Best Practices for Increasing Laboratory Efficiency

Hellmuth Broda, OneSource Enterprise, PerkinElmer, Basel, Switzerland

"When are you going to start focusing on the science?" 

How much of our time at work is spent on tasks that are not driving value or part of our key responsibilities? In the lab, these tasks can include fixing issues with instruments, calibration, preparing substances for experiments, software upgrades on laboratory PCs, relocating equipment… and the list goes on.  After an in situ analysis utilizing data derived from client sites, it has been shown that these lost research hours can add up quickly, with an average of 10 hours of non-value add tasks being completed per week per scientist - or up to 400 hours per year! 

What measures can be taken to improve these metrics at your lab? In this presentation, learn how focused professional services and dedicated service support can help free your laboratory personnel from these tasks and place the concentration back on research.  The discussion will focus on the areas of:

• Asset Services
• Relocation Services
• Validation and Compliance Services
• Laboratory IT Services
• Scientific Services
  

The presentation will finish with industry examples of successful implementations of this business mode and an open discussion on the topic of Professional Laboratory Services.