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This award aims to recognise the entity utilising new technologies and showing innovation in their approach to projects and/or their business. Technological advances can lead to significant transformation in ways in which manufacturing is planned, procured, delivered and maintained.  This can also include innovation in Research and Development or Production, in the process of either gaining market advantage or reducing production costs.

To qualify, your intervention must have taken place between the period January 2021 and December 2022

 

Who is eligible to enter this category?

All companies in the Metals and Engineering Sector

Entries will be adjudicated based on the submission of the following supporting documentation:

  1. Provide a 100-word executive summary of the entry for publication and presentation use
  2. The nomination may be made by an employee, industry colleague, client or the individual themselves. Where nominated, the nominee must agree to the nomination in writing.
  3. Evidence of the use of the advances of fourth industrial revolution (4IR) into their engineering projects. Entrant to provide evidence of the use of 4IR advances that are currently deployed in the metals and Engineering Industries, such as:
  • Use of additive technology (3D printing) of construction models drawn from professional and 3D practitioners.
  • Software technology used in infrastructure design and collaborations across geographic locations
  •  Use of robotics which is used to increase productivity and access areas of the engineering projects that may be unsafe for humans to work in, thereby improving industry health and safety practices.
  •  Use of drones that are used to provide progress reports, reducing the cost of time and travel for key project management personnel.
  • Quantum computing and how this has been applied to improve business processes.
  • Implementation of technology to improve sales and business processes.

4. Nominees must be able to make themselves available to be interviewed by the judges.

What is the concept?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • What is the problem you are trying to solve?
  • How did you discover the problem?
  • How did you design the intervention?

 

What was the value of innovation in the company project?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Describe how this innovation affected your bottom line?
  • How did this innovation affect employees and suppliers?
  • What was its unique value proposition?

 

How was the project delivered?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • How did the company design the roll out of the innovation?
  • Over what period did you roll out the innovation programme?

 

What impact did the intervention have?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • What impact did the innovation have in the medium and long term?
  • How was the innovation programme a catalyst for future improvements?

Awarded to a company with the best/highest rating by its customers for its performance in customer service.

 

What was the challenge the company was trying to solve?
Describe the Intervention
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Describe a typical customer?
  • What were the benefits/value to the customer?

 

Demonstrate how the company measured progress?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • What feedback mechanisms did your company implement?
  • How are your feedback systems monitored?
  • What have some of the results indicated?

 

What was the impact of the interventions?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Highlight how the intervention improved staff moral
  • Was there an improved financial performance?
  • How did the intervention improve customer service?

The health and safety award acknowledges best practice approaches and achievement in workplace health and safety. To qualify, your intervention must have taken place between the period January and December.

 

Describe the Health and Safety challenge the company/department faced?
  • Identification and treatment of a previously unidentified significant hazard (Risk Assessments)

 

What was the significant change?
  • Significant changes or improvements to work practices that enhance health and safety practice in your company.

 

How did you implement the programme?
Describe how you inculcated a culture of H&S to sustain the intervention?
How did the intervention enhance compliance with Health and Safety Regulation?

Awarded to a company that has the highest activity in artisan training each year (for itself and/or the industry).

To qualify, your intervention must have taken place between the period January and December 2021.
Describe the role artisans play within the business
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Tell us how the company has invested in apprenticeships.
  • Can you demonstrate the value apprentices bring to the business?

 

Describe how the company has invested in Apprenticeships and can demonstrate the immediate benefits this has brought to it.
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • State the Number of artisans trained and qualified in the last financial year.
  • State the Number of artisans employed in the last financial year.
  • Highlight the Employment Equity statistics in relation to Gender, Race, and Disability.

 

Highlight the benefits of training Apprentices in your business
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Describe the financial benefits.
  • Describe if there have been any improvements in workflow processes, and product development or quality.
  • Demonstrate how Apprentices have been fully integrated within the company with clear future development plans.

 

Highlight excellence in implementing your Apprenticeship programme.
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • What is the company’s ratio of apprentices to permanent staff?
    • Describe your best apprentice in terms of the following: Commitment, Skills, Attention to detail, Adherence to safety, Company values

Awarded to a company with a CSI project that makes the biggest impact on the lives of its beneficiaries.
Description of the company’s primary mandate?
List the company’s values?
Where does the company operate?
Describe the CSI programme?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • What process did you follow to identify the CSI project?
  • How did you involve the company Staff?
  • What role did Senior Management play in the role out?
  • Is the CSI Programme still in place?

 

What has been the impact of your CSI programme?
To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:
  • Are your values and commercial objectives aligned with the programme?
  • Has the programme created a long-term Impact in targeted communities?

 

 

The Environmental Stewardship Award recognises a project in the Metals and Engineering Sector that has been completed in the past two years and exemplifies the practices of environmental stewardship

 

Describe the environmental challenge the company/department faced?

To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:

  • What is the environmental challenge you are trying to solve?
  • How did you discover the problem?
  • How did you design the intervention?

 

Describe the significant change
  • Significant changes or improvements to work practices that enhance the environment.

 

Stewardship practices and achievements.
  • Describe the resource management goals and accomplishments in terms of stewardship. What does this mean?

 

Environment Stewardship at a senior level.

To assist you in answering this question, think about the following:

  • Describe how the company practices environmental stewardship as a part of your company’s management programme.
  • How has a stewardship philosophy impacted management strategies, and other activities that improve the public perception?

This category recognises a business entity owned by a person aged 35 years or younger. The company must be owner managed, independent, demonstrated growth for over two years and be contributing to job creation in the industry.
Who is eligible to enter this category?

o Youth -owned companies (51% or more youth ownership).

o Owned by under 35 years of age as at 31 December 2022.

 

Entries will be adjudicated based on the submission of the following supporting
documentation:
a. The nomination may be made by an employee, industry colleague, client or the individual themselves.
    Where nominated, the nominee must agree to the nomination in writing.
b. Provide Certified copy of the individual’s identity document.
c. Describe history of the entity – from inception to 2022.
d. Provide 100-word CV overview of each of the key personnel.
e. Provide evidence of the entity’s innovation, sustainability and contribution to the industry.
f.  Describe, in no more than two pages, how the entity has empowered youth in the industry.
g. Provide a 100-word executive summary of the entry for publication and presentation use.
h. Nominees must be able to make themselves available to be interviewed by the judges.

This award aims to recognise a woman owned (51% or more ownership) or led business in the metals and engineering industries. The individual has grown a successful company in the industry. The individual has contributed significantly to the development of the South African metals and engineering sector through her dedication, conviction, vision, commitment and leadership.

 

Who is eligible to enter this category?

o All women-owned or women managed metals and engineering companies (51% or more ownership).

 

Entries will be adjudicated based on the submission of the following supporting
documentation:
a. The nomination may be made by an employee, industry colleague, client or the individual themselves.
    Where nominated, the nominee must agree to the nomination in writing.
b. Provide valid BBBEE certificate.
c. The nomination must include a motivation detailing the outstanding achievements of
d. The nominee relevant to the metals and engineering sector covering the following areas:
−     Educational achievements (where applicable).
−     Practical achievements.
−     Recognition of awards received (if any).
−     Evidence of innovative contribution to the industry.
−     Highlight personal and professional barriers that have been overcome.
−     Evidence of continued professional development.
−     Leadership ability of the nominee and her contribution to building the image of the metals and engineering industry in general.
e. Provide a 100-word executive summary of the entry for publication and presentation use
f.  Nominees must be able to make themselves available to be interviewed by the judges.

This award will seek to recognize companies that can demonstrate technological advancements (already deployed) that have yielded the greatest reduction in carbon intensity per tonne of metal produced.

Entry Criteria:

  • The company must be operating in a BRICS Member Country and in the metals sector (ferrous and non-ferrous)
  • Can demonstrate a reduction in direct (Scope 1) Green House Gas emissions measured on a carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent basis per tonne of metal produced, measured from before and after the deployment of the technology
  • Open to all metal production technologies

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