The QCS Best Collaboration Award honors initiatives that deliver excellence through the joint efforts of a QCS member and approved QCS supply partner working together to either solve a problem or achieve a desired outcome.
The collaboration initiatives can include new packaging innovation, new product launch, cost savings, regulatory compliance, supply chain efficiency/effectiveness, operational improvement, process improvement, etc. All entries must be jointly submitted by the member and supply partner who took part in the collaboration, and both parties must agree to the award submission. Entries must provide clear objectives and rationale, as well as creative synergy across all activity and elements, resulting in demonstrable value gained. Entries will be judged based on point values assigned to the following criteria:
Abby Perdue - Membership Director, National Farmers Union Abby Perdue is National Farmers Union’s membership director, serving American family farmers and ranchers through cooperation, education, and legislation. As a former secondary agricultural education instructor and FFA advisor, Abby remains passionate about organizing positive and influential leaders in agricultural communities. We welcome Abby's expertise and insight in the evaluation of the Best Collaboration Award entries.
The Best Collaboration Award is open to current members and supply partners of QCS Purchasing Cooperative. All entries must be jointly submitted by the member and supply partner who took part in the collaboration, and both parties must agree to the award submission.
This award is open to any work launched between July 27, 2023, and July 24, 2024.
July 25, 2024, at 11 a.m. Central.
There is no entry fee to enter the Best Collaboration Award.
On the entry form, include a 100-Word Summary of your entry as well as a thorough synopsis for each of the sections below, explaining the purpose and scope of your project. The synopsis for each section is limited to 1,000 characters (including spaces).
We encourage you to enter press releases, design concepts, videos, campaign analytics, testimonials, and any other relevant materials you believe will give the judges a better sense of your project. You may also include proprietary or internal information, which will not be shared publicly if labeled as proprietary.
Creative and data files must be uploaded in a zip file (.zip). Acceptable file types:
If you are submitting multiple entries, be sure to complete a separate entry form for each submission and upload a separate zip file for each submission. All files related to an individual entry should be submitted in the same zip file.
For every award submission, you must provide an electronic submission folder as a zip file (.zip). Each submission shall be uploaded as a digital submission in your personalized Dropbox folder(s), which QCS Purchasing Cooperative will invite you to after you submit your entry form(s). Projects will be judged from the electronic submission materials.
Here’s how it works:
Materials that cannot be uploaded via Dropbox should be mailed to:
Lori Watkins
QCS Purchasing Cooperative
901 Warrenville Road, Suite 405
Lisle, IL 60532
All entries submitted by mail must be postmarked by July 25, 2024, at 11 a.m. Central.
Please submit one form per entry. All entries must be jointly submitted by the member and supply partner who took part in the collaboration, and both parties must agree to the award submission. All fields marked with * are required.