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ANALYTICAL AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT 5


When under pressure labs turn to automated processes


From laboratory information management systems to automated handling processes, automation technology is helping to save time, reduce costs and enhance traceability. Sean Ottewell reports.


Depuis les systèmes de gestion de l’information des laboratoires aux procédés automatisés de manutention, la technologie de l’automatisation permet d’économiser du temps, de réduire les frais et d’augmenter la traçabilité. Un article de Sean Ottewell.


Von Informationsmanagementsystemen in Laboren bis zur automatischen Prozessabwicklung hilft die Automatisierungstechnik, Zeit zu sparen, Kosten zu senken und die Nachverfolgbarkeit zu steigern. Sean Ottewell berichtet.


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ampleManager 11 from Termo Scientific is the newest, most configurable


version of one of the world’s most widely deployed laboratory information management systems (LIMS). It features advanced new tools and user- interface enhancements that


improve laboratory process mapping, management and automation.


Labs increasingly face pressure to be more efficient, and manage increased throughput while simultaneously improving data accuracy, analysis and reporting, all in an environment of stricter regulation. SampleManager 11 empowers lab users, putting control in the hands of personnel at the point of decision. Users can now build workflows to reflect their individual laboratory processes, and take ownership of workflow management allowing them to be synchronised with the changing requirements of the lab, all without specialist IT intervention.


“Lab personnel can rely on the


LIMS workflow to automate the logical decisions driving their activities, hence improving throughput by saving time and simplifying user interactions. System configuration and deployment is significantly easier – and therefore more valuable – for lab managers and the users they support, giving a lower cost of ownership to the business,” says the company.


SampleManager 11 delivers workflow configurability, user- intuitive multiple sample login, point and click extensibility and enhanced data mining and tracking capabilities to benefit a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceutical QA/QC, oil and gas, contract labs, food producers, process industries and others. In each of


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