experts from Strategy& and PwC will visit those

companies with the best submitted concepts. The provided supply chain solutions will be

discussed on site.

Announcement of finalistsSeptember 16, 2019

The finalists will be selected and announced.These companies will be invited to present

their concepts at the international supply chain Summit EXCHAiNGE on November 26, 2019.

Live presentation of finalistsNovember 26, 2019

The jury will be in the audience when the finalists present their solutions to the

conference participants.Following the presentations, the jury will immediately hold a meeting to select the

winners of the Supply Chain Management Award 2019 as well as the Smart Solution Award

2019. In addition, all attending supply chain professionals may vote for their

favorite concepts as well.

Award ceremonyNovember 27, 2019

The most convincing concepts have been selected. The winners of the Supply Chain

Management Award 2019 and the Smart Solution Award 2019 will be announced

during the EXCHAiNGE Award Night – and celebrated.

A successful application is worthwhile Motivating for everyone involved and providing new starting points for discussions with customers and suppliers

The winners of the Supply Chain Awards benefit from the considerable attention it receives in profes-sional circles. In addition, numerous positive effects result – internally, in relationships with customers and suppliers, and also as employers.

Finalists are given the opportunity to present their solutions to a professional audience. All applicants receive valuable feedback for the further development of their own supply chain from the application process. Although there is ultimately only one winner, all applicants benefit from the competition.

We look forward to an exciting competition and to your participation as a candidate for the Supply Chain Awards 2019.

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