GE launches new services including instrument financing, facility relocation and process optimisation to match trend to increased outsourcing in the laboratory sector
GE Healthcare has announced the expansion of its Scientific Asset Service programme to incorporate options for instrument financing, facility relocation, and GE's Performance Solutions, alongside multi-vendor instrument maintenance and repair.
These additional services have been included in response to an increasing trend towards outsourcing in the biotech and pharma industries, and will provide comprehensive support for customers through the entire lifecycle of their assets.
The new financing solutions offering allows customers to lease single instruments or to finance entire laboratories, providing a tailored, fast and cost-effective route to improved facilities.
Customers can also obtain loans to purchase equipment or free up capital by entering into sale and leaseback arrangements.
From planning to successful execution, specialists at GE Healthcare will ensure that required facility relocations are undertaken within agreed timeframes and to exacting standards, meeting specific laboratory process requirements.
This brings the company's Six Sigma and Lean approaches to biopharmaceutical companies, helping to optimise their processes, thereby enhancing cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
GE Healthcare has extensive experience using these tools in a wide range of industries, from hospitals to aircraft maintenance, where the desire for operational quality, speed and excellence is key.
"GE Healthcare is leveraging its reach to offer an unparalleled array of services to laboratories through one provider", commented Bob Moore, services commercial leader at GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
"We are continuing to listen to our customers in order to anticipate their future needs.
"Our service programme is well respected in the life science industry, demonstrated by the recent addition of new customers in Europe, Japan and North America".
GE Healthcare has over ten years experience in multi-vendor asset management.
Through its SAS programmes, GE enables customers to improve inventory accuracy and gain extensive insight into their laboratory assets through the use of its proprietary software, AssetPlus.
