Award Categories

SEA Stephen E. Barton Leadership & Culture Award

• Describes how the company organizes and accomplishes its strategic planning
• Describes how senior leaders communicate and reinforce company direction
• Describes how senior leaders review organizational performance
• Describes how senior leaders select improvement priorities and review improvement initiatives
  

SEA Workforce Development Award

• Describes how job skills training and certification is accomplished
• Describes how processes are linked to key priorities for improvement
• Describes how cross-training is accomplished
• Describes how internal trainers are maintained and expanded
  

SEA Operational Excellence Award

• Describes how company sets and reviews priorities for Kaizen events
• Describes how company ensures effective deployment of 6S Visual Workplace strategies for workplace organization
• Describes how company continually reduces changeover and setup times
• Describes how company focuses on improving material management in support of lean and flow manufacturing objectives
  

SEA Performance Award: Most Improved

• Describes how company demonstrates improvement in the following metrics over the past 12-month period:
• Inventory Turns
• Revenue per Employee
• On-Time Delivery
• Defects Per Million Opportunities

SEA Supply Chain Innovation Award

• Describes how company integrates its supply chain into its planning and improvement processes
• Describes how a joint supplier team values streams its current state based on real data for delivery, quality, and cost
• Describes the action plan developed and deployed for break-through strategies and goals
• Describes how company collaborates with other suppliers to ensure success of their respective customers
  

SEA Customer of the Year Award

• Describes how company builds and values relationships
• Describes how company builds partnerships and alliances with suppliers to form a competitive advantage
• Describes how company measures its supplier relationships to ensure supplier retention
• Describes how company receives formal and informal feedback from suppliers
  

SEA Richard Hall Award for Leadership Excellence

• The individual recipient of this prestigious award is presented to the person who demonstrates some or all of the following characteristics:

• Inspires and motivates
• Communicates commitment through word and action
• Demonstrates high ethical standards
• Demonstrates effective company and industry leadership