Disclaimer
By submitting this Application Profile and supplemental materials, Company grants The Sterling Council a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to use the Company name, logo, and the materials submitted with this profile, together with photographs, video, and quotations taken or prepared in connection with the award process, to promote the award and manufacturing excellence. This includes The Sterling Council publications, newsletters, news articles, promotional materials, websites, and social media.
Company retains ownership of its name, logo, and the materials it submits. Materials produced by The Sterling Council about the Company, including photographs and video, are the property of The Sterling Council.
The Sterling Council may publish these materials without further approval from the Company, on these conditions:
- the Company may identify any area of its facility that must not be photographed for safety, security, or export-control reasons, and those areas will not be photographed or published;
- no controlled technical data, export-controlled information, or confidential customer information will be included in published materials;
- the Company may withdraw permission for future use of its name or logo by written notice, and The Sterling Council will stop using them in new material.
Company releases The Sterling Council, and anyone authorized by The Sterling Council to use these materials, from claims arising from use consistent with this permission.
Expectations
- All participating manufacturers will be provided with written and verbal feedback from their Company evaluation, offering specific identified Company strengths and opportunities for improvement, as well as recommendations.
- Award recipients will be announced in mid-May. SMBEA participants are encouraged to attend the recognition and award event at the Annual Sterling Conference.
- SMBEA participants should expect to be invited to participate in knowledge sharing activities in the Regional manufacturing community, which may include participation in virtual or in-person plant tours, expositions and company displays, webinars, and other development events.
- SMBEA participants will be invited to provide an examiner to represent the company in the next awards process.
- Recipients will be invited to join The Sterling Council Board of Directors at the Honorary Designation Level at no-cost for the First Year.
- The fee for participating in the award process and related promotional benefits is based on the facility employee FTE count entered above. Contract employees are recorded separately and do not determine the fee. Fee invoiced upon receipt of this application.
| FTEs | Fee |
|---|
| Fewer than 21 | $975 |
| 21 to 50 | $2,175 |
| 51 to 100 | $3,275 |
| 101 to 150 | $4,375 |
| More than 150 | $5,575 |
Included in the fee are: Evaluation Process, Live and Written Feedback Reporting, Sterling Press Releases and other promotional activity for Evaluated Companies, No-Charge Sterling Executive Roundtable participation, No-Cost Expo Hall Table at Annual Sterling Conference, Reduced Conference Registration rate, and Table Reservation at Awards Ceremony.
Time investment for the evaluation process by the nominated manufacturing company is about six to eight hours over several weeks from January to April.
Other Important Information
- Eligibility: All manufacturers with production facilities in Florida and Georgia, not having won the Gold Level award in either of the two most recent award years, are eligible to participate. Membership in any association is not required. A nomination may be made by any individual or organization including any industry group, supplier, customer, workforce or economic development organization, University/College/School, or government agency. Self-nominations are also acceptable.
- Only one profile per company per year will be accepted. If a company has multiple manufacturing facilities in Florida or Georgia and more than one submits a profile, the first one received will be the one considered.
If you have questions, please direct them to info@thesterlingcouncil.org.
