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APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence

Award submissions are due on or before July 31, 2010. APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence winners will be notified on or before September 10, 2010.

The APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence recognize organizations for significant contributions and performance excellence in operations management. There are two categories, including education and innovation in the new normal.

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The Education Award of Excellence focuses on an organization's commitment to education investment and productivity based on the application of educational concepts.

Entry submissions must include answers to the following questions. Please respond in the order they are presented.

1. Describe how your company benefits from or uses APICS educational activities (sponsors in-house seminars, financially supports employee attendance at certification courses and other seminars, pays chapter dues, offers time off to study or take APICS certification exams, and so forth).
2. Describe your company's philosophy and polices regarding APICS certification for its employees.
3. Describe the limitations and challenges the company faced in the integration of the APICS body of knowledge into the daily business operation.
4. Explain how APICS education increased success for the company (qualitative and quantitative measures).

The recent recession caused unprecedented challenges for companies across the globe. Organizations and their employees were forced to find new ways to get the job done. The Innovation in the New Normal Award of Excellence recognizes an organization’s achievement in adapting to a particular challenge brought about by the 2008-2009 recession.

Entry submissions must include answers to the following questions. Please respond in the order they are presented.

1. Explain the goals and objectives that were set.
2. Provide a summary of the innovation’s strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities.
3. Describe the completed implementation of the solution.
4. Provide measurements and evaluation successes (qualitative and quantitative).

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Award submissions are due on or before July 31, 2010. APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence winners will be notified on or before September 10, 2010.

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