Philips Medical Systems Australasia Pty Ltd have signed with NetSuite distributor NetReturn to supply and implement NetSuite CRM for their channel and direct sales teams.

This follows on from the recent deal between iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited and NetReturn.

NetReturn again beat salesforce.com for the deal, with Philips Medical Systems choosing NetSuite because of better functionality of the NetSuite product. This includes simple areas such as duplicate management, approval processes and quoting.

NetSuite is the worlds leading integrated online application. Combining accounting, ERP, CRM, eCommerce and inventory management into one online application which allows users to have a complete, real time control and visibility of the whole company at any particular moment.

 
NetSuite can be purchased as a complete business suite or divided into modules, such as the standalone CRM application that Philips Medical Systems have licenced. Other modules or suites include NetSuite ERP and NetSuite eCommerce.

Another advantage of the NetSuite system is that companies can add modules to the application, without having to re-enter data or re-learn another application.

 
NetSuite competes strongly against mid-market systems such as Microsoft Great Plains, SAP Business One, salesforce.com and Sage AccPac. NetSuite excels through offering complete front-office to back-office integration and by delivering lower total cost of ownership (TCO). As a hosted OnDemand system, NetSuite eliminates the traditional time and cost of building and maintaining IT systems.

 
Philips Medical Systems is a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) one of the world’s biggest electronics companies and Europe’s largest, with 161,500 employees in over 60 countries and sales in 2004 of Eur 30.3 billion.

Active in over 60 businesses, and with more than 100,000 registered patents, Philips is currently number 1 in the global markets for lighting, electric shavers and DVD recorders. And number 2 in medical diagnostic imaging worldwide. Within the cyclical goods market, Dow Jones recently ranked Philips the global leader in sustainability.

 Philips Medical Systems offers a robust portfolio of medical systems. Their product line includes best-in-class technologies in X-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, PET, radiation oncology systems, patient monitoring, information management and resuscitation products.

NetReturn is the sole Australian and New Zealand distributor of NetSuite, and Australia’s leading online service company.

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About NetReturn and NetSuite

NetReturn is the sole Australasian distributor of the NetSuite range of integrated online business applications. NetReturn Pty Ltd is a privately held company with investors including MYOB Limited, Commander Communications, Saltbush Annuity Growth Management, Bob Mansfield and the David Shein consortium.

NetReturn provides business solutions for many industries in the Australian and New Zealand markets and some of their customers include: Tree of Life, BMM, ING, Ethan Group, Atlassian, National Hire, iNova Pharmaceuticals, National Foods, Ingram Micro, Stila Cosmetics, Channelworks, Ganton, Reino, Guardian Childcare, Open Universities and Lexis Nexis.

NetSuite is the world’s leading integrated online business application with more than 9,000 customers worldwide. Products include NetSuite, NetSuite CRM, and NetSuite Small Business Suite.

Businesses interested in evaluating NetSuite should visit http://www.netreturn.com.au/ or contact NetReturn in Australia on 1 300 738 879 or in New Zealand on 0800 543 371.