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Mit den mittlerweile zum sechsten Mal vergebenen Power of the Profession Awards werden die besten Lieferketten- und Talentinitiativen aus den vergangenen zwölf Monaten, die das Lieferkettenwesen voranbringen, ermittelt und ausgezeichnet.

Die Awards, über die Branchenkollegen und unsere Expertenjury aus unabhängigen Führungskräften abstimmen, werden in zwei Kategorien vergeben: Talent Breakthrough und Supply Chain Breakthrough. Beteiligen können sich sämtliche Unternehmen und Einzelpersonen weltweit, die eine Lieferkette besitzen, betreiben und/oder leiten.

Das sind die Power of the Profession-Finalisten im Jahr 2020:

Mit großer Freude präsentiert SCM World of Gartner die diesjährigen POTP-Finalisten!

Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year:

• Colgate-Palmolive: Reducing impact on the environment through TRUE Zero Waste certification. Enables facilities to define, pursue and achieve their zero waste goals, reducing carbon footprints and costs, and supporting public health.
• Hershey’s: Sweet to its Core: A unique segmentation strategy to deliver world-class service. Unlocked top-line growth and margins through segmentation based on product characteristics, enabled expanded distribution and leveraged innovative techniques to drive core product sales.
• Lenovo: Sustainable Low-Temperature Soldering has never been cooler. Invented and open-sourced a technology that lowers the heat required to make laptop motherboards, yielding 35% lower power consumption and carbon emissions.
• Ralph Lauren: Transforming the value chain with serialized digital product identities. Using a unique digital product identifier to offer valuable product information and recommendations to end consumers.
• Rush University Medical Center: Re-engineering replenishment for total value and patient outcomes. An end-to-end supply chain solution leveraging new distribution partners, replenishment techniques and improved cross-functional coordination, that also supports Rush’s local community.
• Schneider Electric: Smart Logistics. Platform delivering increased performance and customer visibility of the end-to-end customer fulfillment process.

Talent Breakthrough of the Year: 

• Bayer: Boosting local qualification and employability in Argentina. Offering free skills training to members of the community in partnership with local non-governmental organizations.
• Cisco: More than numbers. A comprehensive global inclusion and talent strategy driving diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organization.
• HP Inc.: Evolving from supply chain academy to digital fitness academy. Retooling and expanding academy participants and curricula to propel the digital workforce of the future. 
• Intel: Building strategic advantage through analytic fluency and skillsets. A comprehensive training and coaching program boosting analytical capabilities in supply chain.
• Intermountain Healthcare: Where the disabled are enabled, and minorities feel like majorities. Creative solutions to expand work opportunities for underserved communities.
• Johnson & Johnson: Fast track ideas to life with visibility, speed and passion for customers. Unlocking supply chain innovation in a massive global workforce.