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How to enter

Please note that entries for 2011 are now closed. We will be calling for 2012 entries in February next year.

2011 Awards - Entry Details

1/ Choose which categories you want to enter

2/ Read the category description carefully

3/ Write your submission following the guidelines below and including the requested headings

4/ Collate up to three pages of supporting material for your entry following the guidelines below

5/ Prepare a high-resolution version of your company logo and a team photo

6/ Register and upload your submission using the 'Enter Now' button on the right hand side of this page

7/ Send two complete hard copies of your entries (please include a completed entry form with your hard copies downloadable here) , to CIPS/SM Awards, 17 Britton Street, London EC1M 5TP, UK, by 15 April 2011.

Your written submission

Your written submission must be no more than three single-sided sheets of A4 (plus up to three single-sided sheets of supporting material), which you upload directly to the entry site. You will also be asked to provide a project summary of no more than 100 words as part of the entry process.

How to write your three-page written submission

Your written entry is the basis on which the judges will vote for and shortlist entries. The main criteria used by the judges to select winners will be the magnitude, importance and clarity of the benefit(s) to the organisation arising from the project or initiative.

The three pages should show how you meet all criteria in your chosen category. At the beginning of your three pages the following information must be listed:

● Category name
● Project title
● Organisation name.

Your submission should also include the following headings:

● Aims and objectives
● Planning and execution
● Innovation and creativity
● Best practice
● Organisational benefits achieved (this section is allocated the highest percentage of marks).

Benefits may be “hard” (eg, cost savings or reduced lead times) or “soft” (eg, improved supplier relations or better-trained staff ). But it is important that every entry does relate in some way to organisational benefits achieved. Claimed benefits should be supported by facts and figures, and entrants are strongly advised to include validation of these from stakeholders outside the procurement and supply chain function – internal customers, suppliers, and so on.

Your supporting materials

You may, if you wish, upload additional supporting material with your entry. However, this must be limited to three single-sided sheets of A4 and should not comprise information that is central to your case – the judges will expect to see this in your main submission.

Your supporting materials can include the following:

● Testimonials
● Endorsements from colleagues or suppliers, FD or CEO
● Press clippings
● Performance figures.

PLEASE NOTE: If supporting material is to be submitted, it must be in Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), PowerPoint (.ppt) or PDF (.pdf ) formats only. Please also upload your logo and a team photo, min. 300dpi in jpeg or eps format, to be used in the awards supplement and for the evening’s on-screen graphics should your entry make the final shortlist.

Click here to enter now

THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS FRIDAY 15 APRIL 2011

Who can enter?

Entries should be submitted by a member of the purchasing organisation, and their contact details should appear on the entry
form. Service providers – consultants, software companies, public
relations agencies, etc – may assist in compiling entries, but they
CANNOT submit these on behalf of clients.

Projects or initiatives need
NOT have started and finished in 2009-10; however, the judges will
expect entries to be both contemporary and to demonstrate business
benefi ts already achieved.
For further information please call the awards team on +44 (0) 20 7880 6214

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