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Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards
Recognizing 2026 supply chain innovations with lasting impact
The Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards are an annual community-driven recognition program that inspires supply chain transformation around the globe.
Complete the form to get lessons learned from the 2026 Supply Chain Award Winners — Bristol Myers Squibb, Diageo, Microsoft, and Unilever.
About Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards
The Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards are an annual community-driven recognition program for breakthrough supply chain innovations that inspire supply chain transformation around the globe.
Key benefits:
- Showcase your supply chain leadership.
- Attract top supply chain talent to your organization.
- Advance the supply chain profession.
View the 2026 honorees
See the list of finalists and winners for the 2026 Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards.
Award categories
Customer or Patient Innovation of the Year
Achieve a positive, quantifiable impact on customer or patient loyalty through supply chain.
Social Impact of the Year
Achieve a positive, quantifiable impact on the community and/or the environment through supply chain.
Process or Technology Innovation of the Year
Achieve outstanding business performance via breakthrough supply chain innovation in process engineering or technology application.
People Breakthrough of the Year
Foster diversity on the supply chain team, create business value through supply chain, and/or develop capabilities across the value chain.
Our esteemed executive judges
Thank you to our senior-most supply chain leaders for participating as executive judges in Gartner’s Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards (details subject to change; last update: October 2025).
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Casting your vote for the Supply Chain Awards
Executive judges help to determine award winners. Supply chain leaders are eligible to be on the global executive judge panel (limited to one panelist per organization). Excluded from the panel are consultants, technology vendors, and public relations, marketing and finance professionals.
Gartner monitors the panel and reserves the right to accept or reject any offer to be a panelist.
2026 award eligibility and nomination process
The submission period for the 2026 program - our 12th annual - is now closed. Learn more about award eligibility and the nomination process, including how to identify a breakthrough supply chain innovation.
Previous Supply Chain Award Winners include:
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