Most Innovative Supply Chain Sustainability Solution
Digital Catapult
Trialled in the consumer goods sector, the solution has demonstrated the potential to cut CO 2
e emissions by 15-30 per cent through a reduction in empty running by enabling industry-scalable transport collaboration.
L3’ s solution combines algorithmic matchmaking with Digital Catapult’ s Sequence, a privacy preserving, interoperable and decentralized data sharing infrastructure, to match typically unused vehicle capacity with orders across multiple organizations.
To learn how the solution can benefit your business, visit digicat. org. uk / L3
Amar Dhokia, Senior Product Manager
https:// www. digicatapult. org. uk /
Special Editors Award: Most Innovative Executive in Manufacturing
Barry Leahey
Barry is President of Playdale who are the UK’ s leading manufacturer of children’ s playground equipment, and has distributors in over 50 countries. Playdale have won national Manufacturing and export awards, Barry personally receiving an MBE for services to International Trade in 2017. In addition Barry has been named IoD‘ Global Director of the Year’ and‘ Cumbria Business Person of the Year’, featuring in the‘ Telegraph’ s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders’ and‘ The Manufacturer Top 100 people in Manufacturing’. He is currently Vice Chair of Make UK North West regional Advisory Board, a Honorary Professor at Lancaster and Cumbria Universities and Non Exec Director for the Chamber of Commerce.
Barry Leahey MBE- CEO
https:// www. playdale. co. uk /
Special Editors Award: Factory of the Future
Agratas
Agratas is a global business supercharging the transition to net zero developing next-generation battery technologies. Construction of its multi-billion-pound electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility near Bridgwater, Somerset is underway. The state-of-the-art facility will be dedicated to designing, developing, and producing high-quality, high-performance, and sustainable battery cells. By the 2030s, the facility could provide almost half of the EV batteries for the UK market.
Chris Love- VP Process Engineering with Earl Wiggins- VP Manufacturing Operations https:// agratas. net / 58