It is awarded as part of the Swiss WCM Summit. Find out here what makes the winners stand out and apply for one of the coveted awards yourself.
Swiss WCM Award
The award for outstanding performanceEvery year, a distinguished jury presents the Swiss WCM Award, granted by the University of St. Gallen and PostFinance, to companies with exceptionally successful WCM concepts or innovative approaches.
For which approaches are awards given?
- Outstanding overall performance in the management of net working capital
- Use of state-of-the-art technology and analytical techniques in WCM
- New approaches to financing in accounts receivable, inventories or accounts payable
- Innovative, collaborative approaches to cross-company management of net working capital.
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You can also apply for a Swiss WCM Award:
Send an e-mail to Supply Chain Finance-Lab by the University of St. Gallen with your application form attached.
Conditions of participation
The WCM solution must not have already been awarded a prize in any other contest and the finalists must present their WCM solution personally at the award ceremony.
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The Swiss WCM Award is presented annually to companies who manage their net working capital exceptionally well.
2018 winner
- Tornos Group
- TradePlus24 AG
Tornos Group explain in the interview why they use professional WCM.
2017 winner
- SBB
- CRX Markets
2016 winner
- Hemro AG
- Advanon
2015 winner
- ABB Switzerland
- arviem AG
- Stäger & Co. AG
2014 winner
- Perlen Papier AG
- SBB
- Energie Wasser Bern
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The Swiss WCM Award winners were selected by a distinguished jury.
René Cotting
is Chairman of ABB Technology Ventures, Head of Operation, Innovation and R&D for the ABB Group and was CFO of ABB Switzerland – winner of the Swiss WCM Awards 2015 in the “Performance Excellence” category. The WCM project reveals the fundamental relevance of the topic in major corporations, as well as the additional potential of digitization.
Tobias Knechtle
is CFO of the Swiss trading and logistics holding company, Valora. In this role, he is responsible for areas within the company such as working capital management. He stresses the positive effect of WCM on the company’s success, as well as potential efficiency gains which can be made by eliminating paper-based processes.
Dr. Pascal Koradi
is a Member of the Management Board of the CFO Forum Switzerland. Due to his professional activities as CFO of a Swiss regional bank, Head of Finance and Member of Executive Management at a large Swiss corporation, and most recently CEO of a cantonal bank, he has been well versed in working capital management for many years.
Rolf Renz
was CFO of Siemens South West Europe and Siemens Switzerland. He stresses the fundamental importance of digitization for the Swiss economy, and promotes a number of digitization projects, even in working capital management, within his company.
Mario Rossi
has served as CFO and Head of Steering Switzerland at Swisscom since 2013. In this role he is not only responsible for the company’s financial department, but also for the fintech start-up radar. This enables him to keep a constant overview of the latest innovative developments in the fintech environment.
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Stölzle
is the Managing Director of the Institute for Supply Chain Management at the University of St.Gallen. Prof. Stölzle’s other roles include acting as a specialist advisor to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the Federal Republic of Germany. He will be presenting the Swiss WCM Awards in his capacity as chairman of the jury.
Adrian Brönnimann
is responsible for the major customers segment at PostFinance and launched the WCM range. As well as a systematic approach to consultation, PostFinance operates a wide range of WCM solutions which benefits from constant input from the research partnership with the Supply Chain Finance Lab at the University of St. Gallen.
