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Medical device manufacturers · Customer retention

The reagent reorder is worth more than the machine that started it.

Retention for a device manufacturer is the consumable that reorders, the contract that renews and the department that buys a second unit. All three turn on whether an engineer answered when the machine was down. GullySales tracks the reorders and the renewals, and reports what the installed base is actually worth.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What customer retention means

Customer retention is keeping an existing customer buying again rather than losing them to a competitor after the first purchase, usually cheaper than winning a new customer. GullySales sets a routine of check-ins and renewal reminders aimed at customers before they show signs of leaving.

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Sales and marketing for medical device manufacturers, the overview.

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For medical device manufacturers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The machine was the introduction, the consumable is the business”

    Cuffs, electrodes, reagents and cartridges reorder for as long as the device runs. The hospital store can buy a compatible from a trader, so price yours knowing that is the comparison being made in the purchase department.

  • “The contract renews on the last service call, not on the relationship”

    A biomedical engineer renews with whoever turned up when the machine was down. One unanswered call in an otherwise clean year is enough to lose the contract and the consumable that came with it.

  • “Coverage is a promise you have to be able to keep”

    The committee asks who services this in our city. If the true answer is that an engineer travels, say so and price a response you can hold. The next hospital hears about it from this one either way.

What we do

What we deliver for medical device manufacturers.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A reorder calendar per installed unit

    Expected consumable usage worked out per site, with the reorder due date on a list your team works rather than waiting for an order.

    Result: You reach the store before a trader's representative does.

  2. Contract renewals worked ahead of expiry

    Renewal dates pulled out as a live list, with the service history for that site attached to each conversation.

    Result: The renewal is argued on what you did, not on price alone.

  3. An honest service coverage statement per region

    Where an engineer is based, what is stocked locally and what has to travel, written down so sales and service say the same thing.

    Result: You stop losing accounts to a promise somebody could not keep.

  4. Escalation for a machine down beyond the agreed response

    A route that puts an unresolved breakdown in front of a manager automatically, before the hospital raises it with somebody else.

    Result: A complaint reaches you before it reaches a tender committee.

  5. Second-unit and upgrade prospects flagged from the base

    Departments running a single unit at capacity, or equipment approaching end of life, identified from your own installed-base register.

    Result: The easiest order of the year is found before a competitor finds it.

  6. Installed base reported as revenue, not as a count

    Consumables, contracts and spares traced by site and by distributor, measured against the baseline recorded before the work began.

    Result: You can see which accounts are paying and which are only listed.

How the result is measured

  • Retention rate
  • Repeat purchase rate
  • Customers won back

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full customer retention strategy page

Work it out from your records

The retention numbers a device maker can work out from its dispatch, service and contract files.

Installed units still buying consumables
Match each serial number in the dispatch register to consumable invoices since installation. Units with no consumable purchase are running on a compatible product or sitting idle, and either way the department needs a visit.
Contract renewals against contract ends
Take every AMC or CMC end date from the last two years and mark the ones renewed on time, renewed late and not renewed. Late renewals show where the reminder reached the hospital too slowly.
Hospitals with a second unit
Count the hospitals and distributors that bought a second unit of the same device, and note which department placed the order. It shows who actually uses the equipment and who only bought it once.
Service calls closed against calls logged
From the service log, count the calls opened and closed per hospital, and note any machine down for a long stretch. Cross-check these hospitals against your renewal list before the contract end date.
Distributors who stopped reordering
List distributors with one purchase order and none since. Check whether their last customer was a tender hospital, since the next tender may be going to a competing brand.

Who it is for

This is written for these medical device manufacturers.

  • Diagnostic equipment manufacturers
  • Surgical instrument manufacturers
  • Hospital furniture and equipment makers
  • Disposable and consumable device manufacturers
  • Implant and orthopaedic device makers
  • Home healthcare device manufacturers
  • In-vitro diagnostic kit manufacturers
  • Export-focused medical device units

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the customer retention work runs

  1. 1

    Assess current retention

    A first read of current retention rate, existing tactics and where they are or are not coordinated.

  2. 2

    Build the strategy

    A written plan developed covering priority segments, touchpoints and a measurable target.

  3. 3

    Align existing tactics

    Current retention activities mapped against the strategy and adjusted to work together rather than independently.

  4. 4

    Track toward the target

    Retention tracked against the goal, with the strategy adjusted as results come in.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How do we stop hospitals buying compatible consumables?
Sometimes you cannot, and pretending otherwise wastes everyone's time. What you can do is make the case on validation, warranty terms and what happens to a service claim when an unapproved consumable is used. Then price yours so a purchase officer has a defensible reason to choose it.
What should we do about a hospital that has let its contract lapse?
Go and look at the machine. A lapsed contract usually means a fault nobody resolved or a budget that moved, and the department will tell you which. An engineer's visit with a condition report reopens more of these than a renewal quotation sent by email.
Can we ring a hospital biomedical engineer directly if the distributor holds the account?
Check your distributor agreement first, since many bar direct sales but allow service contact. Where allowed, ask for the engineer's contact through the distributor and keep the distributor informed. Do not offer prices that undercut their quote.
A hospital's purchase head changed. How do we keep the contract in view?
Record the institution's renewal date and service history in your own file, not in one person's phone. Write to the new purchase head and the biomedical engineer together, with the unit list, service record and contract end date attached.
Should our product pages state the device's risk class?
Yes. Under the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, each device falls in class A, B, C or D, and a biomedical engineer checks that class against your licence. Showing both on the page saves a round of emails before the demo.
Can we name the hospitals that already use our device?
Only with each hospital's written permission, and stated as a fact rather than an endorsement. Many hospitals refuse, so we plan the page to work without names. An installation count by city or specialty is a safer form of proof when you can verify it.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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