Methodology
This methodology will result in the selection of eight top-performing companies that have demonstrated their mastery of at least one category within Managing Automation's Progressive Manufacturing 50 Awards Program. In addition, one company will be anointed Progressive Manufacturer of the Year for demonstrating its broad mastery of multiple disciplines.
Top performers will be selected from a pool of candidate nominations. Managing Automation editors will perform an initial screening of candidates, determining which category each candidate company will be considered for and which candidates will be considered for the overall award. These finalists will then be evaluated by the program's full panel of judges.
Category Competition
Judges will evaluate and score candidates selected for a particular discipline category using the following criteria:
* Scope of Mastery: Has the candidate company demonstrated discipline mastery broadly, across several business functions, for example? Has mastery of the discipline resulted in a significant transformation in the way the company does business?
* Business Impact: What bottom line business benefit has resulted from mastery of this discipline?
* Use of Technology: To what extent was the use of technology key to enabling mastery of the discipline? Was the appropriate technology used? Was it deployed in a way that delivered maximum value to the business?
For each of these criteria, panelists will award candidate companies points on a scale from one to five. A score of “one” for the Business Impact criteria, for example, would indicate little or no bottom line benefits. A score of “five” would indicate highly significant business impact.
Top-performers in each category will be those companies receiving the highest total score.
Overall Competition
Judges will evaluate and score candidates for the overall award based on their demonstrated mastery of all eight disciplines. Judges will consider:
* The scope, business impact and use of technology related to each discipline.
* Based on those criteria, panelists will award each candidate a single score, from one to five, for each discipline.
The Progressive Manufacturer of the Year will be the company receiving the highest total score. Ties will be resolved by Managing Automation editors.
The accomplishments of Managing Automation's Progressive Manufacturing 50 will be celebrated at an award ceremony that concludes our Progressive Manufacturing Summit, June 10-12, 2008 in Las Vegas. Don't miss your chance to celebrate your company's accomplishments with the industry's top performers. Get recognized for the technology-driven business processes your company is utilizing to better manage operational costs, and more effectively contend with the growing challenges of globalization, outsourcing and off-shoring.
