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The Australian Business Awards

The Australian Business Awards are a national, all-encompassing awards program honouring organisations that demonstrate the core values of business excellence, product excellence, sustainability and commercial success in their respective industries. Conducted annually and now in their seventh year, the awards honour Australia's industry leaders through the acknowledgment of innovative business processes, product development, enterprise, sustainability and overall business success. The Awards also recognise the important social and environmental contributions made by organisations through excellence of service, commitment to their customers, philanthropic ideals, ethical behaviour and environmental sustainability.

The most comprehensive of its kind, the awards are open to all organisations throughout the private, public and non-profit sectors including:

> Private Companies, Publicly Listed Companies & Multi-National Subsidiaries
> Government Departments, Government Agencies, Local Government & Statutory Bodies
> Non-Government Organisations & Educational Institutions
> Franchise Systems & Partnerships

The awards raise the bar across all aspects of quality management and provide organisations with ways to benchmark against top performers in their industry. Submitting an entry provides organisations with the opportunity to review their business performance and identify its core strengths. Entries are assessed using specific criteria underpinned by the program's established business award categories. The Australian Business Awards utilises a rigorous and dynamic framework to ensure that the assessment process is fair and objective, free of bias or influence.

Australian Business Award winners are acknowledged as industry leaders and named the elite of their industry. This is a valuable resource that can be put to good use in a variety of communications, creating opportunities for publicity, positive organisational profiling and heightened credibility within your industry and the Australian marketplace.

The Awards are an opportunity for Australian organisations to gain that competitive advantage by having their projects, initiatives and achievements recognised. The selected organisations are eligible to publicise their achievement on various forms of marketing and communications. The Australian Business Awards entry and licence terms can be viewed upon entry registration.

Product Awards

Conducted Annually and now in their seventh year, the product award categories are an opportunity for Australian industry to have their achievements recognised whilst highlighting their best products and services. The awards raise the bar across all aspects of product management enabling organisations to benchmark against top performers in their industry. Submitting an entry provides your organisation with the opportunity to review its business performance and identify its core strengths. Entries are assessed using specific criteria underpinned by the program's established product award categories. The Australian Business Awards utilises a rigorous and dynamic framework to ensure that the assessment process is fair and objective, free of bias or influence.

The product award categories are open to products available in Australia delivered through the private, public and non-profit sectors including business to business (B2B), business to government (B2G), government to business (G2B), government to citizen (G2C), business to consumer (B2C).

Eligible products include tangible and intangible products grouped into the following main types:

> Manufactured Goods, Devices & Equipment
> Services, Programs, Projects & Activities
> Information & Knowledge
> Software, Platforms & Systems

The Awards are an opportunity for Australian organisations to gain that competitive advantage by having their products recognised. A valuable resource that can be put to good use in a variety of communications, creating opportunities for publicity, positive organisational profiling and heightened credibility within your industry and the Australian marketplace. The selected organisations are eligible to publicise their achievement on various forms of marketing and communications highlighting their award winning products. The Australian Business Awards entry and licence terms can be viewed upon entry registration.

 

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Key Dates  
> Register to participate in the 2012 Awards
> Entry deadline is 30 March 2012
> Winners announced 3 July 2012
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