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The Awards at a glance

The application phase for the Supply Chain Awards 2025 has started. Which companies will be honored by the expert jury with the Supply Chain Management Award and the Smart Solution Award will be revealed on November 11 in Frankfurt am Main - at the finalist pitches and the festive award ceremony. You can also look forward to many surprises at our big anniversary celebration “20 years of Supply Chain Awards”.

You will receive important information about the application process on Thursday, February 27, at 10 a.m., in the about 20-minute online seminar “Supply Chain Awards 2025: Application Phase Kick-off”.

Supply Chain Management Award
Smart Solution Award
What is the Smart Solution Award?


The Smart Solution Award, first presented in 2018, honors supply chain solutions that are still in an early stage of implementation. Therefore, the Smart Solution Award is awarded for particularly innovative concepts. With this prize, solutions are honored that have the potential to fundamentally change traditional value chains in the future .

Winners 2024
Winner: Ludwig Meister
Ludwig Meister

Not least with its new ‘Never Out of Stock’ solution, based on the consistent use of all digital optimisation steps developed over the years, the technical distributor Ludwig Meister demonstrated the extent to which digital transformation and forward-looking process…

Winner: Cellumation
Cellumation

Many conveyor systems are even in the modern logistics world prone to disruptions, demand significant space, and offer limited scalability or adaptability to new requirements. To address this challenge, the Cellumation team has developed a software-controlled material…

Finalists 2024
Finalists 2024

The finalists for the Supply Chain Management Award 2024 were Bosch Mobility Aftermarket, Ludwig Meister, Otto Fuchs and Würth Industrie Service. Cellumation, Knapp, Körber and Themis by Commerzbank qualified for the final round of the Smart Solution Award 2024.

Supply Chain Management Award
Smart Solution Award
Jury

The expert jury is made up of 14 top-class representatives from industry, science, consulting and trade media.

Michael Kadow
Michael Kadow
Managing Director
House of Logistics & Mobility (HOLM) GmbH
Douglas Kent
Douglas Kent
Executive Vice President
Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
Prof. Dr. Michael Henke
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael Henke
Institute Director
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics
Award Brochure
Award Brochure

Our award brochure provides a comprehensive overview of the special features of the Supply Chain Awards, the application process, the concrete benefits of an application for your company and the supporting programme of the finalist pitches and the Award Night on 12th November in Frankfurt am Main.