2024 Winners

Please see below the winners and finalists from the 2024 Operational Excellence Awards.

The winners were announced on Thursday, May 30th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin.

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

Sponsored by:

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

Sponsored by:

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