2012 ACIL P2P Meeting New Technologies Potential Barriers & - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2012 ACIL P2P Meeting New Technologies Potential Barriers & Benefits - LIMS

Introduction a. History of Technology Developments b. Enterprise Software & LIMS c. Laboratory Automation and Informatics d. Cloud Computing

Key Developments • Proprietary to open systems • Web based user interface & tools • pdf for reporting document & data files • Paperless Operations • Electronic Archives • Customized Applications from Vendors

Enterprise Software Enterprise Information System Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Production Management (LIMS) Financial & HR Management Characteristics: Performance, Scalability, Robustness Own It, Outsource it, Rent It: Combination It’s a big company thing, ….or is it?

LIMS Production Management Software Sample Tracking & results reporting QC: Data Evaluation & Review QA: Automate compliance tasks/activities Process automation Document Management Nexus to business applications

Costs • Software & Hardware Procurement • Systems integration • Application development • Maintenance, upgrades, & “tweeks” • IT Team/Staffing • User Training

Lab Automation Multi-disciplinary strategy to develop, optimize and capitalize on available technologies to… Increase productivity Improve Data Quality Reduce cycle times  Lab Robotics  Rules Based Software, algorithms and and methodologies to improve process efficiency and effectiveness

Lab Informatics: Optimizing Lab Operations ELN: Electronic Lab Notebook Sample Tracking & Workload Management Data Acquisition & Processing Reporting & Data Management

Cloud LIMS  SaaS  Reduces Costs  Leverages Application Development  One LIMS for many Labs  Bandwidth is critical to “scalability”  Hybrid Local Server-Cloud design Game Changing Development