Man: Who are the managers of the best innovation developments in British industry?
谁是英国工业最佳创新开发的管理者?
That was the question which the first Business Today Innovation Awards set out to answer.
“今日商业创新奖”会告诉你答案。
This project is all about rewarding good practice and performance.
这个项目就是为了奖励良好的实践和表现。
So, rather than simply recognising excellence in the design of specific products, or analysing their financial impact on profits,
因此，与其简单地认可特定产品设计的卓越之处，或分析其对利润的财务影响，
the awards set out to take an objective look at exactly how companies manage the development process itself.
这些奖项旨在客观审视企业如何管理开发过程本身。
Over three hundred and fifty organisations entered the competition and were initially reduced to about forty.
超过350个组织参加了比赛，一开始就减少到大约40个。
Then, after further careful checking, a short list of just fourteen of them was arrived at.
然后经过进一步考察，我们就会得到一个仅包含有14个组织的名单。
These finalists, all manufacturers, were then visited by the competition judges, a panel of four chief executives from leading companies.
然后，比赛的评委和来自一流企业的4个CEO组成的小组参观了这些进入决赛的企业。
The panel toured the finalists' facilities, received presentations on the companies and their projects, and interviewed the key development team members.
小组参观了入围公司的设施，听取了有关公司及其项目的介绍，并采访了主要开发团队成员。
The products varied enormously in their scale, function and degree of technology -
这些产品在规模，功能和技术水平上差别很大，
from bread for a supermarket chain to a printer inside an automatic cash dispenser Initially the organisers were concerned that this range could create difficulties in the assessment process.
从连锁超市的面包到自动提款机里的打印机，组织者起初担心这些种类会给评估过程带来困难。
But this fear proved baseless, as most elements in the innovation process are shared by all manufacturers.
但事实证明，这种担忧是毫无根据的，因为创新过程中的大多数元素都是由所有制造商共享的。