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Case studies

Jeol UK Ltd

Jeol is a leading global supplier of scientific instruments used for research and development in the fields of nanotechnology, life sciences, optical communication, forensics, and biotechnology. Established for nearly 40 years, Jeol (UK) Ltd is part of a world-wide network of Jeol companies, with their head office in Akishima, Tokyo.

Utilising its unique technologies, products, services, and knowledge, Jeol helps its customers make significant breakthroughs in product development and scientific research.

Jeol's products and services

Industry Research & development
Geographic Hertfordshire
Employees 42
Turnover £15m
Solution Dimensions
Service Manager
Modules Core ledgers
Call centre
Contract manager
Billing
Workshop
Call scheduler

Jeol products range from scientific instrumentation to industrial equipment, encompassing seven major product groups including:

  • Electron optics
  • Analytical instruments
  • Semiconductor equipment
  • Medical equipment

Jeol UK currently has in excess of 20 field service engineers who are responsible for the maintenance and installation of their complete range of equipment, covering the UK, Ireland, Israel and South Africa.

Jeol's use of Service Manager

The equipment that Jeol maintains is of high complexity and high value, so regular planned preventative maintenance visits are essential.

The Access service management solution allows for all these visits to be planned and regularly assessed. This means Jeol can continue to offer a first class, leading-edge service to their entire customer base.

After purchasing the system, the Access consultants were involved in an onsite implementation of Service Manager. This involved not only a comprehensive training and project consultancy schedule, but also the export of static and call data, so that when the system went live, Jeol's customers were not affected in any way.

Service Manager is used throughout the entire service department for reactive and planned work and call logging, against 800+ instruments in the field. They also have extensive reporting facilities using Crystal Reports.

"I have been delighted with the whole implementation and support offered by Access. The benefits to Jeol have been measured in a complete seamless end to end business solution." Paul Hearn
Field Operations Director

"I was particularly impressed with the scalability of the system. Because of the nature and complexity of the products we maintain, we need to offer comprehensive and user-defined contracts and SLAs to all of our customers. This can involve quite a comprehensive process for billing," commented Paul Hearn, Field Operations Director.

About Access service manager

Effective call management and resource scheduling, maintaining contracted service level agreements and accurate billing are all essential for outstanding service.

We automate your entire back office call centre, enabling your team to record, manage and close calls while calendar scheduling functionality makes it easy to allocate staff to jobs.

Self-service portals ensure that your customers have complete visibility over call progress and job statuses. Remote service engineers use hand held computers to download schedules and upload activity while integration with the sales ledger ensures swift, automated billing and contract renewals.

Our solution is suitable for a wide range of industry sectors such as air conditioning services, print equipment, photocopier companies, IT and telephony providers and industrial plant sales.


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