ACI Awards 2021

Auto Components India, the voice of the automotive suppliers, is immensely proud to announce the fifth edition of Auto Components India Awards (ACI Awards 2021). The pioneering effort of the niche, widely followed B2B2C magazine has taken upon itself to identify and award the torch bearers of the USD 51.2 billion Indian auto components industry over the last half a decade. We especially look forward to building on the past momentum in these unprecedented times. Building on the rousing success of the previous edition held in February 2020, we once again seek your active participation and look forward to the automotive industry, as a whole, extending its full cooperation and support. As we near the fifth edition in March-April’ 2021 (TBC*) in-magazine (or virtual format), we humbly invite all of you to send in the nominations for an edition that is bound to highlight ‘All Things Resilience’ in the pandemic marred calendar year. You are requested to send in your entries latest by February 28’ 2021 as we look forward to acknowledging the inspiring efforts put in, going beyond just the call of duty. In an emotionally exhausting year, despite the fear of the unknown, the wheel of innovation kept spinning and extending hope for a better future only because of you the stakeholders of the industry.

Accounting for 2.3 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 25 per cent of its manufacturing GDP, it is no secret that the industry directly and indirectly employs over three million people. The Indian auto components industry is now taking even bigger strides to attain higher localisation levels and turn India into a global hub of design, manufacture and sales. The ability of the industry to innovate and excel, keep pace with the latest technologies and practices, explore two-way bilateral ties to de-risk the supply chain make it even more eligible to be crowned as the global sourcing hub for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). No surprises then, the Indian auto components industry is poised to become the third-largest in the world by 2025. The fifth edition of ACI Awards 2021 will honour the achievements of the strong and resilient Indian auto components industry under nine comprehensive categories as mentioned below:

• Auto Components Leader Of The Year.

• Component Manufacturer Of The Year.

• Component Of The Year.

• Shopfloor Management Of The Year.

• Component Start-up Of The Year.

• Green Application/Product Of The Year.

• Auto Ancillary JV Of The Year.

• Innovative E-Mobility Solution - Supplier of the Year.

• Export Component Of The Year.

• Ancillary Of The Year

• Supply Chain Management Of The Year

The Jury, comprising independent experts, internal and external to the Auto Components India Magazine will evaluate the nominations and single out the winners. The Indian auto component original equipment manufacturers are invited to send in their nominations by duly filling up the accompanying form. The form may be scanned and mailed to the email address mentioned on the last page. Alternatively, you may also download the nomination form available on the Auto Components India website: www.autocomponentsindia.com

Methodology: The evaluation process consists of the following steps:

1. An authorised officer of the manufacturer will duly fill the ‘Nomination/Application Form’.

2. The officer will build an effective winning case for the category he or she deems most appropriate. For the 500-word note, he or she, finding the space on the form insufficient, can use the respective company letterhead (duly signed) along with the form. The same will have to be submitted to Auto Components India.

3. Auto Components India will study the information received.

4. Auto Components India will assess each entry to understand the merits of the winning case put forth. If need be, the Auto Components India team may carry out an independent assessment to ensure that full justice is done to a deserving entry.

5. The Jury will choose the winner from the cases/entries/nominations received for the respective category through an in-depth evaluation of the cases/entries/nominations in each of the 11 categories, sequentially.

Model of excellence

The merit of the cases/entries/nominations will be evaluated by the excellence model tool. It is a the non-prescriptive framework that would recognise the approach towards excellence; towards the applicants’ soundness of approach; the rigour with which the approach was deployed, and if systematic assessment and review were integral to the process. The merit of the cases/entries/nominations will be also evaluated in terms of business excellence. It would look at the many approaches to sustainable excellence. The endeavour would thus be to ascertain how the applicant organisation fares in areas like:

• Result orientation.

• Customer focus.

• Management by processes and facts.

• People development and involvement.

• Continuous learning, innovation and improvement.

• Leadership and purpose.

• Partnership development.

• Societal responsibility.