2010 Manufacturing Excellence Awards
Manufacturing, an engine that has and will continue to drive prosperity, remains a vital component of America's success.
Did You Know
· Every dollar generated through manufactured-product sales supports $1.40 in output from other industries
· Manufacturing represents 12 percent of our gross domestic product
· One in six private-sector jobs is in or directly tied to manufacturing
· Manufacturing drives innovation and technology, which is essential to overall economic success
· Manufacturers are responsible for more than 70 percent of all private sector R&D, which benefits all industries
· Two-thirds of our nation's total exports of goods and services are related to the this sector
Nominate your company or a manufacturer you know to be honored for their contributions to this economic engine.
Nomination Deadline:
Nominations must be postmarked, faxed or emailed by Friday, July 30
Post: Association of Washington Business (AWB)
P.O. Box 658
Olympia, WA 98507-0658
Attn: Jodi Martinez
Fax: 360-943-5811
Email: JodiM@awb.org
Feel free to submit additional information that supports the nomination and will be helpful to the evaluation committee. Supplemental materials may include: statements of financial growth or consistency, international growth through exports, annual reports, testimonials and news clippings.
Nomination Form (including Rules & Regulations)
Green Manufacturing Award
This award acknowledges leadership in areas like: maximizing energy efficiency levels, exceeding regulatory requirements, minimizing material waste, reducing an operational carbon footprint, and initiatives that effectively translate green manufacturing into business opportunities.
Operational Excellence Award
This award honors manufacturers in areas like: enhanced efficiencies within the manufacturing process, innovative solutions to environmental concerns, innovation in best-practice standards, advances in lean and six sigma, R&D leadership, and the successful application of advanced technology.
Innovation Award
This award will be presented to manufactures that display excellence in areas like: creating products that lead to shifts in industry expectations, consumer demand and/or supply chain communications, creative concept development and implementation, and unique answers to common industry-related challenges.
Manufacturer of the Year Award
This long-standing and premier award recognizes manufacturers that are committed to business excellence. This award category reviews progress in areas like: positively impacting the local community and Washington state, as well as the nominee's business. In addition, judges will evaluate entrepreneurial spirit, creative solutions to industry-related challenges, supplementing or enhancing best-practice standards, and active involvement in state and/or local public policy issues.
Awards will be presented to a small manufacturer (1 – 99 employees), a medium manufacturer (100 – 499 employees) and a large manufacturer (500+ employees).
All AWB members are eligible for entry (non-members are ineligible).
Representatives from each award-winning company will be honored at an awards luncheon at AWB's Annual Policy Summit on September 22, where awards will be presented and photos taken for release to statewide media.
