IBM Corporation was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success.

The company was awarded for its efforts in supplying Intel with notebooks, desktops, workstations and servers.
Commenting on the award, Imtiaz Ghani, regional manager, personal computing division, IBM Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan, said: “Receiving Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier award is an honour. This is IBM’s fourth consecutive annual recognition from Intel for ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops, ThinkVantage Technologies, eServer xSeries systems and IntelliStation workstations. Intel uses this award to recognise suppliers who meet Intel’s tough standards.” 
Ghani said IBM had worked diligently with Intel to provide the tools and technology required for Intel employees to be productive. “In particular, IBM’s Active Protection System is a great example of how Intel has improved our relationship to reduce rework and defects in incoming notebooks,” he said. 
The PQS awards are part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 per cent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality systems assessment.