2023 Shortlist

Congratulations to the Operational Excellence Awards 2023 winners.

Overall Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

Gas Networks Ireland

Operations Team of the Year- SME

WINNER:

Wines Direct

FINALISTS:

  • George Best Belfast City Airport
  • Honeycomb Jobs
  • LMC FM, Irish Prison Service and Arup
  • Wines Direct

Operations Team of the Year

WINNER:

Breedon Cement Ireland – Breedon Group

FINALISTS:

  • Breedon Cement Ireland – Breedon Group
  • Courts Bundle PPP Team - BAM FM
  • ICD Team - Mitie
  • ISS HSEQ Team
  • Onboard Customer Service Officer Team - Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail
  • Tirlán
  • Viking UK/IE

Operations Manager/COO of the Year

WINNER:

Conor Baxter - Mannok

FINALISTS:

  • Conor Baxter - Mannok
  • Susanne Carpenter - LMC FM
  • Jason Casey - Ardmac
  • Mark Flanagan - Communicare Healthcare
  • Gavin Keogh - Wines Direct
  • Áine Kerr - Kinzen, by Spotify
  • Joe McCaffrey - Duke McCaffrey
  • Erwin McKee - Leckey
  • Grace Tooher - Rural WiFi

Operational Excellence in Construction

WINNER:

Kirby Group Engineering

FINALISTS:

  • Bridgewater Construction
  • Crannog Roofing
  • Faithful+Gould
  • Kirby Group Engineering

Operational Excellence in Retail

WINNER:

Wines Direct

FINALISTS:

  • Primark
  • Wines Direct

Operational Excellence in Hospitality, Tourism, & Leisure

WINNER:

O'Donoghue Ring Collection

FINALISTS:

  • Griffith Halls of Residence
  • Guildhall - Derry City and Strabane District Council
  • O'Donoghue Ring Collection
  • The McWilliam Park Hotel

Operational Excellence in Healthcare

WINNER:

AllView Healthcare

FINALISTS:

  • AllView Healthcare
  • Centric Health SCOPE Project
  • Comfort Keepers Homecare
  • Eurofins BioPharmaceutical Product Testing
  • SOS Kilkenny

Operational Excellence in Pharmachem

WINNER:

Eurofins BioPharmaceutical Product Testing

FINALISTS:

  • Eurofins BioPharmaceutical Product Testing
  • MIAS Pharma

Sponsored by:

Sensori FM

Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

WINNER:

Mannok

FINALISTS:

  • Abbott Nutrition Cootehill
  • Kerrygold Park
  • Leckey
  • LotusWorks
  • Mannok
  • Ventac
  • West Pharmaceutical Services

Operational Excellence in Food & Beverage

WINNER:

Abbott Nutrition Cootehill

FINALISTS:

  • Abbott Nutrition Cootehill
  • Kerrygold Park
  • The Skibbereen Food Company

Operational Excellence in Logistics & Transport

WINNER:

South Coast Logistics

FINALISTS:

  • Easy2Go Logistics
  • Fastway
  • South Coast Logistics
  • Translink - Structures Department

Operational Excellence in Utilities

WINNER:

Gas Networks Ireland

FINALISTS:

  • ESB
  • Gas Networks Ireland
  • Rural WiFi
  • Uisce Éireann

Operational Excellence in Third - Level Education

WINNER:

Griffith College Faculty of Law

FINALISTS:

  • DCU Anti Bullying Centre
  • Griffith College Faculty of Law

Operational Excellence in Public Sector

WINNER:

An Post

FINALISTS:

  • Lessons Learned from One of Our Own – EPS Group
  • ShareRidge
  • SIRO

Sponsored by:

ISS

Operational Excellence in Facilities Management

WINNER:

LotusWorks

FINALISTS:

  • BAM Facilities Management
  • Halcyon Eco
  • LMC FM
  • LotusWorks
  • Mitie
  • Sensori Facilities Management
  • Workhuman

COVID-19 Crisis Response Award

WINNER:

DPD Ireland

FINALISTS:

  • Comfort Keepers Homecare
  • DPD Ireland
  • Keltech
  • Mitie

Innovation in Operations

WINNER:

Elis CONNECT - A SMART Pest Control Solution

FINALISTS:

  • Ardmac
  • Elis CONNECT - A SMART Pest Control Solution
  • Implementation of a Successful Joint Industrial Council - Iarnród Éireann
  • Turning Industry Pain into Keltech’s Gain.
  • LMC FM.
  • Sensori Facilities Management
  • Wines Direct

Sponsored by:

ISS

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

WINNER:

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail

FINALISTS:

  • AbbVie's Operations Development Programme
  • Ardmac
  • Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail

Best Use of Technology in Operations

WINNER:

Data Processing Pipeline for Hub Automation – Fastway

FINALISTS:

  • Autodesk BIM 360 - BAM FM
  • Data Processing Pipeline for Hub Automation – Fastway
  • Our Paint Your Brand - Keltech
  • Pmac
  • PwC Legal Operations
  • Sensori Facilities Management
  • Wines Direct