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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, on March 3 announced the introduction of the Thermo Scientific Resource Center, an interactive web-based asset and service management solution for real-time optimization of assets, costs and suppliers. This new online tool enables users to submit service requests, track the status of open work orders, and immediately access key service performance metrics within the organization, allowing faster, more informed business decisions to improve productivity and efficiency.

The Resource Center is an integral part of the Thermo Scientific 3D Model, a customized, integrated services solution tailored to the unique needs of the laboratory and healthcare industries. The 3D Model is created through a detailed needs assessment that focuses on three dimensions:  business goals and objectives, operating environment and the instrument/equipment mix across the enterprise. This new approach leverages the pre-existing service models, including product support plans, managed maintenance and multi-vendor direct services, and the proper blend of preferred suppliers to create the optimal solution for managing a customer’s asset and service related costs.

“We are poised to offer this solution for workflow efficiency to current and future customers,” said Ian Jardine, Vice President, Global Research & Development. “The solution’s backbone is based on a standard software package that is secure, functional and easily upgradeable. And it provides a real-time window into the daily operations and performance of a customer’s assets and suppliers, which improves personnel productivity and drives operational efficiencies throughout their enterprise.”

With an easy-to-use interface and 24 x 7 access, the Resource Center allows users to connect directly with Thermo Fisher – their enterprise-wide solution provider - and:

• Submit service requests and track the status of work orders
  With a single web-generated request, customers can initiate a request for corrective or preventive maintenance, or check the status of a current or scheduled work order.  Customers receive direct acknowledgements that the request has been received and the process has begun.  Customers can also request a quotation for adding equipment to their 3D Model or make an inventory modification, such as decommissioning a particular instrument.
  
  
• Monitor asset and service provider performance
  Customers get access to key performance metrics for all of their assets and suppliers, including Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Replace (MTTR), Preventive Maintenance completion rates and more, allowing customers to identify problematic equipment, analyze service provider performance, and make more informed purchasing decisions.
  
  
• Generate comprehensive reports and share knowledge
  The Resource Center offers an information-rich dashboard that serves as the window into an asset management solution. A configured dashboard presents the maintenance data view of particular interest. Information is organized and formatted clearly for easy comprehension. Vivid charts and graphs provide insightful, side-by-side comparisons of the data selected; then clicking on a chart or graph will provide additional detail about the higher-order data. The Resource Center also provides comprehensive maintenance activity and budgeting reports to enhance solution analysis and decision-making.

“As organizations look for a qualified partner to help manage their assets and streamline their business operations,” Jardine noted, “they can now turn to an industry leader with a proven record of providing high-quality instruments, service and support, applications consulting, consumables and supplies, and industry expertise.”

The Thermo Scientific Resource Center and Thermo Scientific 3D Model are part of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s LIFECYCLE Enterprise Solutions portfolio, a comprehensive set of service offerings ranging from acquisition to disposition designed to help a customer reduce their total cost of ownership, improve productivity and ensure compliance across their entire enterprise.

For more information about the Thermo Scientific 3D Model and the Thermo Scientific Resource Center, call 1-800-558-6377 or e-mail to ric.kositzke@thermo.com  or visit www.thermo.com/ams.