9th Annual Defense Logistics Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 
5:30pm: Pre-Awards Cocktail Reception
6:30pm: Awards Ceremony

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Additional Sponsors Include:

Overview:

The Defense Logistics awards ceremony has been established to honor, recognize and promote the logisticians in the US Department of Defense and the Defense Industry that have made a significant contribution to military logistics. These logisticians support interoperability and transformation through logistics initiatives/programs/processes.

From now until October 15, 2012 you can nominate yourself, your team, your peer, partner, or client for the following categories:

CATEGORY 1: Cost Savings and Performance Improvement SPONSORED BY IBM
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CATEGORY 2: Best Logistics Strategy: A Specific Project Or Military-Contractor Partnership Achieving Logistics Excellence
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CATEGORY 3: Best PBL Implementation
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CATEGORY 4: Military - Military Collaboration of the Year: Rewarding The Joint Effort 
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CATEGORY 5: Beyond the Call of Duty: Logistician of the Year 
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CATEGORY 6: 2012 Logistician Lifetime Achievement Award
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Nominations will require a category submission form to be completed and sent to defense@wbresearch.com with any supporting documentation (i.e report or article of specific program). Contact Shamara Ray at 646-200-7447 or defense@wbresearch.com with any questions.

If you choose to mail your submission, mail to:

Shamara Ray
535 Fifth Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10017

Goal:

The goal of the Defense Logistics awards ceremony is to recognize people and/or organizations for their tremendous contributions to support the DoD and its ultimate end-user, the warfighter.

Ceremony Details:
Tuesday, December 4th
5:30pm: Pre-Awards Cocktail Reception
6:30pm: Awards Ceremony

Ceremony Attire:
Evening Dress Uniform, Black tie optional

Questions:
Contact Shamara Ray at 646-200-7447 or defense@wbresearch.com. We're here to help you with your submission.

Winners Announcement:
Awards will be announced and awarded at the Defense Logistics Awards Ceremony on December 4, 2012. The top entries in each category will be denoted as finalists and will be contacted in advance of the awards banquet. Our objective Awards Judging Panel will evaluate and score each application through a transparent process. This panel contains leading experts and practitioners in defense logistics and judging organizations are excluded from judging categories in which they have submitted an application.

Interested in sponsoring the 2012 Awards Ceremony?
Contact Chet Silverman at +1 (646) 200.7478 or Csilverman@wbresearch.com.
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RULES, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES: To be considered for the Defense Logistics 2012 Awards, please adhere to the following requirements:

1. We encourage submissions. You may contact Shamara Ray at 646-200-7447 or defense@wbresearch.com to discuss questions or concerns regarding your submission prior.
2. Each entry should include answers to all of the questions on the submission forms. It can either be addressed within the submission form or on a separate sheet of paper. If answer is addressed in another question on the form, simply indicate where.
3. You are encouraged to include supporting documents, figures, testimonials.
4. The entries must be received by 11:59pm EST, October 15, 2012. No late entries will be accepted. The contact person listed on the Application Submission Form will be contacted via e-mail upon receipt of your entry.
5. The Entry must have the name of the program or person as you would like it to appear on any documentation or award should you be selected as a finalist and/or winner
6. Each category contains multiple questions. We encourage you to answer all questions listed, but if a question is answered in a previous or subsequent section, indicate which section (i.e. Please see question 2 above for answer). If your entry fails to meet the requirements and format noted herewith, we'll attempt to notify you to provide additional materials. The judges and organizer are not obliged to disclose judging decisions, feedback or scores given.
7. Judging organizations are excluded from judging categories in which they have submitted an application.