We took a huge leap forward into the world of mobile commerce recently with the launch of the Fisher Scientific iPhone app.

This is a significant innovation in our field and the easiest, fastest way ever for customers to order lab products. With its barcode scanner, lab timer and direct links to exclusive Fisher Scientific news on twitter and facebook, the new iPhone app is set to revolutionise the service that we offer.

The app was officially launched at the recent Science World 2011 event during which we seized the opportunity to introduce the app to customers. The feedback was very encouraging; with many of you telling us that the barcode scanner in particular, is a welcome and user-friendly resource to make life easier in the lab. Read the rest of this entry »

We have been really excited by your response to our ‘Best Invention Ever‘ facebook competition.

We are creeping ever closer to a whopping 300 ‘likes’ and have been impressed with all the comments and suggestions that you have posted. The wheel, penicillin, chocolate and the mobile phone were just some of your suggestions for the best invention.  Well done and thank you to everyone who has taken part.
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It is just a few months since we launched our new iPhone app and we are very excited by the response so far.

The app is revolutionising the service we offer to our customers with its slick interface and super-fast ordering capability.

Soon after its release the app achieved Top 50 status in Apple’s ‘Top Free Business Apps’ and was crowned as ‘New and Noteworthy’ by iTunes. We are the first to use B2B e-commerce in our field, so to receive recognition from the technology industry big hitters is high praise indeed.

So what’s next? Well it’s over to our customers for their feedback. The response from those who are using the app will be crucial to its ongoing development and ensure that we continue to lead innovation in this field.

If you are a customer who is using (or would like to use) the new Fisher Scientific iPhone app then get in touch. For those of you who are already up and running, let us know what you think. Please contact us via Facebook or Twitter.

We love to hear your feedback and it will help us to ensure that the app continues to go from strength to strength.

And of course, if all this is news to you then you will want to watch the app in action.

These boring sets of black and white lines can now be found on almost every single item bought from a shop.

At first glance, it seems hard to see how they possibly made any impact on the world, but they have fundamentally changed the way we shop.

Norman Woodland first developed an early form of the bar code in 1949 by combining ideas from movie soundtracks and Morse code to help him speed up store checkouts. They now allow stores to instantly access product details, prices and stock levels with the sweep of a laser.

With the new Fisher Scientific iPhone app you can download bar codes for your favourite items from our website and scan them for easy order entry! Watch the video »

Do you think the bar code is the best invention ever? Have your say on our Facebook page and you could win an 8GB iPod Touch!

Fisher Scientific, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., today announced the launch of their new iPhone app.

Now you can order your scientific equipment with a few easy touches in less than 30 seconds.

There are over 350,000 iPhone apps out there, but if you work in the scientific community you may not exactly have been spoilt for choice to find an app to make your life easier. Fisher Scientific has created the perfect solution and now you can be one of the first to try it out.

The app was launched earlier this week and empowers customers to search for and order Fisher Scientific products, use a barcode scanner to speed up the ordering process and stay connected to the latest news and tweets. The app aims to take customer service to a whole new level for the company and is an unrivalled step forward in innovation within its field.

Marketing Director for Fisher Scientific UK/Northern Europe – Dr Chris Bridges, is at the helm of these exciting developments and commented:

“Innovation and excellence has always been at the core of our service and our new iPhone app really embraces the latest technology, along with our arrival on Facebook and Twitter, to put the customer in the driving seat. It’s fast and fun to use and we will be excited to see the response from our customers over the coming months”

The official launch for the app will take place on 26th May at Science World 2011, the UK’s leading laboratory event. Now in its 13th year the event will be held at Magna Science Centre in South Yorkshire. It is free to attend and you can reserve your place at www.fisher.co.uk/scienceworld.

If you just can’t wait that long to try out this groundbreaking technology, then you can download your app for free at www.fisher.co.uk/mobile or simply search for ‘Fisher Scientific‘ in the Apple app store.

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