Agfa Gevaert : HealthCare presents three Supplier Excellence awards at RSNA 2015
November 30, 2015 at 04:06 pm EST
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Mortsel, Belgium
November 30, 2015 10:00 PM CET
- Awards are based on quality, delivery and cost, as well as the results from a cross-functional stakeholder survey. - 30 suppliers in total were pre-selected, representing imaging systems, imaging informatics solutions and healthcare information systems. - The three winners were selected by Agfa HealthCare's Executive Committee.
(RSNA 2015, Booth #1315, South Hall) Agfa HealthCare announces today that this year it has presented three Supplier Excellence awards at RSNA 2015. Toshiba has won Best Supplier Gold for its thermal print heads; Barco has won Best Supplier Silver for its overall performance, quality and delivery; and TomTech Imaging Systems GmbH has won the Most Committed Supplier Bronze. The awards were presented to the three companies on 30 November at Agfa HealthCare's booth at RSNA 2015.
Highlighting outstanding support and commitment by suppliers
The annual Supplier Excellence awards are based on Supplier Scorecards that take into account quality, delivery, cost and services. In addition, this year a cross-functional stakeholder survey on the nominated suppliers was carried out, and the resulting scores taken into consideration. The review board is made up of Agfa HealthCare Executive Committee members. For 2015, 30 suppliers were nominated, with three selected for the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.
'Our suppliers play a key role in our success as a healthcare imaging and IT company, and it is important that together we create a positive dynamic that allows all of us to serve our customers even better,' says Luc Thijs, President of Agfa HealthCare. 'Part of this is recognizing and appreciating those suppliers who give us outstanding support. All of the 30 pre-selected companies are 'winners' in this respect, but Toshiba, Barco and TomTec really excelled.'
Agfa-Gevaert NV is one of the world leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of imaging systems and products. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:
- Radiology solutions (36.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies radiology departments of hospitals all over the world with traditional X-ray film, hardcopy film and printers, digital radiography equipment and image processing software. Agfa's roots are in traditional medical imaging, but in today's healthcare market, digital radiography has become the dominant technology. All Agfa's digital radiography systems are offered with the company's leading MUSICA image processing software and its MUSICA workstation for image identification, acquisition and quality control;
- Digital Print & Chemicals (35.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies sign & display printing companies with a range of highly productive and versatile wide-format inkjet printers and dedicated inks, in addition to workflow software, cutting machines and inkjet media. Agfa produces classic film-based products, such as film for non-destructive testing and aerial photography, as well as microfilm and film for the production of printed circuit boards;
- HealthCare IT (21.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV offers Imaging IT Solutions (The Enterprise Imaging platform creates a true imaging record for every patient, containing all possible images of the patient, regardless of the department and the facility that created them), Hospital IT Solutions (the leading Hospital Information System /Clinical Information System ORBIS, connects medical departments and administrative departments of hospitals into one virtual network), and Integrated Care Solutions (these solutions support collaboration across the borders of care organizations and medical disciplines and enable hospitals to actively engage with all stakeholders in the expanded care process, including physicians, informal care-givers and patients) ;
- Offset solutions (5.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV is a leading supplier to the printing industry, offering innovative and reliable solutions. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers around the globe rely on Agfa for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from computer-to-plate systems with digital offset plates over color management and workflow optimization software to pressroom chemicals.
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