Amhsco Ltd. - About us

AMHSCO at a Glance

AMHSCO Ltd. is a member of the FAL Group of Companies , a well- financed and highly respected group whose headquarter is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has overseas offices through out the Middle East, Europe and North America.

AMHSCO Ltd. is one of the leading Medical Devices and Life Sciences products distributor in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since its foundation in 1983, AMHSCO has dedicated itself in assisting hospitals ,healthcare and industrial facilities within the Kingdom to meet their objectives by procuring their needs and providing after sales service.

To serve better, we have full fledged offices located all over the Kingdom. The Jeddah Branch serves the Western region, Dammam Branch covers Eastern region and office in Abha to cover Southern region.

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AMHSCO's Organizational Chart

Members of the Board

In 1978, Sheikh Fahad Mohammed Al-Athel discerned the need for a Saudi hospital management company. He founded General Arabian Medical & Allied Services Ltd. (GAMA) and became its President & Chairman of the Board. He is also the President & Chairman of the Board of FAL Holdings Arabia Co., Ltd. the parent company of GAMA. His MBA degree from the University of Santa Clara enables him to effectively manage several companies and to serve on their Boards of Directors.

Mr. Hamad Al-Assaf, a Saudi national, was General Director of Projects at the Ministry of Information when he joined GAMA as the Defuty CEO in 1985 on a seconded basis. He became its CEO in 1991. He is responsible for all projects and operating departments of the Corporation. He holds B.S.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Arizona State University in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications). In 1993 he was appointed Senior Vice President and Deputy Chairman of FAL Holdings Arabia Co., Ltd. the parent company of GAMA .

Engr. Assaf Hussain Al-Assaf is the CEO of AMHSCO. He graduated from San Martin College in Olympia, State of Washington in 1985 with BS Degree in Civil Engineering, he completed his Masters Degree in Engineering Management in 1986. As Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Al-Assaf is responsible for all the aspects of the trading operations of the company. He is a Board Director and reports to the President & Chairman of the Board.

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Sales & Marketing Department

    Our goals in the sales and marketing department is to provide quality and innovation products and after sales service that is the best in the industry. Sales is the soul of our company.
    Through our network of branches in the Kingdom, staffed by well trained and dedicated sales personnel, we ensure that our customers needs are fulfilled. Customers requests are handled promptly and efficient, orders are delivered quickly, customers, staff are trained in use our products and technical and clinical support are available round the clock.
    Our marketing activities support continuing medical education programs, regional & hospital symposia, pocket meetings and trade exhibitions.
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Our core strategy in the Sales & Marketing Department is to ensure success in the promoting current products we present on exclusive basis with the objectives of introducing new product of high quality & innovation.
AMHSCO's Sales & Marketing Department prepares the tenders related to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and SGH Tenders for the supply and delivery of medical equipments and its consumables through a separate division which comes under the direct supervision of the Commercial manager with coordination of sales department.

Additional task for the Sales & Marketing Department are:
    Business Development of the Company.
    Communicating with our principals and suppliers in order to smooth our operations and facilitate matters related to
    general business functions.
    Supervision of AMHSCO's procurement offices.
    Organize active participation in Medical Symposium and
    healthcare Exhibitions.

Equipments in the Market

Dialysis Equipments - 1,400
Dialysis Chairs - 1,600
CRRT Machines - 115
Apheresis - 64
Laboratory Equipments - 320
Bair Hugger Machines - 310

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Service Department

AMHSCO maintains leadership in its field of activities through excellence of support services provided to its customers.
The department has qualified and efficient team of manufacturer trained bio-medical engineers. It provides fast service response to customer calls. It has maintenance contracts with prestigious hospitals at MOH & private sector. It has strategically located distribution centers for rapid response to needs for spare parts. Offers technical service training program for end-users, and in service program for continuing education & staff training.
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Pharmaceutical Division

AMHSCO is the Sole Agent for some International Companies like Menarini Int'l., Italy, Berlin Chemie, Germany and Namyang of South Korea.

Pharmaceutical Division was established in the year 1992 with a wide range of sales and distribution. We supply Pharmaceutical items to most of the prestigious hospitals, Government Institutions, Private Hospitals and Pharmacies kingdom wide.

Sales Strategy

Objective :
- To Satisfy the needs of our customers.
- To offer our services where ever the customer are.

Sales Force :
Sales is the soul of the company. Hence, we are exerting the maximum power to obtain professional individuals in the field of the distribution of our strategy and service in the pharmaceutical field.

Company Policies :

    - Credit Sales
            AMHSCO is offering services to customers who continue in dealing with
us by giving many facilities, such as :
                - open credit from.....to follow the collection within 90 days facility.
                - credit limits depending on the customer's needs and consumption.
                - sales price (Bonus Scheme) for credit facilities.
                - for cash bonus, we offer......% of discount more & 06% bonus depending on the
                  payment periods.

    - Sales Private
    - The sales representatives collects the customer purchase orders from his
       customers in his territory personally, or over the phone or fax.
    - The approval from the Sales Manager is vital fro the prices in the Customer
      Purchase Orders and check-up of the customer's account.
- The Customer Purchase Order is then forwarded for data processing where
       in turn Proforma Invoice is made showing the sales value and the mark-up
       for each invoice.
    - In the meanwhile, the Data Processing Department is on-line connected with
       the Warehouse for preparing the goods together with the invoice, making
       sure that everything is OK.
    - The driver will distribute the goods on the same day of the printing of the
       invoice.
    - When the customer receives the goods, he signs the invoice to ascertain that
       everything is OK while the customer gets the original invoice. The other
       copies have to be stamped and forwarded to the finance Department, Sales
       Department and Warehouse.

    - Returned Goods
    - The policy is to return goods on the same day of its delivery, which are due
       to short-expiry or damaged goods and they should be checked and be
       reasonable.
    - In other cases, AMHSCO does not entertain returned goods due to any other
       reasons unless the manufacturer undertakes and agrees to replace them.

Purchases & Logistics
Since the Pharmaceutical Department relies on Stock for the institutional Companies, the Sales Manager and the Sales Coordinator are the ones to be issued with the requirements after obtaining the suitable prices according to the quantities purchased and the offers in the season.

    - Purchase
    - When stocks are reached to the level requested from records from the
       computer system, the purchasing department......after obtaining the prices, a
       purchase order is issued to the suppliers suggested by the sales department
       and get approval from the C.E.O.
    - Cash items received at the warehouse - receiving report and costing are
       made by the data processing clerk at the finance department and approved by
       authorized signature.
    - Tender & Institutional Purchases
    - For Tender & Institutional Purchases, imported items are made as per
       request for quotation from the customer (Hospitals) and the figures in the
       Proforma Invoice shows our sales prices/quantity, expiry date, manufacturer,
       validity of Proforma Invoice and delivery date.
    - When the customer Purchase Order is received, we issue the purchase order
       to the supplier before confirming from them the price, manufacturer and
       other customer requirements.
    - When receiving the goods these particular items will be cleared from the
       customs by AMHSCO after obtaining Clearance Letter from the Hospital.
- If any problems arise in regard to short-expiry, wrong manufacturer and other
       matters while receiving the items, the cost will be deducted from the invoice
      of the supplier.

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Support Services

AMHSCO support services has the privilege of being equipped with the latest computer technology to offer our clients best possible services to ensure prompt response.

Administration & Personnel     [email protected]
Finance Department                 [email protected]
I.T. Department                        [email protected]
Material Management Dept. . [email protected]
Collection Department               [email protected]
Warehousing
     AMHSCO maintains computerized warehouse facility in accordance with Ministry of Civil Defense Defense environmental and safety regulates. AMHSCO main warehouse is located in Diriyah, Riyadh, in addition to the other two warehouses in our branches in Western & Eastern regions. All medical supplies and pharmaceuticals are stored in the warehouse which also has refrigerated storage facility to accommodate chemicals, regents and other materials which requires refrigeration.

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