Princeton, New Jersey December 4, 2008 On November 14, 2008 Intelligroup, Inc. (OTC BB: ITIG), an information technology and outsourcing services provider principally focused on enterprise resource planning (ERP) and extended ERP solutions, was named the winner of the "People's Choice" - Customer Favorite Award as part of the 2008 Outsourcing Relationship Management Awards -- the RMMYs -- sponsored by the Outsourcing Institute and Vantage Partners.
Vantage Partners and the Outsourcing Institute established the 2008 RMMY Awards to broaden the dialogue about the importance of relationship management in achieving value, and to raise the bar for the industry. "Effective governance and relationship management is what sets apart the outsourcing deals that deliver the greatest value from those that fail," said Danny Ertel, a founding partner of Vantage Partners. "Many providers have learned that it takes more than a few good people to manage a complex relationship to its full potential. The RMMYs shine a much-needed spotlight on those providers that have gone beyond 'talking the talk' to actually investing in developing the skills, processes, tools, and metrics to manage relationships effectively."
Over thirty leading outsourcing providers applied for the awards, and only five awards were given. Applications were reviewed by a panel of distinguished judges:
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Chris Bouvier, Chief Information Officer, KePRO
- Vaughn Hovey, Former Manager, Corporate Sourcing, Eastman Kodak; now lecturer at The Ohio State University Fisher School of Business
- Hugh MacDonald, Former VP of Operations and Knowledge Management, CIBC; now head of HRMacDonald: Training and Development Inc.
- Karen Morris, Chief Innovation Officer, AIG Product Development
- Joe VanLoy, Client Executive, EquaTerra
- Richard Webber, Managing Director, Business Process, The New York Times Media Group
According to Frank Casale, CEO of The Outsourcing Institute, "Intelligroup impressed the judges with the quality and number of customer nominations that customers sent directly to us praising Intelligroup for outstanding relationship management and customer satisfaction. These were both global as well as Mid-Market firms that Intelligroup is providing application and infrastructure outsourcing support for in the United States and Europe. Congratulations to Intelligroup for winning this Award."
"On behalf of Intelligroup's global team of associates, we are very honored to receive this acknowledgement based on customer feedback," said Vikram Gulati, President and CEO of Intelligroup.
"Each day our teams work to ensure that our customers maximize their revenue, optimize their business and IT functions, embrace globalization, and reduce costs. Our ERP expertise, business process knowledge, and application and infrastructure outsourcing via our global delivery model - all rooted in a pervasive focus on customer service - have enabled us to win this prestigious award. This award sets the bar higher still for our associates in coming years."
Intelligroup offers a wide range of solutions that cover ERP and extended ERP, including advisory services, ERP package selection, new implementations, global rollouts, testing, E-Learning, application and infrastructure outsourcing, as well as BPO. Outsourcing engagements focus on governance, continuous improvement, innovative approaches to relationship management, all based on a very well planned transition process. Intelligroup's outsourcing solution framework is built on performance management and customer service excellence. Our outsourcing practice, client service executives, delivery, practice, and sales teams are all aligned to ensure highest level of customer satisfaction throughout the lifecycle.
Winners will be celebrated at an Awards Ceremony on December 16, 2008 from 3:00 -6:00 PM at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in New York City, and will also be showcased on www.outsourcing.com.
About Vantage Partners:
Vantage Partners leads the field of relationship management, building on more than 20 years of research and consulting experience with the world's leading companies. A spin-off of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Vantage Partners helps organizations negotiate and manage their most important business relationships, with key customers, suppliers, and business partners. Vantage works with clients on specific relationships as well as on enhancing their institutional capabilities, to make effective negotiation and relationship management a repeatable process. For more information, please visit:
www.vantagepartners.com
About The Outsourcing Institute:
Founded in 1993, The Outsourcing Institute (OI), located at outsourcing.com, is a neutral professional association dedicated solely to outsourcing. As one of the most influential and credible in the outsourcing space, OI is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, outsourcing practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership. OI's commitment to innovation, along with its mission to advance the skills and knowledge of its membership, has made it the most respected and relied upon brand for the outsourcing marketplace. OI's executive network, which is comprised of more than 70,000 professionals worldwide, looks to OI as the go-to source for outsourcing thought leadership, information and advice.
www.outsourcing.com
About Intelligroup, Inc.
Intelligroup is an ERP-focused enterprise applications systems integrator providing consulting, implementation, testing, application management and other IT services for global corporations. The Company possesses deep expertise and proprietary tools in industry-specific enterprise solutions and has been recognized by clients, partners including SAP and Oracle and IT industry analysts for consistently exceeding expectations. Intelligroup won the 2007 global annual Pinnacle Award from SAP, was a finalist in Oracle 2007 Titan Awards, and was recognized by NASSCOM as a Top 100 Innovator. Intelligroup's global service delivery model combines onsite teams and offshore development capabilities to deliver solutions that accelerate results, reduce costs and generate meaningful ROI for clients. Intelligroup clients include Varian Medical, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal Greenland, SAP, Magellan, Hershey's, Eastman Chemical and Hitachi. For more information please visit
www.intelligroup.com.
About Almac Clinical Services
Almac Clinical Services is a global company focused on clinical trial supply solutions, with sites in Craigavon (UK), Audubon (PA, USA) and Durham (NC, USA). Almac Clinical Services enable clients to meet their trial start dates by leveraging skilled and experienced personnel coupled with robust quality systems and operational flexibility. Services provided include blinding, packaging, labelling, global distribution, QP release, analytical testing, drug supply management and online randomisation.
About Almac
The Almac Group comprises five closely integrated divisions offering a broad range of services from R&D, translational genomic services, API manufacture, product development, clinical trial supply and technology (IVRS/EDC), to commercial-scale manufacture. Almac provides services to over 600 companies including all the world leaders in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.
The company has over 2,200 employees and is headquartered in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. US operations are based in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and California. Construction of the company's new $100m North American Headquarters started in July 08 and is expected to be completed 2010.
To find out more about Almac visit
www.almacgroup.com.
For more information, please contact:
Marketing
Pat Gray
Director Marketing
Intelligroup Inc.
marketing@intelligroup.com
(646) 810-7405
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