The Supply Chain Innovation Award
Supply chains are judged on the days, the fill rate and the cost to serve. This category recognises sourcing, planning, warehousing and logistics innovation that held up through demand shocks, fuel prices and the last mile.
- Independent jury
- 250
- Innovations evaluated
- 4,500+
- Star rating
- 1–5
- Running since
- 2010
Academics, scientists, officials, investors
Across seventeen editions
Every nominee earns an AGBA Innovation Star
India’s longest-running innovation award
Three categories sit close to data. This is the one about method and evidence.
Most nominations that fail here fail because they were in the wrong category. Read across before you write anything.
Innovation in Supply Chain
Sourcing, planning, warehousing and logistics, measured in days, fill rate and cost to serve.
This category
Innovation in Manufacturing
Process and production engineering inside the plant.
Innovation in EV & Automobile
Fleets, vehicles and charging — the assets that move the goods.
Who should enter
- Planning and forecasting systems judged on service levels, not model accuracy alone
- Warehouse automation, robotics and fulfilment with throughput data
- Last-mile and middle-mile logistics innovation at operating scale
- Sourcing, traceability and supplier-network work with measurable resilience gains
- Cold chain, hazardous or regulated logistics where compliance shaped the design
What this award recognises is a chain that holds — orders filled, days taken out, cost to serve reduced — through a period that tested it. A pilot lane is a start, not a case.
If the work sits inside the plant, enter Innovation in Manufacturing. If it is the vehicles and charging behind the fleet, enter Innovation in EV & Automobile.
What the jury looks for
- Problem definition & market opportunityWhether the innovation solves a real problem, backed by evidence and a measurable impact on its target audience.
- InnovativenessNovelty and uniqueness — new technology, functionality or business model — measured against what already exists, including IP.
- Market potential & impactSize and growth of the addressable market, competitive landscape, and scalability across geographies.
- Social impact & sustainabilityContribution to society and the environment, including social responsibility and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
These are the same four criteria — problem definition, innovativeness, market impact and social/sustainability impact — used to assess every category. In this category the jury also weighs methodological rigour — including what you did to avoid fooling yourselves — the decision that changed as a result and what it was worth, the reproducibility and honesty of the evaluation, and the engineering quality of the data foundation underneath. Read the full evaluation criteria.
Who judges this category
Nominations are assessed by an independent jury, not by the organisers. Jurors are matched to the categories where their expertise lies. These are among those who read supply chain, logistics and operations entries.
Prof. Emel AktasChair of Supply Chain Analytics, Cranfield School of Management
Prof. Manoj K TiwariDirector, National Institute of Industrial Engineering
Prof Amar SapraProfessor, Production and Operations Management, IIM Bangalore
Dr. Rupesh Kumar PatiProfessor, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Prof Ravi ShankarAmar S. Gupta Chair Professor of Decision Science, IIT Delhi
Ms. ONG Soh KhimAssociate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Mr. Nikunj SanghiFormer Chairman, Automotive Skills Development Council
Mr Alex FiddesHead of Digital Operations, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, United KingdomEight of roughly 250. The full panel spans the IITs, the IIMs, the IIITs, the Indian School of Business, NITI Aayog and central ministries, the Department of Science & Technology, MeitY and CERT-In. See the full jury panel.
The chain on the podium
Supply chain has been recognised in every recent edition. These are among the most recent winners, photographed at the ceremony.
Previous winners
Supply chain has been a standing category, with transport and logistics recognised alongside it in some editions. The complete record sits in the winners archive.
Category names have changed across editions as the field has moved; the rows above are the closest equivalents in the published record. See the winners archive for the full 1st–16th edition history.
What happens after you submit
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Stage one · nowNomination registration
Register your company and category through the nomination process, then complete the detailed nomination form and processing fee.
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Stage twoJury presentation
Present the innovation to the jury and take questions. Jurors score each entry against the four evaluation criteria and rank it within its category.
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Stage threeStar Certification
Nominees are also assessed for AGBA Innovation Star Certification, an independent maturity rating alongside the category judging.
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Stage fourFinalists announced
Once every category has been evaluated, finalists are announced on the website ahead of the ceremony.
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Stage fiveAward ceremony
Winners are honoured on 18 February 2027 at Hotel Ashoka, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Before you write your nomination
Is a forecasting model enough on its own?
Not usually. The panel looks past model accuracy to the service outcome — fill rate, stockouts, expedites avoided.
Does last-mile delivery belong here?
Yes. Last-mile and middle-mile work is read here, judged on cost per drop, density and reliability rather than app design.
How is resilience assessed?
By what happened during a disruption. Describe the event, the response and the measured difference against the previous approach.
How do I submit a nomination?
Nominations are submitted through the nomination process, which sets out the stages, the supporting material required and the current edition’s dates.
Put your chain in front of the panel
Nominations for the Supply Chain Innovation Award are read by an independent jury of operations researchers and practitioners. Bring the days, the fill rate and the cost to serve.