Best Practices Award Recipients
2021-2023
2021
2022
2023
Our Categories
Company of the Year
- MUST DEMONSTRATE: Excellence in terms of growth strategy and implementation
- RECOGNIZES: A high degree of visionary innovation, market-leading performance, and unmatched customer care
Competitive Strategy Leadership
- MUST DEMONSTRATE: Competitive intelligence to successfully execute a strategy that results in stronger market share, competitive brand positioning, and customer satisfaction
- RECOGNIZES: A stand-out approach to achieving top-line growth and superior customer experience
Customer Value Leadership
- MUST DEMONSTRATE: Excellence in implementing strategies that proactively create value for its customers with a focus on improving the return on investment that customers make in its services or products
- RECOGNIZES: Unique focus on enhancing the value that its customers receive, beyond simply good customer service, that leads to improved customer retention and customer base expansion
Enabling Technology Leadership
- MUST DEVELOP: A pioneering technology that not only enhances current products but also enables the advancement of new products and applications
- RECOGNIZES: The use of technology in new ways to improve existing products and services and elevate the customer experience
Entrepreneurial Company of the Year
- MUST DEMONSTRATE: Excellence in devising a strong growth strategy and robustly implementing it, and showing strength in terms of innovation in products and technologies, leadership in customer value as well as speed in response to market needs
- RECOGNIZES: The best up-and-coming, potentially disruptive market participant
Market Leadership
- MUST DEVELOP: Value-added features or benefits of a product and the increased ROI it offers customers, which, in turn, raises customer acquisition and overall market penetration potential
- RECOGNIZES: Great market share resulting from outstanding performance, products, and services
New Product Innovation
- MUST DEVELOP: An innovative element in a product by leveraging leading-edge technologies
- RECOGNIZES: A new product or solution that uniquely addresses key customer challenges
Product Leadership
- MUST DEVELOP: A product with innovative features and functionality that is gaining rapid market acceptance
- RECOGNIZES: A product or solution with attributes that deliver the best quality, reliability, and performance in the industry
Technology Innovation Leadership
- MUST DEVELOP: A unique and innovative technology that delivers significant customer value that is gaining rapid acceptance in the market
- RECOGNIZES: The best underlying technology for achieving remarkable product and customer success while driving future business value
Our Criteria
- Company of the Year
- Competitive Strategy Leadership
- Customer Value Leadership
- Enabling Technology Leadership
- Entrepreneurial Company of the Year
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Addressing Unmet Needs/Match to Needs
7. Visionary Scenarios through Mega Trends
8. Implementation Best Practices/Excellence
9. Leadership Focus
10. Financial Performance
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Addressing Unmet Needs/Match to Needs
7. Visionary Scenarios through Mega Trends
8. Implementation Best Practices/Excellence
9. Leadership Focus
10. Financial Performance
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Strategy Effectiveness
7. Strategy Execution
8. Competitive Differentiation
9. Executive Team Alignment
10. Stakeholder Integration
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Strategy Effectiveness
7. Strategy Execution
8. Competitive Differentiation
9. Executive Team Alignment
10. Stakeholder Integration
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Financial Performance
7. Customer Acquisition
8. Operational Efficiency
9. Growth Potential/Pipeline
10. Human Capital/Company Culture
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Financial Performance
7. Customer Acquisition
8. Operational Efficiency
9. Growth Potential/Pipeline
10. Human Capital/Company Culture
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Commitment to Innovation/Visionary Innovation
7. Commitment to Creativity
8. Stage Gate Efficiency
9. Commercialization Success
10. Application Diversity
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Commitment to Innovation/Visionary Innovation
7. Commitment to Creativity
8. Stage Gate Efficiency
9. Commercialization Success
10. Application Diversity
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Leadership Focus
7. Competitive Differentiation
8. Market Disruption
9. Market Gaps
10. Passionate Persistence
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Leadership Focus
7. Competitive Differentiation
8. Market Disruption
9. Market Gaps
10. Passionate Persistence
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Implementation Best Practices/Excellence
7. Growth Strategy/Performance
8. Product Quality
9. Product Differentiation
10. Technology Leverage
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Implementation Best Practices/Excellence
7. Growth Strategy/Performance
8. Product Quality
9. Product Differentiation
10. Technology Leverage
1. Price/Performance Value
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Addressing Unmet Needs/Match to Needs
7. Product Quality
8. Reliability
9. Positioning
10. Design
2. Customer Purchase Experience
3. Customer Ownership Experience
4. Customer Service Experience
5. Brand Equity/Strength/Loyalty
6. Addressing Unmet Needs/Match to Needs
7. Product Quality
8. Reliability
9. Positioning
10. Design
1. Match to Needs
2. Financial Performance
3. Customer Acquisition
4. Operational Efficiency
5. Growth Potential/Pipeline
6. Human Capital/Company Culture
7. Reliability & Quality
8. Positioning
9. Design
10. Product/Service Value
2. Financial Performance
3. Customer Acquisition
4. Operational Efficiency
5. Growth Potential/Pipeline
6. Human Capital/Company Culture
7. Reliability & Quality
8. Positioning
9. Design
10. Product/Service Value
1. Financial Performance
2. Customer Acquisition
3. Operational Efficiency
4. Growth Potential/Pipeline
5. Human Capital/Company Culture
6. Commitment to Innovation/Visionary Innovation
7. Commitment to Creativity
8. Stage Gate Efficiency
9. Commercialization Success
10. Application Diversity
2. Customer Acquisition
3. Operational Efficiency
4. Growth Potential/Pipeline
5. Human Capital/Company Culture
6. Commitment to Innovation/Visionary Innovation
7. Commitment to Creativity
8. Stage Gate Efficiency
9. Commercialization Success
10. Application Diversity