Sysco LABS was recognised with top honours at the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2025, winning the Western Province and National awards in the ‘Best Innovation in Internal Process, Technology or Framework’ category for its proprietary solution, SAGE: the Sysco Agentic Eco-System built by colleagues from the company’s Enterprise Architecture Group (EAG).
This marks the third consecutive year that Sysco LABS has secured the national title in this category, showcasing continued impact in delivering innovative technology solutions to its parent company, Sysco Corporation—the world’s largest foodservice distributor.
Nishantha Hettiarachchi, Director – Engineering & Architecture at Sysco LABS, said, “At Sysco LABS, we’re constantly exploring how emerging technologies can be applied to transform global foodservice. With SAGE, we’ve tapped into one of the most current and transformative tech trends — agentic AI.
The team’s ability to rapidly adopt and adapt this technology into a scalable internal solution is a reflection of our innovation-first culture. Wins like this validate our approach of engineering with purpose.”
As enterprises increasingly turn to agentic AI — autonomous systems capable of goal-directed decision-making and task execution — the potential for improving productivity, efficiency and business outcomes is accelerating.
