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Local and international businesses honoured in Second Annual Systems Excellence Awards.
High calibre entrants confirm status of major business awards.
Melbourne 2 December 2010: National and global organisations from a variety of sectors have been honoured at SAI Global’s Systems Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony run in conjunction with another of the year’s most prestigious business events, the 2010 Business Excellence Conference & Awards.
According to David Crow, General Manager of SAI Global Australian Assurance, which runs the Awards, the high calibre of this year’s finalists confirms that they are one of the country’s most meaningful business management accolades.
“We were thrilled by the response and high quality of entrants in 2009, the Awards’ first year,” said Mr Crow. “In 2010, last year’s experience has only been built on, with a hugely impressive line-up of some of Australia’s best known business and other organisations named as finalists.”
The Australian Systems Excellence Awards recognise companies which can demonstrate exceptional management systems that exceed the requirements of the national or international standards to which they are certified. Award winning systems are those that measurably boost performance and provide a genuine framework for continuous improvement.
Mr Crow went on to say that a particularly pleasing feature of the Awards was the representation of such a broad range of both business sectors and sizes, from small, local operations through to major multinationals.
“We have all shapes and sizes of service organisations, professional services organisations, software, logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications … it’s the kind of variety that truly demonstrates the relevance and value of certified business management systems across all industries,” he said.
“Judging the Awards also gave us an opportunity to see some of the best of the best of innovative management practice in action,” he said.
“It’s tremendously rewarding to see the precepts and guidelines that SAI Global promotes through our certification and related assurance services articulated in a way that delivers such unarguable benefit to the businesses concerned, and of course, by extension to their customers, clients and the broader economy. I heartily congratulate all concerned and look forward to more great things from the 2011 Awards.”
2010 Systems Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners
Quality Management Systems – Small Business
Winner: Advantage Engineering Australia Pty Ltd
Advantage Engineering Aust provides products and services in the custom injection moulding field supplying the automotive, packaging, building and transport industries.
Finalists:
• Telstra Network and Enterprise Change Management
• CUC Pty Ltd
• Canberra Horticulture Pty Ltd
• NSW Department of Planning, Geographical Information System Coordination Unit
Quality Management Systems – Medium Business
Winner: Converga Pty Ltd
Converga is a leader in advanced information logistics, Software as a Service and Business Process Outsourcing.
Finalists:
• Hirotec Australia Pty Ltd
• Buildcorp Group Pty Ltd
• AA Gaskets Pty Ltd
• Willow Ware Australia Pty Ltd
Quality Management Systems – Large Business
Winner:APC Logistics Pty Ltd
APC Logistics is one of Australia's largest independently owned, International freight forwarders and customs brokers.
Finalists:
• Salmat Businessforce Pty Ltd
• Centrecare
• Beca Pty Ltd
• CEVA Logistics
Food Safety Management Systems
Winner:Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Food and Retail Services
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Food and Retail Services provides patient, café and food court services to patients, visitors and staff at the hospital.
Finalists:
• Harry & Larry's Ice Cream
• Jaymak Australia Pty Ltd
• Delaware North Co. Australia Pty Ltd
Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
Winner:Willow Ware Australia Pty Ltd
Willow is an Australian owned manufacturing company that has been providing the Australian community with quality housewares for over 100 years.
Finalists:
• Canberra Horticulture Pty Ltd
• Construction Control Holdings Pty Ltd
• DTMT Construction
• Rocklea Pressed Metal Pty Ltd
Environmental Management Systems
Joint winners:TransGrid & Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd.
TransGrid is the owner, operator and manager of the New South Wales high voltage network connecting generators, distributors and major end users in New South Wales, with interconnections to Queensland and Victoria. The NSW transmission system is the hub of the National Electricity Market and serves the largest state in the market.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd is one of Australia's leading automotive companies. With 50 years of operation in this country, it is a leading manufacturer, distributor and exporter of vehicles.
Finalists:
• New Castalloy Pty Ltd
• Willow Ware Australia Pty Ltd
• OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd - Whyalla
Integrated Management Systems
Winner:TransGrid
TransGrid is the owner, operator and manager of the New South Wales high voltage network connecting generators, distributors and major end users in New South Wales, with interconnections to Queensland and Victoria. The NSW transmission system is the hub of the National Electricity Market and serves the largest state in the market.
Finalists:
• EPS Helicopter Services Pty Ltd
• CEVA Logistics
• Willow Ware Australia Pty Ltd
• Buildcorp Group Pty Ltd
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