2025 Winners

Overall Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

Cygnum Timber Frame

Operational Excellence Leader

RECIPIENT:

Willie Murphy

Operations Team of the Year

WINNER:

ResultsCX Ireland - Operations Team

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

WINNER:

EDAC Environmental Compliance - Sarah Fay

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

WINNER:

Kerry Group - Noeleen Donegan

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

WINNER:

Cygnum Timber Frame

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

WINNER:

Apleona Ireland

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• LMC FM

Operational Excellence in Financial & Professional Services

WINNER:

Quantmatix

FINALISTS:

• Informed Decisions Financial Planning
• Quantmatix

Operational Excellence in Healthcare

WINNER:

Sláintedoc

FINALISTS:

• Musgrave House
• Sláintedoc

Operational Excellence in ICT, Media and Telecoms

WINNER:

evcoms

FINALISTS:

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

Operational Excellence in Life Sciences

WINNER:

WuXi Biologics Ireland

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland
• WuXi Biologics Ireland

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

WINNER:

Viatris Little Island

FINALISTS:

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

Operational Excellence in Public Sector

WINNER:

The "An Post Way" Operational Excellence Programme

FINALISTS:

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

Operational Excellence in Retail

WINNER:

Stocktaking.ie powered by RGIS

FINALISTS:

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

Operational Excellence in Third-Level Education

WINNER:

Griffith College - Faculty of Law

FINALISTS:

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

Operational Excellence in Tourism & Leisure

WINNER:

Doolin Ferry

FINALISTS:

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

Best Use of Technology in Operations

WINNER:

IRLCA

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

WINNER:

Translink - NIR - Condition Based Maintenance Project

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

WINNER:

Gilead Sciences Ireland – Embedding Operational Excellence for Sustainable Impact

FINALISTS:

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

Green Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

Greenlink Interconnector

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

WINNER:

Salesforce - Revolutionizing Partner Support with AI

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