2024 Winners

Overall Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

An Post Commerce - The "An Post Way"

Operational Excellence Leader

RECIPIENT:

Enterprise Ireland - Robert Hernan

Operations Team of the Year

WINNER:

Sensori FM - Team Astellas

FINALISTS:

• Adman Civil Projects
• Danone Nutricia
• Gleneagle INEC Arena
• Greenlink Interconnector
• H&MV Engineering
• ISS Ireland - ISS Hotel Services
• LMC FM
• Sensori FM - Team Astellas
• Sodexo Ireland

Operations Manager / COO of the Year

WINNER:

ISS Ireland - Adrian Curtin

FINALISTS:

• Gleneagle INEC Arena - Shane O' Driscoll
• Irish Pensions & Finance - Carol Crahan
• ISS Ireland - Adrian Curtin
• ISS Ireland - Aidan Walker
• LMC FM - Susanne Carpenter
• South Coast Logistics - Bosco Creed

Operational Excellence in Tourism & Entertainment

WINNER:

Gleneagle INEC Arena

FINALISTS:

• Follow the Camino - Sustainability Tourism Company
• Gleneagle INEC Arena

Operational Excellence in Facilities Management

WINNER:

Apleona Ireland

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• Gleneagle INEC Arena
• ISS Ireland
• LMC FM
• LotusWorks
• Sodexo Ireland

Operational Excellence in Construction

WINNER:

Writech - Fire Protection Engineering

FINALISTS:

• Bridgewater Construction - Arlington Kerry Pike, Co Cork
• Writech - Fire Protection Engineering

Operational Excellence in Public Sector

WINNER:

An Post Commerce - The "An Post Way"

FINALISTS:

• An Post Commerce - The "An Post Way"
• ESB - Unleashing Operational Excellence: Empowering Innovation and Growth
• Gas Networks Ireland - Service Window Cutter
• The Passport Service - Innovation and Excellence in the Passport Service

Operational Excellence in Transport & Logistics

WINNER:

An Post Commerce - The "An Post Way"

FINALISTS:

• An Post Commerce - The "An Post Way"
• BWG Foods
• cargo- partner
• Derry Bros Shipping & Customs Clearance
• Jacobus Coaches
• South Coast Logistics
• Viking Office Ireland - Viking's Return

Operational Excellence in Warehousing

WINNER:

BWG Foods

FINALISTS:

• BWG Foods
• E2G Logistics
• Meteor Space

Operational Excellence in Utilities

WINNER:

Gas Networks Ireland - Service Window Cutter

FINALISTS:

• ESB - Operational Excellence: Building the Foundations for Net Zero by 2040
• Gas Networks Ireland - Service Window Cutter
• LotusWorks
• MDE Installations - Empowering Utilities: Journey to Operational Excellence

Operational Excellence in Third-Level Education

WINNER:

Griffith College - Faculty of Law

FINALISTS:

• Better Together and South East Technological University - Co-Produced Research Project
• Griffith College - Faculty of Law
• Queen's University Belfast - Professor Michalis Matthaiou
• UCC - MRes

Operational Excellence in Retail

WINNER:

ALDI Ireland - Store Operational Efficiency and Sustainability

FINALISTS:

• ALDI Ireland - Store Operational Efficiency and Sustainability
• Pride & Pinion

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

WINNER:

Viatris Little Island

FINALISTS:

• Abbott Nutrition - Cootehill
• CJ Sheeran Group
• Viatris Little Island
• WuXi Biologics

Operational Excellence in Life Sciences

WINNER:

APC & VLE Therapeutics

FINALISTS:

• APC & VLE Therapeutics
• LotusWorks
• WuXi Biologics

Operational Excellence in Healthcare

WINNER:

Comfort Keepers Homecare

FINALISTS:

• Comfort Keepers Homecare
• Connected Health

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

WINNER:

Dublin Bus - Public Procurement Graduate Programme

FINALISTS:

• APC & VLE Therapeutics - The Graduate Program
• Dublin Bus - Public Procurement Graduate Programme

Best Use of Technology in Operations

WINNER:

AllView Healthcare - TeleDermatology

FINALISTS:

• AllView Healthcare - TeleDermatology
• Bulgari & Inpute Technologies - Paperless Warehouse Project
• Connected Health
• MDE Installations - Leading with Technology
• Sodexo Ireland

Innovation in Operations

WINNER:

ISS - Pure Space Cleaning

FINALISTS:

• Centric Health - Project Phoenix
• Comfort Keepers Homecare - Skin Integrity and Reducing Hospital Admissions
• Health Products Regulatory Authority - Process Innovation in Medical Device Assessment
• Health Products Regulatory Authority - Use of AI and Reports to Enhance Processes
• ISS - Pure Space Cleaning
• University of Galway & Medtronic - Diploma in Operations Engineering