You can submit your entry online using the online entry system. You will need to register first and then choose the categories you wish to enter. Once you have completed the work on your entries, you can submit them all at once. The system allows you to start an entry, save it, and complete it at a later date.
The main component of your entry is the entry document. All key information listed in the criteria for the category needs to be in the entry document and not in the supporting material.
Supporting material is optional and may be submitted in addition to the entry document. It should be used to illustrate/demonstrate what is in the entry document. Whilst supporting material is important and helpful to the judges, we ask that you keep these documents to a reasonable amount.
- The Awards are open to employees at any manufacturer that has demonstrated outstanding performance, teamwork, innovation and added-value within the stated judging period specified in each category.
- Employees may be nominated in more than one category, but separate submissions must be made as category judging criteria may vary.
- Judges reserve the right to change the category of entry if they deem it more relevant to that entry.
- Sponsors may not enter the category that they are sponsoring.
- All entries must complete the entry template provided.
- Any access passwords or details required as part of entry judging must be clearly supplied in time for the close of call for entries.
- Supporting material can be provided as part of the entry, though this is not automatically returned.
- MA Business holds no responsibility for the loss or damage to any entry or supporting material for that entry.
- All entries should include detailed measurements of performance and KPIs where requested. We appreciate that this information can be sensitive and all business-sensitive information will be treated as such under NDA where appropriate.
- The judges' decision is FINAL. No discussions on recounts or requests for justification will be entered into.
Top tips on entering:
- Plan your entry – Nobody ever won anything by doing it all last-minute. If you’re going to enter, commit to it early, get all the supporting material you need (more on that later) and get quotes from the factory floor. You can go in and out of your entry as many times as you like before you hit the ‘submit’ button, so take your time and get it right.
- Choose wisely – With 9 categories to choose from, it’s important to get your entry into the one that will give you the best chance of success. Also, be aware that certain awards have restrictions on who can enter, so be careful not to scupper your chances at the first hurdle.
- Believe in yourself – This is your chance to shine, so make your entry as compelling as it can be. Demonstrate, clearly and concisely, exactly what difference the individual or team has made to the site – reduced downtime, increased health and safety, and so on. Back it up with some solid facts and figures to show exactly why they should win.
- Make the judges take notice – Our judges will be looking through dozens of other entries, all of which will think they are the best. How are you going to make sure yours is the best? Include lots of supplementary extras – graphs and tables, sure, but also little flashes of personality: images of a smiling operator on a team-bonding exercise, for example.
- Check, check and check again – While you can edit your entry as many times as you like, you can only click ‘submit’ once. Therefore, make sure you have included everything you need (especially that supplementary material!) and weeded out any typos or factual errors that may have slipped through the net.
Follow these steps and you could be joining us in Manchester in March 2020 as we celebrate the teams and individuals who make manufacturing great.
