Why we’re proud to back the Manufacturing Champions Awards

Everyone at The Manufacturing Institute is very proud to support the Manufacturing Champions Awards. Rewarding outstanding performance, innovation, teamwork, leadership and adding value for customers fits perfectly with The Manufacturing Institute's mission to inspire, educate and improve. Every day we hear about the people who make a difference in manufacturing from the shop floor to the boardroom. People who go that extra mile are willing to share their experience, prepared to take a risk and lead teams to innovation and excellence. Their companies know how good they are. We know how good they are. And these awards will help us celebrate the outstanding people working in UK manufacturing on a national scale. With 20 years of manufacturing know-how under our belts we know what good looks like. Set up in 1994, the Manchester-based Manufacturing Institute has educated over 50,000 manufacturers in best practice, worked in over 9,000 manufacturing companies across the world and achieved over £1.1 billion of quality, cost and delivery impact. We have also supported the introduction of a new global standard for enterprise excellence into Europe – the Shingo Prize – and helped manufacturers pursue and achieve this standard. As well as celebrating the great people working in manufacturing, we also want to promote manufacturing as an exciting career opportunity not just for those setting out in the world of work but also for those looking for a change of career. As manufacturing evolves, finding, keeping and celebrating talent will be key to future success. We work with some of the biggest manufacturing names in the world, like Rolls Royce and Jaguar Land Rover, to small companies with just a handful of employees. But it's not the size of the company that matters – it's the skill, passion and dedication of the people who turn up for work every day determined to be the very best. So why should you enter the Manufacturing Champions Awards? Don't be shy. If you think that you are one of those people – at whatever level in your manufacturing organisation – who really makes a difference at work tell us all about it. This is a great way to share good ideas, best practice and great stories with your peers. Your story may encourage someone to go in to manufacturing, apply for that promotion that they thought was beyond them or pursue an idea that they have so far kept to themselves. Winning a national award is good for you, your CV, your future career, the team that you work with, the company you work for and manufacturing. We wish you all the best and look forward a great awards evening in December in Manchester.