Sup­ply Chain Exper­tise and Lead­er­ship Excellence

• Sup­ply Chain Inno­va­tion and Resilience: This cri­te­ri­on assess­es the cre­ativ­i­ty in approach to a sup­ply chain issue. Chal­leng­ing the sta­tus quo, and find­ing cre­ative solu­tions to com­mon sup­ply chain chal­lenges is demon­stra­tive of busi­ness acu­men. 25% in the over­all evaluation.

• Mea­sur­able Result- Impact: This aspect gauges the rel­e­vant results from the sup­ply chain strat­e­gy or project imple­ment­ed. It con­sid­ers how well the strat­e­gy met the needs of the giv­en sce­nario and their effec­tive­ness in ful­fill­ing the desired out­comes. This cri­te­ri­on has a weight of 25%.

• Adher­ence to Best Prac­tices: This cri­te­ri­on exam­ines the sup­ply chain foun­da­tion­al knowl­edge employed. It assess­es align­ment with indus­try best prac­tices and also the com­mit­ment to con­tin­u­ous learn­ing and adap­ta­tion. This fac­tor con­tributes 10% to the over­all evaluation.

• Stake­hold­er Engage­ment – Influ­ence and Inspire Oth­ers: This aspect eval­u­ates the sup­ply chain indi­vid­ual or team approach to engag­ing oth­ers and dri­ving the strat­e­gy through the team, depart­ment or orga­ni­za­tion. Ele­vat­ing sup­ply chain as a dri­ver of strat­e­gy and influ­enc­ing enter­prise-wide is key indi­ca­tor of lead­er­ship with­in the orga­ni­za­tion. It con­sid­ers how the sup­ply chain dri­ven project con­tributes to the evo­lu­tion of orga­ni­za­tion­al or team cul­ture and pro­motes shar­ing expe­ri­ences and lessons learned. This cri­te­ri­on is weight­ed at 20%.

• Lead­er­ship in Action – Good Judge­ment: This aspect eval­u­ates the individual’s abil­i­ty to make well-informed, bal­anced, and thought­ful deci­sions in com­plex sup­ply chain sit­u­a­tions. It looks at how the per­son applies a com­bi­na­tion of expe­ri­ence, intu­ition, data-dri­ven analy­sis, and eth­i­cal con­sid­er­a­tions to address chal­leng­ing sce­nar­ios. The focus is on the abil­i­ty to weigh mul­ti­ple per­spec­tives, antic­i­pate risks, and act deci­sive­ly to ensure long-term suc­cess and align­ment with orga­ni­za­tion­al goals.

This cri­te­ri­on high­lights the impor­tance of not just mak­ing deci­sions, but mak­ing the right ones, with an eye toward achiev­ing sus­tain­able suc­cess in the sup­ply chain while nav­i­gat­ing chal­lenges. Good judge­ment demon­strates the abil­i­ty to inspire trust, mit­i­gate risk, and dri­ve pos­i­tive change. This cri­te­ri­on is weight­ed at 20%.

• Cana­di­an sup­ply chain pro­fes­sion­als from any indus­try, sec­tor, or orga­ni­za­tion are eli­gi­ble to participate.
• Appli­cants need not be cur­rent NIS­CL members
• Project scope from an Enter­prise, Busi­ness Unit, Depart­men­tal, Pro­gram, or Project lev­el are eli­gi­ble. The project results/​impact must be rel­e­vant to Cana­di­ans, the Cana­di­an econ­o­my and local consumers/​stakeholders 
• Mul­ti­ple indi­vid­u­als from a sin­gle orga­ni­za­tion are eli­gi­ble to par­tic­i­pate in the indi­vid­ual awards.
• Con­sult­ing, Train­ing, or oth­er third-par­ty providers can­not sub­mit nom­i­na­tions on behalf of an orga­ni­za­tion’s Sup­ply Chain team or Individual.
• All award sub­mis­sions will be assessed by a pan­el of judges assigned to select the win­ner accord­ing to the estab­lished criteria.
• The out­come of review and judg­ing will be deter­mined by the final score, which indi­cates the short­list­ed nom­i­nees and ulti­mate­ly the award win­ning submission.
• In cas­es where there is a tie, or mul­ti­ple appli­ca­tions with the same score, the tiebreak­er will involve inter­views to fur­ther clar­i­fy details and refine the scor­ing. Should the tie per­sist, NIS­CL reserves the right to award more than one winner.

• What is the dif­fer­ence between NIS­CL Awards and oth­ers in the marketplace?
  • Cana­di­an market-specific
  • Designed by Sup­ply Chain pro­fes­sion­als for Sup­ply Chain pro­fes­sion­als — cre­at­ed by mem­bers and volunteers
  • Cel­e­brates a stan­dard of excel­lence in both Sup­ply Chain exper­tise and Leadership
  • Inclu­sive pro­gram — open to all sup­ply chain pro­fes­sion­als and teams across Canada
  • Judged by a nation­al pan­el rep­re­sent­ing var­i­ous indus­tries and sectors
  • Cel­e­brat­ed both in-per­son at the Gala and online for broad com­mu­ni­ty recognition
• How will the sub­mis­sions be judged? Sub­mis­sions are blind-reviewed using a weight­ed score­card. Win­ners are deter­mined by aggre­gate scores. In case of a tie, inter­views may be con­duct­ed to refine scor­ing. Final win­ners will be announced at the Novem­ber 13 Gala and pub­lished after­ward.
   
• What is the Award Sub­mis­sion Process?
  Step 1 – Pay­ment of the appli­ca­tion fee: Pay online. A con­fir­ma­tion email will include your trans­ac­tion num­ber.
  Step 2 – Com­plete the appli­ca­tion form: Use the link pro­vid­ed in the con­fir­ma­tion email and fill out all manda­to­ry fields:
  • Trans­ac­tion num­ber as proof of payment
  • Per­mis­sions from the nom­i­nee and their organization
  • Cor­po­rate Spon­sor val­i­da­tion of results and lead­er­ship behaviours
  • Com­plete all required fields and dig­i­tal­ly sign the submission
• What if I want to nom­i­nate some­one else? Due to required per­mis­sions and spon­sor val­i­da­tion, nom­i­na­tions must be sub­mit­ted by the nom­i­nee them­selves.
  How­ev­er, you can:
  • Use the ​“refer your col­league” but­ton to send their name and email — NIS­CL will con­tact them directly
  • Pre-pay the appli­ca­tion fee and for­ward the con­fir­ma­tion email with a per­son­al note encour­ag­ing them to apply

• All appli­cants list­ed on any sub­mis­sion agree to the NIS­CL Code of Ethics with the sub­mis­sion of their application.

• NIS­CL holds the right to dis­qual­i­fy any par­tic­i­pant or appli­cant at any time up to the award pre­sen­ta­tion if they are deemed ineligible.

• NIS­CL also reserves the right to accept or reject appli­ca­tions, make or can­cel awards, or change dead­lines as nec­es­sary to uphold the qual­i­ty of the NIS­CL Awards and ben­e­fit the sup­ply chain community.

• If any sub­mit­ted infor­ma­tion is found to be false or mis­lead­ing, NIS­CL reserves the right to rescind an award.

• Par­tic­i­pants, final­ists, and win­ners will receive pub­lic­i­ty through NIS­CL com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels and exter­nal media. Par­tic­i­pants may also col­lab­o­rate with NIS­CL for addi­tion­al pub­lic­i­ty and fol­low-up events.

• Orga­ni­za­tions or indi­vid­u­als affil­i­at­ed with the Judges are exclud­ed from eli­gi­bil­i­ty. Judges will declare con­flicts and nom­i­nees will be elim­i­nat­ed from consideration.

• Nom­i­na­tion fees are non-refundable.