2025 Shortlist

Overall Operational Excellence Award

The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Operational Excellence Leader

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Operations Team of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland - Women's Team
• OAKBERRY Ireland - Operations Team
• ResultsCX Ireland - Operations Team
• Sláintedoc - Management Team of Laois Out of Hours GP Service
• Traffic Management Installations - Operations Team

Operations Manager / COO of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Credit Management Outsource Solutions (CMOS) - Sinead Burke
• EDAC Environmental Compliance - Sarah Fay
• evcoms - Hiba Fadhil
• OAKBERRY Ireland - Alvin Galligan
• ResultsCX Ireland - Natalie Spinn
• Tent Engineering - Diarmuid Healy

Women in Operations

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland - Gráinne Carberry
• evcoms - Hiba Fadhil
• Greenlink Interconnector - Caroline Henry
• Griffith College - Karen Sutton
• Kerry Group - Noeleen Donegan
• ResultsCX Ireland - Paula Carmody
• Salesforce - Jessica Minghinelli
• The Mount Charles Group - Megan Armstrong
• The Production People & Casting Ireland - Deirdre Ryan
• University of Galway - Dr Olivia McDermott

Operational Excellence in Construction

FINALISTS:

• Activ8 Solar Energies
• Bridgewater Homes
• Clarke Construction
• Cygnum Timber Frame
• Europlan Group
• Kirby Group Engineering
• Resolute Engineering Group
• Tent Engineering

Operational Excellence in Facilities Management

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• LMC FM

Operational Excellence in Financial & Professional Services

FINALISTS:

• Informed Decisions Financial Planning
• Quantmatix

Operational Excellence in Healthcare

FINALISTS:

• Musgrave House
• Sláintedoc

Operational Excellence in ICT, Media and Telecoms

FINALISTS:

• evcoms
• IP Telecom
• The Production People & Casting Ireland

Operational Excellence in Life Sciences

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• WuXi Biologics Ireland

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

FINALISTS:

• Boston Scientific Galway
• Cygnum Timber Frame
• Flamers
• Oliver Conroy Pallets
• Viatris Little Island
• WuXi Biologics Ireland

Operational Excellence in Public Sector

FINALISTS:

• The "An Post Way" Operational Excellence Programme
• Translink - NIR

Operational Excellence in Retail

FINALISTS:

• ALDI Ireland
• refurbed
• Stocktaking.ie powered by RGIS

Operational Excellence in Third-Level Education

FINALISTS:

• Griffith College - Faculty of Law
• Queen’s University, Belfast

Operational Excellence in Tourism & Leisure

FINALISTS:

• Clayton Hotel Charlemont
• Doolin Ferry
• Easy Street Entertainment
• The Mount Charles Group

Best Use of Technology in Operations

FINALISTS:

• Energia - LiDAR Technology for Optimised Wind Farm Operations
• IRLCA
• LMC FM - ProStrategy
• Stocktaking.ie powered by RGIS - Figure Laser, RGIS Vision, NGEN, AI Flow & Performance Tracker
• Translink - NIR - Condition Based Maintenance Project

Innovation in Operations

FINALISTS:

• Energia - LiDAR Technology for Optimised Wind Farm Operations
• Heron Joinery - Custom Roller/Turntable Production Line
• LMC FM - Forward Maintenance Planning
• Translink - NIR - Condition Based Maintenance Project

Green Operational Excellence Award - Large

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• FoodSpace
• Gilead Sciences Ireland – Embedding Operational Excellence for Sustainable Impact
• refurbed - Pioneering Sustainability Through the Circular Economy

Green Operational Excellence Award

FINALISTS:

• EDAC Environmental Compliance
• Glancy Enviro - Review for Trees Program
• Greenlink Interconnector
• Junction 14 - Sustainability Initiatives
• Klass Energy - Klass Oil's Green Fuel & Renewable Energy Initiative
• Planet Blue Energy - Corporate Solar Offer

Digital Transformation and AI Award

FINALISTS:

• Cygnum Timber Frame - Redefining Efficiency, Scalability, and Quality in Offsite Timber Frame Manufacturing
• EDAC Environmental Compliance
• Quantmatix - Redefining Investment Strategy with AI From Data to Decisions
• Salesforce - Revolutionizing Partner Support with AI