The Gartner Power of the Profession Awards are a community-led recognition of the most impactful supply chain initiatives every year.
Selected exclusively by the supply chain community and a panel of top chief supply chain officers, these awards encourage the community to identify standout business and talent initiatives to advance the supply chain profession.
Submissions from the 2020 Power of the Profession Awards are automatically eligible for consideration in the 2020 Chainnovators Awards.
Two major categories, with three subcategories each, focus on advancing the profession:
Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year
Talent Breakthrough of the Year
Gartner’s Power of the Profession Awards recognizes exemplar supply chain and talent breakthroughs that help to elevate the power of the supply chain profession.
GE Appliances wins by leading a community to develop skilled manufacturing workers by articulating issues, identifying potential solutions and marshaling resources. The pipeline of community workers has grown considerably, and the program is well on its way to the goal of creating a better future for all.
Levi’s wins by developing a new operating model to address long lead times, missed sales and unproductive inventory. By using laser technology and rearranging design and production, it finishes jeans later in the process, reducing time to market and decreasing the environmental impact.
Microsoft wins by building a diverse workforce behind a mission to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” The program seeks out diversity, built relationships and invested time with students at diverse schools and created a culture to meet diverse needs.
Agilent Technologies wins through its OFS Academy, which instituted a supply chain learning and development program for nearly 3,000 employees in its manufacturing and supply chain. The program leaves no one behind, and among many results, has delivered top industry benchmarks for its employee survey.
Dell wins through its 2020 Legacy of Good initiative, taking a leadership role in addressing global environmental sustainability challenges. It takes a circular approach, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using recyclable or compostable packaging and recovering used electronics.
Merck wins by seeking to improve access to its critical vaccines worldwide, establishing a global organization dedicated to supplier development and performance management. This led to significant performance improvements in supplier shipments and disruptions.
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