laboratory informatics Managing resources
in the cloud T
Sophia Ktori continues her series profiling informatics
companies by looking at how GoInformatics offers software as a service over the cloud
he ability to locate, allocate, reserve and track the usage of resources – whether that resource is laboratory space, a collection of biological or
chemical samples, equipment or analytical instrumentation, or even staff – can have an impact on the timelines, costs and success of an R&D project. Yet, prior to GoInformatics releasing its
Resource Management System solution in October 2014, there was no cloud-based tool that could achieve this level of resource visibility and control, suggests J.J. Medina, senior director of product strategy at the Indiana-based firm. ‘Our Resource Management System was developed initially for a company working in the field of cadaveric bioskills labs, which needed to be able to locate, reserve, assign, and monitor the use of valuable human tissue samples. However, we quickly realised the potential utility of this level of enterprise-wide resource management functionality for multiple life science and medtech sectors. Consequently, we developed the Resource Management System as a flexible tool that can be applied to any R&D environment, and be fully integrated with our cloud-based GoLIMS laboratory information management system (LIMS), inventory tracking system and electronic laboratory notebook (ELN).’
Linking R&D to resources and budgets Te combined capabilities of GoInformatics’ soſtware solutions mean that laboratories can now link all experiments recorded using the GoInformatics ELN to inventory and high- level resource management, as well as compare budgets with actual costs, and provide metrics to relevant departments for analysis, Medina adds.
6 SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING WORLD Mobility is critical for clinical specialists in bioskills lab operations
‘Tis allows laboratory, project and business managers to carry out analytics on a combined wealth of data spanning project progress, costs, timelines and resource use, which we don’t think has previously been available through one central cloud package.’ Established in April 2010 as soſtware as a
service (SaaS) specialist, GoInformatics originally envisioned that its solutions would represent easily accessible tools that were affordable to small-to-medium sized laboratories or CROs, and did not require months to implement. ‘Tere are many R&D and contract research organisations in life science and medtech fields that cannot spend $50-$100k on a LIMS’, Medina points out.
Embracing the cloud Yet while many of GoInformatics clients are small to medium-sized laboratories or CROs, the firm has found that the largest multinational companies are also now turning to the cloud. ‘Global organisations are embracing the GoInformatics scientific cloud platform as a means to derive information that will enable operational savings as well as increased business
THROUGH ONE
CLOUD PACKAGE, MANAGERS CAN CARRY OUT ANALYTICS ON A COMBINED WEALTH OF DATA
agility. Our Resource Management System, in particular, has provided functionality that is over and above a traditional LIMS, which we all know is largely sample-focused. Te ability of our system to track, allocate, and reserve all project- related resources can speed and streamline the R&D process and have a huge impact on cost efficiency, whatever the size of company or department.’ GoInformatics’ partnership with Johnson
& Johnson’s medical device business, which started in June 2014, is a prime example of global industry taking the cloud on board, and has been transformational for GoInformatics, Medina suggests. ‘J&J has implemented our project management, inventory tracking and resource
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