January 26, 2005 -- With more than one million displays installed worldwide, GDS has introduced this service to ensure that, if its units go down in the field, customers receive immediate
replacement delivery. As GDS supplies displays to customers in industries such as banking and transport, it is essential that any problems are dealt with swiftly, as downtime costs money.
This new programme will also reduce the amount of failed displays in the field as it will provide GDS with the capability of replacing the display as soon as any problems occur.
This new initiative has been introduced as part of GDS's successful Advanced Exchange programme. GDS's Advanced Exchange programme is a service support system that allows customers to
replace a failed display within 24 hours. All failed units go through a five stage process to ensure reliability. Firstly, GDS will receive an internet notification of a failed display, a
replacement will then be sent directly to the site and a service engineer will also travel to the site and exchange the displays. All failed displays are then returned to GDS's nearest
repair facility for service and upgraded to the most recent revision with a full 12 month guarantee. All repaired units go back into the spares inventory and are not used for
production.
Customers gain a number of benefits from this innovative service. Firstly, there is no need for extra handling of defective displays and no obsolescence of repair components. Also,
overall costs are reduced resulting in lower cost of ownership, down time of displays is reduced and customers are assured that a display manufacturer who offers global support with local
service is performing all repairs.
GDS is a world-leading manufacturer of industrial display solutions for a number of industries worldwide including kiosks, retail, advertising, entertainment, banking, marine, process and
transport. For further information on GDS's displays, please call +44 (0) 1274 230150, visit www.gds.com or email e-mail protected from spam bots
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