About the Awards

These inaugural awards will celebrate innovation across the all-important suppliers of products and services that help manufacturers to excel.

If you are a supplier, you can nominate yourself in the relevant category, or if you are a manufacturer you can nominate your most innovative suppliers.

You can enter free of charge.

Call for entry will close on 13th December 2024.


We will let you know if you have been successful in reaching the nominee list, and then we will open that short list up to our readership of Manufacturing Today to vote for their winners.

These will be reviewed by our editorial team and our advisory board drawn from senior executive roles in major manufacturing firms.

The winners will be announced on 24th April 2025.




Industry 4.0
Most Innovative IoT Solution
Most Innovative Big Data and Analytics Solution
Most Innovative AI Solution for Manufacturing
Most Innovative Robotics Solution
Most Innovative Automation Solution
Most Innovative Augmented Reality Solution
Most Innovative Additive Manufacturing Solution
Most Innovative Cloud Computing Solution
Most Innovative Digital Twin Solution
Most Innovative Digital Transformation Solution
Most Innovative Cybersecurity Solution

Manufacturing Operations
Most Innovative SCADA Solution
Most Innovative Factory Value Stream Mapping Solution
Most Innovative Production Planning Solution
Most Innovative Inventory Management Solution
Most Innovative Materials Handling Solution
Most Innovative Quality Control Solution
Most Innovative Predictive Maintenance Solution
Most Innovative Connectivity Solution
Most Innovative Machine Tool Solution
Most Innovative ERP Solution
Most innovative Manufacturing Execution System
Most Innovative Master Data Management Platform
Most Innovative Project Information Management Solution
Most Innovative Document Management Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Process Automation
Most Innovative Solution for Just-in-Time Manufacturing

Sustainable Manufacturing
Most Innovative Energy Management Solution
Most Innovative Renewables Solution
Most Innovative Plant Recycling Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Waste Reduction
Most Innovative Circular Economy Solution
Most Innovative Provider of Sustainable Materials
Most Innovative Sustainable Packaging Solution
Most Innovative Water Management Solution
Most Innovative Carbon Capture Solution
Most Innovative Supply Chain Sustainability Solution

Supply Chain Management
Most Innovative Supply Chain Workflow Simulation Solution
Most Innovative Procurement Management Solution
Most Innovative Demand Forecasting Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Managing Supplier Relations
Most Innovative Supply Chain Optimisation Solution

Editor’s Special Awards
Factory of the Future
Most Innovative Executive in Manufacturing