Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards 2026

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Finalists

Gartner research team has selected the finalists in the first round of judging.

Process or Technology Innovation of the Year

Achieving outstanding and quantifiable business performance thanks to a breakthrough supply chain innovation in process engineering or technology application.

  • Diageo | Diageo’s Spirits Intelligence Platform (SIP): Maximising the Value of Our Liquid Gold
  • GE Healthcare | From Spreadsheets to AI Agents: GE Healthcare's Digital Transformation’s Tariffs Story
  • Knauf | Closing the Loop: The Story of Knauf’s Circular Supply Chain
  • Lenovo | Digital Space + The Luban Agent: A New AI-Powered Way to Global Supply Chain
  • Schneider Electric | Next-Gen All-Flexible Intelligent Manufacturing Solution

Social Impact of the Year

Achieving a positive, quantifiable impact on the community and/or environment through supply chain.

  • Eli Lilly & Company | 30x30: Transforming Insulin Access Through Global Partnerships
  • General Mills | Haagen Dazs Dairy Program Delivers
  • Microsoft | Supply Chain for the Most Precious Resources on Earth
  • Nestlé | Turning Waste Into Worth: NESCAFÉ®’s Circular Furniture Innovation
  • Schneider Electric | Restoring Nature, One Site at a Time: Schneider’s Citizen Science for Biodiversity

People Breakthrough of the Year

Fostering diversity on the supply chain team, creating value for the business through supply chain, and/or developing capabilities across the value chain.

  • Lenovo | Digital Organization: Scaling AI Talent and Transformation
  • Micron | Cultivating a Self-Innovating Organization in the AI Era
  • Pfizer | Pfizer Global Supply Chain Data Factory
  • Smith+Nephew | Global Customer Care Transformation
  • Unilever | DigiOps: Reimagining Capability for the Age of Autonomous Operations

Customer or Patient Innovation of the Year

Achieving a positive, quantifiable impact on customer or patient loyalty through supply chain.

  • BMS | Delivering Hope: Bristol Myers Squibb Expands Access to Cutting-Edge CAR-T Therapies for Patients in Japan With Difficult-to-Treat Cancers
  • Cisco Systems | Intelligent RMA Customer Experience
  • General Mills | An AI Native Operating Model
  • Haier Appliance Manufacture (Thailand) Company Limited | Utilize AI to Assist With After-Sales Maintenance for Global Users
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise | From Efficiency to Loyalty: How HPE Turned Operations into a Customer Experience Engine