Organization honored in Best Design for Six Sigma and Best Defect Elimination in Service & Transaction categories HYDERABAD, India, July 9
HYDERABAD, India, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Satyam Computer
Services, Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading global consulting and information
technology services provider, announced today that Satyam BPO, its business
process outsourcing arm, won two prestigious Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards.
Satyam BPO was honored in the Best Defect Elimination in Service & Transaction
and Best Design for Six Sigma categories. The International Quality and
Productivity Center established the Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards to honor,
recognize and promote Six Sigma projects that demonstrate true best practices.
Satyam BPO was presented the awards at a ceremony held during the 9th Asian
Six Sigma Summit in Singapore.
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Submissions for IQ Excellence Awards are evaluated on a broad range of
qualifications by some of the Six Sigma community's most experienced
practitioners like Steven Tao of GE Consumer and Industrial, Kerri Gill of
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Shishir Prasad of UBS Investment Bank, Yam
Hong See of Seagate Technology, William Yang of Owens Corning and Reiko Tanaka
of Sony Corporation, thus lending the awards exceptional credibility.
Satyam BPO's awards come on the heels of two other recent honors for the
organization. Satyam received the Shared Services Excellence Awards in the
"Best BPO Service Provider" and "Best Customer Service Delivery Framework"
categories. Satyam BPO was also listed as the number two BPO by The Black Book
of Outsourcing.
"It is an honor for Satyam BPO to be recognized for world-class business
process quality, which is key to successful business transformation," said
Satyam BPO chief executive officer Venkatesh Roddam. "These awards demonstrate
the success of our efforts to continuously improve our processes, deliver
superior service to customers, and enable them to focus on strategic
initiatives."
The awards also reflect Satyam BPO's commitment to the eSCM capability
model, an approach to BPO developed by the IT Services Qualification Center
(ITsqc) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn. In fact, Satyam BPO
is the world's first BPO organization to achieve eSCM Level 5 certification.
"At Satyam BPO, we look for transformational opportunities in client
processes from the very first interaction," said Kishore Rao, the vice
president of quality at Satyam BPO. "Six Sigma programs help us in these
committed transformation efforts, through rapid and sustained creation of
value."
About Satyam
Satyam (NYSE: SAY), a leading global business and information technology
services company, delivers consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing
solutions to clients in 20* industries and 63* countries.
Satyam leverages deep industry and functional expertise, leading
technology practices, and an advanced, global delivery model to help clients
transform their highest-value business processes and improve their business
performance. The company's 51,127* professionals excel in engineering and
product development, supply chain management, client relationship management,
business process quality, business intelligence, enterprise integration, and
infrastructure management, among other key capabilities.
Satyam development and delivery centers in the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK,
Hungary, Egypt, UAE, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia serve
654* clients, including more than one third of the Fortune 500. For more
information, see http://www.satyam.com.
About Satyam BPO
Satyam BPO is powered by a combination of domain expertise, operational
excellence, process skills, and superior technology. The company is the
world's first eSCM Capability Level 5 service provider and India's leading
integrated end-to-end outsourcing service providers. Satyam BPO offers proven,
full-service expertise for multiple industries, including telecom,
pharmaceuticals, financial services, and manufacturing. Its global delivery
standards have resulted in numerous longstanding client relationships with
Fortune 500 companies.
*As of March 31, 2008
Satyam Contacts
For clarifications, write to us at: MediaRelations@Satyam.com
Or contact:
India
+91-986-659-6192 Kulwinder SinghKulwinder_Singh@Satyambpo.com
+91-981-980-8681 Deepa Jayaramandeepa.jayaraman@ipan.com
+91-982-081-4870 Ajit Henry ajit.henry@ipan.com
US
+1-703-877-2225James Swords James_Swords@Satyam.com
Europe
+44-783-010-3838 Sandeep ThawaniSandeep_Thawani@Satyam.com
Asia-Pacific
+61-439-408-484Dan Bleakman Dan@howorth.com.au
+65-98-140-507 Reshma Wad JainReshma@wer1.net
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