Top strategic marketing honours in new North American Lims survey recognises deployment of Lims using the Application Service Provision (ASP) model
Thermo LabSystems announces that it has been presented with the Growth Strategy Marketing Engineering Award by Frost and Sullivan, the international strategic marketing consultants, as a result of a survey on the US Lims market, published in July 2002. In preparing the report, Frost and Sullivan surveyed more than 150 informatics vendors in the North American marketplace. Explaining the award, Frost and Sullivan cited the variety of approaches Thermo LabSystems has taken to increase sales and market share in a rapidly changing market.
In addition to acknowledging the strength of the company's two main products, SampleManager and Nautilus Lims, Frost and Sullivan recognised Thermo's initiatives in offering deployment of Lims using the Application Service Provision (ASP) model and the launch of specific Lims functionality in Nautilus for biotechnology applications.
In October 2001, Thermo LabSystems was named among the top ten bioinformatics companies in a Frost and Sullivan's analysis report, The US Bioinformatics Market.
Frost and Sullivan also made reference to the recently launched eRecordManager solution for record-keeping and knowledge management, which was introduced to address the long-term data archival compliance requirements of US FDA ruling 21 CFR Part 11 on electronic signatures and records.
eRecordManager also won the Gold Award in the Pittcon 2002 Editor's Awards for best new product, the first time such an accolade has been awarded for a software product.
Finally, Frost and Sullivan also credited Thermo's Pathfinder global services team, which focuses on all activities that contribute to the successful implementation of its customers' projects.
Marc Casper, president of Thermo Electron's Life and Laboratory Sciences sector, commented: "Thermo prides itself on responding to dynamic market requirements and applying the latest technological advances cost effectively and to the maximum benefit of our customers.
This award is independent recognition of this commitment and, naturally, we are delighted." Nautilus is Thermo LabSystems' latest Lims product, focused on improving laboratory productivity and reducing the total cost of ownership. With radically reduced implementation times and patent-pending Workflow technology eliminating the need for customization, Nautilus is proven to deliver a return on investment to customers in industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical R and D, food and beverage, and environmental services.
