Small Lean Business of the Year

Number of Awards (1)

Overview

This award is open to Small indigenous Irish organisations and the Irish-based operation of multinational companies that have commenced on their Lean Journey and made sufficient progress to provide evidence of impact to customer value and experience, process improvement projects undertaken, and improvement to bottom-line results. Judges will be particularly impressed by those organisations that have made a concerted effort to engage employees as much as possible and can show real headway towards efficient and effective practice in Lean, and alignment with advancements vis-a-vis Digitisation, Digitalisation, and Sustainability (Green).

Judges will want to know everything you have done/do/will do to achieve your strategic objectives. You must detail what you have achieved so far and outline what you hope to achieve in the future on your developing Lean Journey.

When completing this Category's Entry Submission Template, entrants should pay particular attention to the following elements:

• Initiatives undertaken and number of staff involved
• Number of Lean/CI champions in place
• Cultural improvement initiatives
• Improvements in work practices (i.e. Lean and possibly Green and/or Digital practices used)
• Annualised productivity improvements (value added, efficiency gains, cost savings)
• Future focus (next steps and future projects identified)