laboratory informatics
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Continuing her company
profiles, Sophia Ktori finds that Waters’ NuGenesis is differentiated because it can capture data from any instrument in the laboratory
oſtware vendors naturally look to find out from potential clients what they want in a laboratory management informatics system.
Sometimes, however, it can be just as valuable to ask them what they don’t want. Top of the list of ‘not required’ is a
platform that duplicates existing capabilities and just adds complexity, suggests Garrett Mullen, senior product manager for Waters’ NuGenesis Lab Management System. ‘Clients also want to avoid platforms that require time-consuming and tricky custom coding whenever new instrumentation needs to be installed, or when functionality is added or soſtware systems are upgraded. Neither do laboratories want soſtware
that cannot sit alongside and communicate with their existing informatics infrastructure. What customers do want is an evolutionary solution that allows them to implement specific, or point capabilities as required, but to which new and expanded functionality can be added with minimal fuss.’
Linking the laboratory to business Tis is the ideal around which the Waters’ NuGenesis platform has been built, Mullen suggests. NuGenesis encompasses an integrated suite of solutions; NuGenesis SDMS (scientific data management system), NuGenesis ELN (electronic laboratory notebook), and NuGenesis Sample
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CUSTOMERS WANT AN EVOLUTIONARY SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC, OR POINT CAPABILITIES
Management. Te combined platform has the capability to link every activity in the laboratory – from sample submission to laboratory execution methods, results review, soſtware integration, laboratory
Making lighter work of
inventories, and stability testing – to business operations. But what sets NuGenesis apart is its
flexibility, Mullen states. ‘Te platform hinges on three basic principles: easy to install; easy to configure; and easy to validate. We don’t insist that the client installs the whole NuGenesis platform from the start. Each customer may only need some functionality to bridge gaps in their existing informatics infrastructure. When we first meet with a client we ask what their specific bottlenecks and goals are. We can then look at providing an informatics solution that meets their requirements
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