The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards 2026

The Industry's Most Prestigious Cross-Industry Awards Program. Showcasing the most outstanding Business Transformation & OpEx Achievements.

Awards Winners Listing

 

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE INDUSTRY AWARDS 2019

 

ORGANIZATIONAL AWARDS

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Automotive & Transportation

Faurecia Clean Mobility - Lean Six Sigma from the Middle Out

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Banking, Capital Markets & Insurance

Nationwide Insurance - Striving for Operational Excellence and a Problem Solving Culture

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Healthcare

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - BCBSM Enterprise Transformation

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Hospitality & Construction

Caesars Entertainment - Nomination - Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Hospitality & Construction

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Manufacturing

Intel Corporation - Accelerating Intel's Transformation Through Operational Excellence

 

Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Data Sciences International (DSI) - Data Sciences International Pursuit of Operational Excellence

 

PROJECT AWARDS

 

Best Achievement in Cultural Transformation & Sustainability to deliver a high performing Enterprise Excellence Culture

Cisco - Cisco's My Innovation

 

Best Achievement in Data Analytics enabling Operational Excellence

MetLife - MetLife Entry for Best Achievement in Data Analytics Enabling Operational Excellence
IBM - Cognitive Recommendation Engine (CoRE)


Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver an outstanding Business Expansion and Revenue Growth

Cognizant Technology Solutions - RCM Reimagined

 

Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver an outstanding Customer Experience Excellence

IBM - Leading Support for the Cognitive Era
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Predictive Operations for Outstanding Customer Experience


 

Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver an outstanding Value Creation or Innovation Execution project

Alberta Energy - Alberta Energy Regulator

 

Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver Business Transformation

JR Automation - Implementing a Quote Development Process

 

Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver Digital Transformation

Refinitiv - Project Genesis- Digital Transformation at Refinitiv

 

Best Achievement in Technology Enabled Process Automation

HP - Digitizing Finance

 

Best Operational Excellence project under 90 days

DonorsChoose.org - How DonorsChoose.org Operations helped make a $29 million donation come to life

 

PERSONALITY AWARDS

 

Operational Excellence CEO of the Year Award

Jon Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer, BrightSpring Health Services

 

Operational Excellence Outstanding Leader of the Year Award

Somendra Jayaram, Vice President, Transition and Transformation, Cognizant Technology Solutions

 

PLATINUM AWARDS

 

The Platinum Award for Best Achievement in Organizational Operational Excellence

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - BCBSM Enterprise Transformation

 

The Platinum Award for Best Achievement in an Operational Excellence Project

HP - Digitizing Finance