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To assist you with your application, please carefully read this document and then use the following checklist to ensure you have

included all the information required.Ensure all selection criteria are addressed on your application form. Please note: Applications may not be accepted for judging, if all requested information / selection criteria has not been completed.

CHECKLIST

Please check box ☒, as each point is marked off.

Have you submitted your application/s using the appropriate generic application form/s from the HMA website at http://www.hma.org.au/nominations/.aspx, with all selection criteria being addressed as specified on the form/s?

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Have you completed the Manufacturer of the Year Section 2, Questions 7-11? ☐

Have you completed the company details on the front page? ☐

Have you supplied your current company logo in high resolution colour in JPEG or TIFF and EPS file format and copied it onto your USB?

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Have you supplied your company profile and copied it onto your USB?(5 dot points)

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Have you supplied your information about the product/concept and copied it onto your USB? (5 dot points) – only if a product/concept is pertinent to the category you are submitting.

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Have you supplied a minimum of 2 photographs of the product/concept in high resolution TIFF or JPEG format, and copied them onto your USB?

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HMA 2017 Application for TECHNOLOGY Award Page 1 of 26

http://www.hma.org.au/nominations/.aspx

When you have completed ALL the categories you are submitting, save them ALL onto 1 USB in their separate respective folders as outlined in the Guidelines on the HMA website – www.hma.org.au – Nominate for an Award - then post the USB to the HMA, as per the details below:

CAROL McEWANADMINISTRATION MANAGER

HUNTER MANUFACTURING AWARDS INC.C/- McEWAN AND PARTNERS,

PO BOX 332THE JUNCTION NSW 2295

OR DELIVER TO CAROL McEWAN

ADMINISTRATION MANAGERHUNTER MANUFACTURING AWARDS INC.

C/- McEWAN AND PARTNERS,SUITE 1, 91 FREDERICK STREET,

MEREWETHER NSW 2291

NOTE

You may also wish to enter a submission into the Hunter Business Chamber Awards. Please visit the Hunter Business Chamber website at http://www.nswbusinesschamber.com.au/Hunter/Events/Hunter-Business-Awards for more details.


http://www.nswbusinesschamber.com.au/Hunter/Events/Hunter-Business-Awards

http://www.hma.org.au/

SPECIAL INFORMATION relating to the HMA BOARD AWARD

THE HMA BOARD AWARD IS A DISCRETIONARY AWARD.

THE CRITERIA FOR THE HMA BOARD AWARD ARE BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE DATA FROM ALL OTHER SUBMISSIONS A COMPANY HAS ENTERED IN, EXCLUDING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR WHICH IS A SEPARATE NOMINATION SECTION.

ELIGIBILITY

➢ COMPANIES NEED TO HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS

➢ COMPANIES NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE HEADING IN A DIRECTION THAT IS BOTH POSITIVE AND VISIONARY

➢ IF THE JUDGE IS SATISFIED THAT A SUBMISSION IN ANY OF THE GENERAL CATEGORIES (SAFETY, PEOPLE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, PRODUCT DESIGN, INNOVATION, MANUFACTURING PROCESS, TECHNOLOGY, MARKETING, EXPORT), POSSESSES THE RELEVANT EVIDENCE TO ADDRESS THE NECESSARY CRITERIA FOR THE HMA BOARD AWARD, THE SUBMISSION WILL BE FURTHER CONSIDERED FOR THE HMA BOARD AWARD

➢ THE WINNER OF THE HMA BOARD AWARD IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN AN AWARD IN ANOTHER CATEGORY, BUT CANNOT WIN BOTH THE HMA BOARD AWARD AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

➢ THE WINNER OF THE HMA BOARD AWARD DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE WON AN AWARD IN ANOTHER CATEGORY TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE HMA BOARD AWARD

➢ THE WINNER OF THE HMA BOARD AWARD WILL BE AWARDED THE PRIZE OF A TRIP FOR ONE PERSON TO AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT OR TRADE EXPO THAT WILL ASSIST THE COMPANY TO EXPAND AND GROW AND ALSO, BENEFIT THE RECIPIENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEMSELVES IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE.

➢ THERE IS NO NOMINATION FORM TO BE COMPLETED FOR THIS CATEGORY


Terms and Conditions regarding the2017 HMA Board Award

The winner of this Award will be rewarded with an overseas trip for ONE PERSON to a Trade Expo or event, pertinent to the winner's/ company's line of business.

The trip is to take place between October 2017 and October 2018 and will be arranged through the HMA's "In Kind" Travel Sponsors, helloworld, HTG, Newcastle.

The prize covers the cost of 1 economy class return airfare inclusive of taxes and insurance with Qantas Airways (Sydney-Destination-Sydney), plus $2,000 towards accommodation and incidental costs.

As a follow up to the trip, a report is to be submitted (within one month of returning from the trip) to the HMA Board of Directors. The report should demonstrate the benefits and impact of the trip on the person and/or company. The information will be used by HMA to profile and promote future Awards and will be posted on the HMA website to highlight the successful outcomes achieved by winning such a prize.

The Winner may also be requested to speak at one of the HMA's future events to share the experience of such a trip with other manufacturers.

Nominations are open to any manufacturing company that has made an application for an award in at least one or a number of the 2017 listed award general categories - SAFETY, PEOPLE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, PRODUCT DESIGN, INNOVATION, MANUFACTURING PROCESS, TECHNOLOGY, MARKETING, EXPORT.

HMA Board and Judging Panel


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Company Details

Company Name:

Address:

Suburb:

Postcode:

Website:

No. of years Company has been operating

Contact Person Details

Contact Name:

Email:

Phone Number:

Mobile Number:


The contact person may be contacted in the case of a company/plant site visit by a judge


PLEASE NOTE – 1. If selected as a Finalist in the 2017 HMA, you could be contacted by NBN

Television who may showcase your company / product in the week leading up to the Awards event, which is to be held on Friday, 20th October 2017

You have the opportunity to decline this opportunity if you wish. Please ensure you indicate your preference, as below, by BOLDING one of the options.

• In the event I am chosen as a Finalist in the 2017 HMA I would be happy for NBN to showcase my company if the opportunity arises

• In the event I am chosen as a Finalist in the 2017 HMA I would prefer it if I was not contacted by NBN to showcase my company

As part of the Awards’ support and promotion of its applicants, HMA could include your company on their website and as part of their social media content – Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Vimeo, You Tube, Pinterest.

The process may include sharing text and images from your company website and / or social media pages.

You have the opportunity to decline this opportunity if you wish. Please ensure you indicate your preference, as below, by BOLDING one of the options.

• I am happy to be promoted via the HMA’s social media to further promote my company

• I do not wish to be included on HMA’s website or in any of HMA’s social media to further promote my company.

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGYNominations are open to manufacturing companies for consideration of the Excellence in Technology Award at the annual Hunter Manufacturing Awards.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION FORM TO ENSURE YOU ARE SUBMITTING IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY.

DEFINITON OF TECHNOLOGY

Nominations are open to any manufacturing company that has developed a new technology or has applied existing technology in a novel way that has increased sales, improved the productivity or increased the quality of its goods or services and positively impacted on safety due to the introduction of the new technology (provide evidence of these effects where possible).

The technology may be in partnership with a technology provider, but, the category is open only to the manufacturing company that employs those undertaking that technology.

The judges will look for examples of innovations in technology that include, but are not limited to, new invention, performance, technology development, process improvement and e-commerce or e-trading applications.

Note – This category is only eligible for companies who initially develop / employ the use of the new technology for internal process improvement.

It maybe that a new line of business / product can be offered externally from the new technology, however, the initial intent is to improve its own internal process. Applicants may find that their application into the Excellence in Technology category may also be a 'fit' for another category, such as marketing, product design, innovation, manufacturing process, export etc.

By adapting the information to fit the criteria of other categories you give yourself the opportunity for your product, process, etc. to be profiled in more than one sector.

EACH OF THE LISTED CRITERIA MUST BE ADDRESSED AND WHERE POSSIBLE, EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Photographs, drawings, etc. may be included as an ATTACHMENT to this Application Form and labelled clearly and then copied onto the USB with your Application Form, e.g. Question 3 – evidence provided/

Please address the following criteria and restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less. For example; Question 1 can only have a maximum of 200 words.


EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGYPlease address the following criteria and restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less. For example; Question 1 can only have a maximum of 200 words.

NOTE: Questions 1 to 7 relate to the Technology Award, and Questions 8 to 12 relate to the Manufacturer of the Year Award. Please complete ALL criteria to be eligible for both Awards.

Any accompanying documentation provided 'as evidence', may either be inserted as part of this form, or as an attachment to this application. Attachments must be labelled according to the question number, e.g. question 3 - evidence provided and copied onto the USB along with a copy of this form.

Judge's Use Only

Please restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less.

Actual Score

Criteria Value

SECTION 1 – QUESTIONS 1-7 – TECHNOLOGY AWARD

1. Please describe the technologyFor example

What was the problem you faced internally (e.g. high energy costs, low productivity, safety issues) and how has the technology works to mitigate those issues?

Is it a software or a hardware improvement, or both? Did the company develop it in-house or in collaboration? Other

5

2. A) What were the origins of the technology breakthrough?For example

How was the idea conceived? Did you look for an off the shelf solution first? How did you test the early idea? Was management convinced straight away with the idea?

B) Why do you believe it novel? (Include any evidence of Intellectual property – Patents, trademarks)For example

Novel ideas are new, original, unconventional and not quickly recognised/obvious by people in the industry.

Has your company decided to protect the idea/brand in a patent or trademark?

Other

10


3. What markets are now accessible as a result of this new technology?

For example Does the technology allow for the development of new

products or services that can now be offered to customers? Does it help the company to enter a new market segment?

eg. a new machinery developed that will allow the company to produce high-grade material in a specific industry.

Other

10

4. How will the technology be competitive in the target markets?For example

Describes the current target market and the competitor analysis?

How does the target market currently being served by the competitors?

Other

5

5. What will be the strength of its value proposition or cost benefit performance? E.g. what are the benefits the market will derive from the product or service, what alternative options does the market have for the product or service? Is cheaper, faster, lighter etc.

For example Quantification of the benefits/value proposition would be

great (e.g. amount of productivity increased, amount of labour required, % of margin increased, etc).

Other

10

6. What is the projected impact on your business performance as a result of the technology?

For example Potential improvement to this year’s budget and

performance. Potential future sales increase Other socio-economic impact to employee. Other

10


7. What are the positive social and environmental impacts of the technology?

For example Does the technology help to reduce carbon footprint, or

reusing/reducing waste? Does the use of the technology has social benefit to the

community and/or allow customers from lower income to access its benefits?

Other

10

TOTAL 60


SECTI0N 2 – QUESTIONS 8 – 12 - MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR AWARD

8. Has your organisation demonstrated “world class performance” in manufacturing?

To assist you in providing the kind of information required, some examples are listed below - Exports International accreditation Quality performance system Systematic Benchmarking Approach Import substitution International recognition/presence Other

9. Demonstrate the sustainability of your products and services

To assist you in providing the kind of information required, some examples are listed below -

Demonstration of a culture of innovation Carbon reduction/energy saving initiatives Recyclability of product or part thereof Excellent OH&S Waste reduction initiatives Nimble adaptation to changing markets and changing market conditions What capex has taken place (capex shapes the direction of the business) Other


10. Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement process

To assist you in providing the kind of information required, some examples are listed below -

Improvements in design/research effort Improvements in manufacturing capability and productivity Improvements in employee skills Improvements in marketing eg digital moves Engagement in expo’s/fairs Formal Quality Management System Improvements in procurement, inventory, warehousing, distribution Improvements in systems Improvements in safety Reduction in waste/LEAN program Other

11. What is your management Philosophy and Employee Commitment?

To assist you in providing the kind of information required, some examples are listed below - Apprentices employed

Learning/Up-skilling provided

Safety ethos

Employee engagement and empowerment

Is there a discernable philosophy/code of conduct?

Is there a bonus arrangement in place

Formal employee recognition process

Culture and worship of longevity of service

Overseas travel or other novel employee awards

Employee information days/meetings Other


12. Can your company demonstrate Community Support and Involvement?

To assist you in providing the kind of information required, some examples are listed below –

Donations/Sponsorship Research grants etc Education/Training/Schools Community or employee health/lifestyle enhancement or education Environment protection or improvement Support for Sport Work Place Giving Personal community involvement Indigenous assistance Manufacturing industry involvement Other


SECTION 1 - EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY

Question 1: Please describe the technology in no more than 200 words – Refer to examples on Page 8 to guide you


Question 2 (no more than 200 words): Refer to examples on Page 8 to guide you

A) What were the origins of the technology breakthrough?

B) Why do you believe it is novel? (Include any evidence of Intellectual property – IP Protection)


Question 3: What markets are now accessible as a result of this new technology? (no more than 200 words) Refer to examples on Page 9 to guide you


Question 4: How will the technology be competitive in the target markets? (no more than 200 words) Refer to examples on Page 9 to guide you


Question 5: What will be the strength of its value proposition or cost benefit performance? E.g. what are the benefits the market will derive from the product or service, what alternative options does the market have to the product or service? Is it cheaper, faster, lighter etc.? (no more than 200 words) Refer to examples on Page 9 to guide you


Question 6: What is the projected impact on business performance as a result of the technology? (no more than 200 words) Refer to examples on Page 9 to guide you


Question 7: What are the positive environmental impacts of the technology? e.g. increased energy efficiency, better water efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas intensity, etc. (no more than 200 words) Refer to examples on Page 10 to guide you


SECTION 2

MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR CRITERIA

The following questions 8 – 12 relate to the Manufacturer of the Year Award

If entering the Manufacturer of the Year category the following questions are required to be addressed

REFER TO INFORMATION ON PAGES 11, 12 and 13 to ASSIST AND GUIDE YOU WHEN RESPONDING TO THE

MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR QUESTIONS


SECTION 2 - MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR CRITERIA

Question 8: What benchmarks do you employ to ensure that your organisation continues to demonstrate "world class performance" in manufacturing?


Question 9: Demonstrate the sustainability of your products and services.


Question 10: Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement process.


Question 11: What is your management Philosophy and Employee Commitment?


Question 12: Can your company demonstrate Community Support and Involvement?


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