Getting It Right

THE GRAND JURY MET TO DECIDE THE FATE OF 300+ NOMINATIONS ACROSS 15 CATEGORIES. THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE AWARDS.

- Jayashree Kini Mendes

SEVEN YEARS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT some kind of complacency must have sunk in. Far from it. The team at Manufacturing Today continues to drive the 7th Manufacturing Today Conference & Awards with the same vigour it did since it took over.

The annual affair that culminates in September sees its beginning in June when the team starts inviting nominations from manufacturing companies. The 15 categories encompass all aspects of manufacturing such as operations, technology, quality, supply chain, training & skill development, engineering design, sustainability and human resources. The categories mentioned here are for the large and small companies. There are people awards for plant heads, next generation leader and entrepreneurs.

Over the years, we have continued to add new aspects to the nominations. From tweaking the pa rameters to including new ones, Manufacturing Today has relied on the wisdom of the Jury members to add weightage to the overall awards. This year too, we incorporated some of the suggestions from the last year and fine-tuned the nomination process further. It has only whetted the flavour of the awards.

Having finished with the nominations, we moved on to the Jury Meet that was held on August 22 in Mumbai. Our esteemed Jury members (see box) gathered to pore over each nomination and had their work cut out for them.