Innovation Through Technology

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If your business is putting technology to good use then this is the Award for you.

The judging panel are interested in uncovering how technology has made a difference in your business.

Innovation Through Technology - Criteria

"This award recognises how a company has developed its business through the introduction of technological advances"

Over recent years much of UK industry has been refocusing its activities towards the provision of high valued-added, knowledge intensive goods and services.

This requires suppliers to develop a far better understanding of what really creates value for their customers. This knowledge enables the supplier to incorporate the most suitable technological advances into the development of its own products or services therefore creating a competitive advantage for the business.

The ability of a company to deliver technological innovation which satisfies customer and market demands is therefore critical to its own success and future growth.

The applicant can choose to submit activities that display technological innovation from within the breadth of the product or service lifecycle, from concept and design, to introduction and through-life support.

The judges will be looking at the market environment that your company operates in, which new technology innovation you have implemented, the requirement that it addressed, and the impact it has had on your business.

Application Hints & Tips:

The judge for this category would specifically be looking for where the "Innovation through Technology" has impacted in four key areas:

  1. Cost Containment
  2. Improved Collaboration
  3. Increased Security
  4. Improved Customer Service

Specifically:

Cost containment

  1. Business process effectiveness
  2. Expense reduction from travel/logistics
  3. By reducing timescales within the business

Improved collaboration

  1. With suppliers, partners
  2. Between employees
  3. With Customers
  4. Development of the work from anywhere/ work life balance proposition

Security

  1. Meeting compliance and regulatory requirements
  2. Developing network and data security

Customer Responsiveness

  1. Improved first time resolution for enquiries / requests
  2. Ensuring employees have the relevant information at hand to deal with all enquiries/requests
  3. Extending the reach of the business to new markets or territories
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