Motorola Wins Wal-Mart China “Best Solution of the Year 2008/2009” Award
November 18 2009, Singapore – Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd. announced today that it has won the ‘Best Solution of the Year 2008/2009’ award at the Wal-Mart China IT Vendor Technology Summit 2009.
Wal-Mart China, the Chinese operation of the world’s largest retail chain group, recognized Motorola’s persistent efforts in developing innovative enterprise mobility solutions to fulfill customer’s needs. The award also acknowledged Motorola’s efforts in bringing advanced international retail solutions to China and localizing and making them compatible with the local user environment. ‘Best Solution of the Year 2008/2009’ is one of the biggest Awards for IT vendors at the summit.
Motorola has always retained a strong and close partnership with Wal-Mart China. Since Wal-Mart's entry into China, Motorola has been providing its supermarket with barcode scanners, mobile computers and wireless network products that are broadly applied in point-of-sale areas, distribution centers, inventory control, logistics management and shop operation. The deployment of Motorola’s enterprise mobility solutions enabled Wal-Mart to increase staff efficiency and reduce operation costs.
Steven Yau, CIO of Wal-Mart China, said: “With increasingly fierce competition and a mature retail market, the sales strategies of IT suppliers need to adapt accordingly. Motorola has moved from a product/service sales approach to a retail business oriented solution approach, which sets a benchmark in terms of addressing retailers’ needs and providing outstanding services.”
Paul Blinkhorn, vice president, Enterprise, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Asia-Pacific, said: “We are honored to receive this award from Wal-Mart China. With rich experience and a broad range of solutions for the retail industry, Motorola is ideally placed to provide a first-class service to a global retail chain like Wal-Mart. Motorola carries a legacy of innovation and focuses on the fundamental needs of customers to provide them with enterprise mobility solutions that provide competitive differentiation.”
“Furthermore, Motorola focuses on introducing excellent industry solutions into China that have been developed overseas. This helps to ensure that domestic customers are on the same page as their international peers, as well as driving China’s retail industry to a higher level.”
Motorola also received the “Best Service Provider of the Year Award” by Wal-Mart China in 2008.
About Wal-Mart in China
Wal-Mart began its retail operations in China in 1996 with the opening of a Supercenter and Sam’s Club in Shenzhen. Wal-Mart's Global Procurement Office opened in Shenzhen in Feb 2002. Wal-Mart China now has many operation types including supercenters, Sam’s Clubs, Neighborhood Markets and so on. In the mean time, Wal-Mart actively participates in community service and charity events and has donated funds and in-kind support worth more than RMB 59 million to local communities over the past 13 years. In China, Wal-Mart has won many awards, including Best Employer, Best Community, Supplier Satisfaction, Most Admired Company etc.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008.
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