Garnering an award or certificate is a powerful tool that will add to the credentials of your company. It acts like an endorsement from an esteemed third party which gives your company the much-needed publicity and marketing opportunity.
Apart from these obvious benefits, receiving an award also boosts the morale of your team, and even your partners and customers. Even getting nominated for an important award can be extremely favorable for your business as it gives you the chance to build up your story, collect corroboratory data, and contemplate the course, the results, and future plans.
In today’s post, we have compiled a list of the most prestigious awards in the transportation and logistics industry. As a competent independent freight forwarder, you can consider getting a nomination for one or all of the following awards.
The popular awards in the supply chain and logistics sector
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APICS Corporate Award of Excellence
The APICS Corporate Award of Excellence recognizes a company’s dedication to development and productivity on the basis its ongoing implementation of new concepts and practices. As stated on their website, the judges who will decide on the winner take in account the following criteria- the Initiative, Solutions offered, and Results, and Sustainability.
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Awesome Legendary Leadership Award
The Awesome Legendary Leadership Award or ALL Award is conferred on women leader in the logistics industry who has reached the highest management level and has accomplished outstanding professional excellence.
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EPA SmartWay Excellence Award
Logistics companies that stress on sustainability and enhanced environmental performance are the ideal candidates for the EPA SmartWay Excellence Award. The recipients of this award are known to lead their sectors by improving cargo efficiency without compromising on sustainability.
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Food Logistics Green Providers Award
Like the previous award, the Food Logistics Green Providers Award also goes out to the environmentally-conscious logistics experts but unlike the last one, candidates for this award should be an expert in the international food and beverage supply chain.
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Gartner Supply Chainnovator Awards
The Gartner Supply Chainnovator Awards recognizes the ‘innovative, unconventional and high-impact initiatives leaders’ who are helping to bring about revolutionary transformations in the logistics industry.
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Resilient Supply Chain Awards
The Resilient Supply Chain Awards given out by Global Supply Chain Resiliency Council is presented to companies and leaders with pathbreaking contributions towards improving resiliency in supply chain processes across industries.
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Inbound Logistics Excellence Awards
The Inbound Logistics Excellence Awards award given out by Inbound Logistics Magazine allows the logistics companies to vote for the 10 best 3PL providers in the industry.
- Oracle Excellence Award
The Oracle Excellence Award presented by software multinational Oracle is given out to industry leaders who have contributed towards the best level of logistics operations by making use of Oracle Supply Chain Cloud Solutions.
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Supply Chain Asia Awards
The Supply Chain Asia Awards are presented to logistics companies headquartered in Asia who has contributed towards the development of various aspects of this sector. The best part about this award is that it comes in a number of categories.
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Supply Chain Finance Awards
The Supply Chain Finance Awards is a globally recognized award which is granted to companies known for ‘best practice and innovation in supplier finance.’ Any company exhibiting a successful supplier financing strategy is eligible for nomination.