Supply Chain Council announces Supply Chain Excellence award winners in Munich

The Supply Chain Council, a global nonprofit logistics group, has announced the winners of its 2010 Awards for Supply Chain Excellence at the Supply Chain World Europe conference in Munich this week.

Among the winners was Infineon Technologies AG, a technology company which received the Award for Supply Chain Operational Excellence and the Global Award for Supply Chain Excellence. Meanwhile, the Research Center on Logistics and After-Sales Service at the University of Bergamo in Italy, along with its Department of Industrial Engineering, were the recipients of the Award for Supply Chain Academic Excellence.

"As this year's winners of the Supply Chain Council Excellence awards have once again demonstrated, superior supply chain performance is essential for meeting business performance and financial goals," said Joseph Francis, the executive director for Supply Chain Council. "It takes a real team effort to make sustainable performance improvements across department and organizational boundaries. We commend the winners for their achievements and for sharing their knowledge and application of SCOR with the supply chain community."

The Supply Chain Council awards are presented with the aim of encouraging the advancement of supply chain management techniques and the sharing of that information between organizations.