Not Just About Winning

“It was about the entry process as much as anything…”

- Dr Kevin Thompson, Chief Executive Officer for Opus International Consultants, winner of the 2006 Supreme Exporter of the Year

The process itself is a great way to take stock in the progress of your company, engage your team and promote a profile of strength in your sector both in New Zealand and around the world.

Win or lose, past applicants have found the experience rewarding.

““We learned some accurate information about our performance it was almost a forced operations review covering all aspects of our business from marketing, sales and distribution to staff management and financial systems. The feedback we got reinforced what we were doing right, and helped identify areas for improvement that we’ve since gone on to address.”

- General Manager, Blair Gibbs, Spy Valley Wines – Marlborough

“We entered because we hoped the process would make us a bit more professional and give us an opportunity to identify what people from outside the business wanted to know about us. The whole system was fantastic”

- Managing Director, Larry Greene, rml (NZ) Ltd – Waikato

““Our international team has been able to share the glory with all the other people in the company who are equally as involved in getting the products out the door, not just our sales and marketing staff, but those in admin and operations, it’s recognition for them as well.”

- General Manager International Business, Brian Dewar,  Healtheries of New Zealand Ltd (Auckland)