Laboratory Knowledge Management Strategy and Architecture
When applied properly technology should accelerate the objectives of your laboratory business. Our focus on Knowledge Management – the vision behind your electronic laboratory roadmap - helps mitigate risks of the “unknown”, drastically increase efficiencies, and maintain regulatory compliance within your labs.
Our customers are continuously challenged by the myriad of laboratory applications and hardware products whose features overlap considerably. Vendors continue to extend functionality while claiming there product should reside at the center of your architecture strategy.
And for too many organizations with multiple lab sites, products are selected independently of each other, thereby eliminating the ability to share knowledge, skill-sets, and best practices for implementation and support.
A Pragmatic Approach
LabAnswer practices its own pragmatic approach to alleviating confusion in the marketplace by helping you determine:
1) What technologies will help you reach your business objectives?
2) What laboratories in your industry really use to operate and integrate?
3) How to incorporate best practices into your existing environment?
4) What data model will support your future business needs?
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Strategy and Architecture
We employ the following steps to make practical recommendations on an overall laboratory knowledge management strategy and architecture:
- Identify business objectives of the laboratory
- Determine success metrics for the laboratory
- Map laboratory processes and data flow
- Understand the current laboratory environment
- Identify laboratory requirements
- Perform fit-gap analysis
- Optimize & harmonize processes and data flow utilizing technology accelerators
- Evaluate technology architecture
Business Benefits
The appropriate application of technology can provide the following business benefits:
- Shorter cycle times
- Improved collaboration
- More time for science
- Reduced review time
- Improved quality
- Improved compliance posture
- Improved electronic knowledge capture
