John Keells Office Automation (Pvt) Ltd (JKOA) felicitated their top dealers, to reward their efforts and celebrate their successes at a dealer convention recently. 180 members of the network including dealers and their supporting teams attended the event held at the Oak Room, Cinnamon Grand Colombo.

JKOA is the market leader in office automation solutions, with a product portfolio that includes renowned global brands such as Samsung, Toshiba and Hitachi. Its service portfolio consists of warranty support, replacement of defective parts, operating system installation and optimization and hardware and warranty extension upgrades. JKOA is a subsidiary within the Information Technology sector of John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s most respected conglomerate.

The company’s extended markets are serviced by a growing base of office automation dealer’s located island wide. It was their performance that was recognized at the convention with awards given out to top performers from Colombo and outstation networks.

Awards were presented in the categories of Best Sales Representative, Best Dealer-Consumable Sales and Best Dealer Performance. Dealer performance in particular was adjudged based on a selection criteria such as achievement in consumable sales targets, year on year sales growth, market coverage, average payment settlement period, dedicated staff performance, customer relationships and promotional activities.

“Our strong dealer network is crucial to JKOA’s success,” stated Malik Edwin (Head of Marketing & Business Development JKOA /Assistant Vice President John Keells Group) “Over the last year they have boosted our market share with widespread promotional activities and a consistent and dedicated sales team, keeping JKOA at the top of the game when it comes to providing reliable office automation solutions, hand in hand with the best automation brands in the world.”

Top performers of the night from Tier 1 included North Link Engineering Vavuniya (Gold Award), K.T Office Automation (Pvt) Ltd Kurunegala (Silver Award) and Vanoj Office Automation Anuradhapura (Bronze Award) for the Best Dealer Performance.

The following are also some of the key award recipients of the night AMW Computers Negombo (Best Dealer-Consumable Sales Outstation Tier 1), TSP Management Services (Pvt) Ltd Moratuwa (Best Dealer-Consumable Sales Greater Colombo areas), Just Technologies Nugegoda (Best Dealer Performance Colombo and Greater Colombo areas), The Office Shop (Pvt) Ltd Kandy (Best Dealer Performance-Government Tenders All Island), Kent Business Systems Matara (Best Dealer Performance-Tier 2)and Copier Plus (Pvt) Ltd Maldives (Best Dealer Performance-Toshiba Copiers).

Photo - Prashan Silva (TSP Management, Moratuwa), Lasantha Sanjeewa (KENT Office Automation, Matara), Mohan Weerasinga (AMW Computers, Negambo), C.A. Badur (Badurcom & Stationary, Nintavur), Roland Amarasekara (Just Technologies, Nugegoda), Ananthakrushnan Muttucumaru (Trintec Computers, Trincomalee), Mahesh Stephan (KT Office Automation, Kurunagala), P. Mayooran (North Link Engineering, Vavuniya), Manjula Pushpakumara (MN Office Automation, Pollonaruwa), Hassan Muneer (Copier Plus Pvt Ltd, Maldives), Gamini Abeyakoon (The Office Shop, Kandy), Pramuk Peris (Lanka Technology Appliances, Galle) and Vanoj Wijesingha (Vanoj Office Automation, Anuradhapura).

Janoda Thoradeniya, Vice President - JKH Group & CEO – JKOA with P. Mayooran, North Link Engineering, Vavuniya