Conditions

From 2009 on, two Awards will be granted instead of one, distinguishing between two main types of companies: SMEs and Large Enterprises. This initiative is supported by Agoria.

Who can enter a project?

• De Supply Chain Award-Project of the Year is open for every company domiciled in Belgium.  Every independent business unit with its own management structure is considered to be a “company”.
• Consultant companies, software and logistics service providers can only enter a project through, or together with, the client where the project was implemented.
• Winners of last years Award cannot compete this year.

Which companies are considered to be SMEs?

We follow the standards set by the European Commission (and for the KMO-portefeuille): the category of Small and medium Enterprises is made up of all enterprises which employ less than 100 persons or companies that employ less than 250 persons with a yearly turnover of less than 50 million euro or a total balance sheet of less than 43 million euro. These standards are applied to the entire group to which the enterprise belongs.

Which projects can be entered?

• The project should include more than one aspect of procurement, logistics and/or supply chain management such as sourcing, SRM, CLM, stockmanagement, production planning, materials management, distribution, transport, warehousing, inbound logistics, added value logistics etc
• The project should already be implemented for the greater part and have delivered proven and measurable results.