The jury of 5 distinguished mobile experts (Gøril Bye at Huawei, Thomas Andersen at Samsung, Børre Ørbæk at Brightstar, Toralf Kvandal at Sony and Kurt Lekanger at digi.no were tasked to identify a corporate reseller who, through systematic and targeted work with their clients, has managed to achieve extraordinary results. The winning candidate was expected to have employees with a strong knowledge of how to use telecoms in a business perspective, good service and a broad product range.
As part of their assessment, they looked at financial conditions (top and bottom line changes), product selection, available value-added services, as well as an accessory focus ("attachment rate"). It also counted positively if the dealer had a good plan for systematic competence enhancement among his employees, as well as whether the dealer had his own service technicians, response time in case of errors and so on. Finally, they looked at what we can call the X-factor: Has the dealer made any extraordinary efforts to strengthen their position with their clients and partners
Markit’s mission to help clients succeed in reducing the total cost of their IT purchasing is even more widely known and recognised for its excellence in Norway now.
Recognition by the Norwegian mobile industry is fantastic, however it’s worth noting that Markit provides corporate IT buyers to access international catalogue of 2.8 million IT products with prices and delivery times updated in real time. This is the real value to manage day to day procurement in both Norway and at a global level. Given the explosion of growth in handheld devices and mobility over the past 5-10 years means, being strong in an area traditionally dominated by the main telecoms companies is also important and very welcome news.
Markit Norway feel proud, and so they should!