Royal Philips rewards star IT supplier

BANGALORE, INDIA: Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies today announced that it has won the Breakthrough Award 2009 at the Royal Philips Electronics Global Supplier Awards ceremony held at Eindhoven, in the Netherlands today.

The Royal Philips Electronics Global Supplier Awards publicly recognize the contribution that suppliers make to the success of the company. The awards acknowledge the critical role that suppliers play in helping the company meet the challenge of ensuring supply continuity and delivering innovative, cost-effective products of unequalled quality to fulfill the growing demands of the company, a press release adds.

Infosys BPO was awarded for several strategic initiatives it undertook during the course of 2009, such as joint implementation of transaction based pricing, transitioning of activities to offshore centers in India and China,

enabling Philips to cut costs and harmonize processes, and opening a new delivery center in Brazil to service Philips in the LATAM region.

(Swami) Swaminathan, CEO & MD, Infosys BPO, said, "Royal Philips Electronics is one of our largest clients and we are honored to have been recognized as a strategic supplier for the company. As an organization, we have strived to

be flexible, continuously focussing on transformational initiatives while concentrating on service delivery. This award is not only recognition of our efforts thus far, but evidence of our long-term partnership with Philips."