Elemica Wins Gold Stevie(R) American Business Award

WAYNE, PA--(Marketwired - May 2, 2016) -  Elemica, the leading Supply Chain Operating Network for the process industries, announces that the company was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the 14^th Annual American Business Awards. Elemica's video series, "Elemicans in Cars Talkin' Supply Chain," was selected for the top prize in the video category for technology sales. 

"This is an awesome award for the Elemica Marketing Team, whose hard work and innovative thinking are showcased," said Ed Rusch, Global VP Marketing at Elemica. "I want to thank all the product managers and other Elemica leaders who took part in making this series informative and a great way to promote the Elemica network and solutions."

The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Monday, June 20. Tickets are now on sale.

More than 3,400 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Live Event of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. Elemica was nominated in the Sales: Industrial and Technology category for video.

The Elemica Marketing Team created "Elemicans in Cars Talkin' Supply Chain" video series featuring technology innovators, thought leaders and change agents sharing their big ideas, lessons learned and best practices of the supply chain. The conversations challenge thinking and validate ideas for improving the supply chain of businesses in the process industries, using Elemica's supply chain operating network and solutions.

Some of the judges commented on "Elemicans in Cars Talkin' Supply Chain," by saying, "Great concept -- entertaining, personable and informative. As a vehicle for internal audiences, it offers great exposure to cross functional leaders and teams; for external audiences -- this could be a strong recruiting and sales enablement tool." Another described the video series as, "Interesting use of a 'non-office' environment. Allows for a comfortable conversation on business i.e. supply chain. Friendly and warm production."

More than 250 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners.

"The judges were extremely impressed with the quality of entries we received this year. The competition was intense and every organization that has won should be proud," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2016 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA. 

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

About Elemica

Elemica is the leading Supply Chain Operating Network for the process industries. Elemica transforms supply chains by replacing manual and complex approaches with efficient and reliable ones. Launched in 2000, customers like BASF, BP, Continental, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, LANXESS, Michelin, Shell, Solvay, Sumitomo Chemical, Wacker and more process nearly $400B in commerce value annually on the network. Elemica drives bottom line results by promoting reduced cost of operations, faster process execution, automation of key business processes, removal of transactional barriers, and seamless information flow between trading partners. For more information, visit www.elemica.com.