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Specright's Third Annual Spec Awards Open for Nominations this Week

Posted on 
June 26, 2025
Laura Foti
Chief Customer Officer, Specright
2026 Spec Summit

Innovation drives everything we do at Specright. Our customers aren't just implementing technology—they're revolutionizing entire industries, transforming supply chains, and setting new benchmarks for operational excellence. Following the energy and insights shared at our recent Specification Management Summit in Nashville, we're more inspired than ever by the remarkable transformations happening across organizations worldwide.

The stories of breakthrough achievements, game-changing efficiencies, and sustainable practices continue to amaze us. Companies are leveraging Specification Data Management not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for fundamental business transformation. These success stories deserve recognition and deserve to inspire others.

This is exactly why the Spec Awards exist—to celebrate the pioneers who are proving what's possible when organizations embrace a spec-first mindset. Our program shines a spotlight on the leaders who are reshaping their industries using specification data management.

Building on the incredible success of previous years, where we celebrated groundbreaking achievements from companies like Taylor Farms, Sun World International, and Tyson Foods, we're proud to launch our third annual Spec Awards. These organizations showed us what true transformation looks like when specification management becomes central to business strategy.

Today we are excited to announce that the 2025 Spec Awards are officially open for submissions!

Award Categories and Submission Process: 

The award program will feature five categories, including:

Efficiency Award: This award goes to an organization or individual who has gained tremendous efficiencies through a spec-first approach (e.g. time savings, faster speed to market, reduced operational costs).

Visionary Award: This award highlights someone who has used a spec-first approach to fundamentally transform their business operations and strategic direction.

Sustainability Award: This award highlights an organization or individual who has used specification data to drive meaningful sustainability initiatives within their organization or with their suppliers.

Industry Innovator Award: This award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated exceptional creativity, forward-thinking, and pioneering application of specification data, creating significant advancements or setting new standards within their industry.

Admin of the Year Award (New this year!): This award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond in managing Specright on behalf of their organization. This award goes beyond recognizing technical expertise - it celebrates the spirit of dedication, precision, and relentless improvements that empower an entire organization to thrive in a spec-first world. 

Each category explores how an organization managed data prior to using Specright, along with the measurable impact and transformative outcomes the organization has achieved since implementing a spec-first approach.

All Specright customers are encouraged to apply for this opportunity to showcase their implementation of a spec-first approach to create amazing products and accelerate their organization's digital transformation journey. Organizations can submit entries across multiple categories to highlight different aspects of their success.

Those interested in applying can submit through this link. The submission form should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.

Submission Period and Winner Announcement

The 2025 Spec Awards will run through July 31st, 2025. All entries will be carefully reviewed by a distinguished panel of Specright executives and industry leaders, with winners being notified via email in August 2025.

Each winner will be featured in a dedicated blog post and will be honored with a prestigious "spec" award at the 2026 Specification Management Summit.

We are incredibly excited about this opportunity to highlight our amazing customers and look forward to receiving your exceptional submissions! If you have any questions about the application process or award categories, please contact hello@specright.com for assistance.

Ready to showcase your spec-first success story?

Apply Today for the 2025 Spec Awards: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QL87GB3 

About 

Laura Foti

Laura is the Chief Customer Officer at Specright, where she leads teams across professional services, customer success, and support to ensure customers thrive. 

She also co-hosts the “Beyond Packaging Podcast,” with Matthew Wright, where they discuss industry trends, interview leading innovators, and discuss the history of different types of packaging.

Prior to Specright, she led advertising and analytics at GE Digital, GE’s Industrial Internet software business. Before that, she was a consultant at Deloitte Digital working in enterprise digital transformation. Laura was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for marketing and advertising and Brand Innovators 40 Under 40 and 100 Women to Watch lists. She graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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