**Please read ALL guidelines as incomplete applications will be denied.**
PROCESS OVERVIEW
- A company submits a case study of an innovative solution to a supply chain challenge.
- The SCIA committee reviews the cases and selects finalists.
- The finalist cases are requested to present their case at a dedicated education track during the CSCMP Edge Conference.
- During a live competition, the finalists presentations are evaluated by a committee of judges comprised of CSCMP’s Research Strategies Committee and SupplyChainBrain editorial board members.
- The SCIA Award winner is recognized on stage at the CSCMP Edge Conference closing session.
- The finalist case studies are published (with permission) on the CSCMP website and authors recognized/interviewed in an editorial feature in the SupplyChainBrain end-of-year issue as well as online.
January 15, 2018 | Call for Submissions– Application period opens |
March 30, 2018 | Case study submissions due to CSCMP. Extensions will not be granted. |
March 30 - April 15, 2018 | Evaluation of cases by SCIA committee & SupplyChainBrain editorial board. |
May 1, 2018 | Finalist and non-finalist teams notified; Finalist to select competition session time. |
June 15, 2018 | Finalists’ presentation slides final draft due to CSCMP. Extensions will not be granted. |
September 30 - Oct. 3, 2018 | Finalist presentations at the CSCMP 2018 Edge Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. |
October 3, 2018 | Award ceremony at CSCMP 2018 Annual Conference closing session. |
November 15, 2018 | Final winner awarded/Finalist submissions uploaded to CSCMP and SupplyChainBrain website. |
November/December 2018 | SupplyChainBrain special issue on SCIA finalists and winner(s). |