Building a Smart Laboratory 2015 Contents


An introduction to Building a Smart Laboratory 2015


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This introduction sets out the demands being put upon laboratories by customers and by technological developments l Cost-reduction no longer enough l How to quantify the benefit of supporting science?


l Not just a smart, but also a mobile laboratory system


Informatics in Southern Europe 6


Despite global financial crisis, the market in Spain is growing significantly. But success in Spain requires recognition of the particular ways of thinking and of doing business


The smart laboratory


An introduction to the concept of a ‘smart’ laboratory based on the data/information/knowledge triangle – joined-up science l What is a smart laboratory? l Evolution of laboratory data and information management


l The components of a smart laboratory l Laboratory instruments and automation l Laboratory systems l The role of the smart laboratory in an integrated business process


Data: Instrumentation 10


An overview of the types of laboratory instruments and their capabilities, emphasising the changing requirements for being ‘smart’ l Analogue vs. digital data l Simple laboratory instruments l Computerised instrument systems l Laboratory automation l Instrument data standards l Managing instrument data


Information: Laboratory informatics tools


l What is laboratory Informatics? l What are the major information systems, and how are they related?


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An overview of laboratory informatics tools and how convergence is changing the informatics market


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Knowledge: Document management


How the smart laboratory contributes to the requirements of a knowledge eco-system, and the practical consequences of joined-up science l Explicit knowledge management for the smart laboratory


l Integrity and authenticity of electronic records


l Long-term preservation and management of electronic records


Beyond the laboratory


Who cares how smart the laboratory is, and why? How being smart can improve your business l Who are the customers of the smart laboratory and what do they expect?


l Productivity and business efficiency l Integration with manufacturing and business systems


l Patent evidence creation l Regulatory compliance


Practical considerations


in specifying and building the smart laboratory


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How to go about building a smart laboratory; what approaches to take, and how to deal with potential roadblocks l Gathering functional requirements l Business case development and project management


l Internal culture and technology adoption l Technology considerations for the smart laboratory


Knowledge: Data analytics 38


Taking the theme of knowledge management beyond document handling


Summary 40


Pulling together the various threads on how to make the laboratory ‘smart’, and recognising that being smart is a journey, not a destination


References and further reading 42


l Further reading l References


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Contents/Introduction


Welcome to the smart


laboratory Tis year’s edition of Building a Smart Laboratory has a distinctively Mediterranean feel. In parallel with the Paperless Lab Academy, whose 2015 event took place in Barcelona, we are looking in some depth at the informatics scene in Spanish speaking and Mediterranean countries. Te twin forces of ‘push’ from the development of new technologies and ‘pull’ from companies and organisations trying to reduce costs are universal. Both are driving us towards ever smarter laboratories. But there is a need to recognise local needs and local cultural and linguistic practices when implementing a specific instance of a laboratory informatics system. Te main vendors of informatics


systems have tended to be northern European or North American. Teir initial focus has been almost unconsciously regional – on the countries in the geographical regions where they are themselves located. A wider horizon has embraced the riches of the Middle Eastern oil industry and the burgeoning factories of East Asia. But the potential in the Mediterranean


countries is there. Tey have pharmaceutical industries, petrochemicals and even the wine industry of southern Europe may benefit from the application of the smart laboratory. As before, this guide does not pretend


to offer all the answers but rather an introduction to the subject for everyone facing the challenge of making their laboratory ‘smart’.


The authors of the guide are: Siri Segalstad Segalstad Consulting AS


Joe Liscouski Institute for Laboratory Automation


Charlie Sodano eOrganizedWorld John Trigg phaseFour Informatics Ltd Isabel Muñoz-Willery NL42 Consulting SL Roberto Castelnovo NL42 Consulting SL


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Building a Smart Laboratory is published by Europa Science, the publishers of Scientific Computing World (ISSN 1356-7853). ©2015 Europa Science Ltd.Unit 9 Clifton Court, Cambridge CB1 7BN, UK. All images Shutterstock.com


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