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Lab optimization

SCIEX has been developing lean strategies for analytical labs for over 15 years, and has the experience and knowledge of LC-MS workflows to enable lean processing in your lab.

Overview

Our lab optimization services team has found that the most difficult aspect of transforming a lab to a more productive environment is the assessment of the current processes, and the definition of remedies to reduce waste.

You can increase your throughput, reduce your costs and improve quality, if you can identify and get rid of unproductive activity. Eliminating waste and raising efficiency is the foundation of lean processing, used in multiple industries, from manufacturing to healthcare delivery.

Uniquely qualified and experienced

By identifying and eliminating non-productive activity in your lab (waste), you’ll be able to:
  • Level the workload for more consistency while implementing standard work instructions for routine workflows
  • Identify the training requirements for new employees
  • Increase uptime for your instruments with regular and more efficient maintenance
  • Empower your employees to use their own creativity and experience to improve processing
  • Improve data reporting with automated templates and calculations

How we work with you

Sample timeline

Week
Project preparation

1-2

Project preparation
  • Questionnaire
  • Conference call
Week
On site
Days 1-2

3

On site
Days 1-2

Lean Assessment of the lab including sample preparation, system tuning, method refinement, routine troubleshooting, data processing and archiving

  • Staff meeting
  • Lab setup
  • Sample preparation
  • Analytical procedures
  • Sample analysis
  • Acquisition methods
  • Data processing
On site
Day 3
Day 3

Best practices and customized training are provided as real-time experimentation toward improving productivity

  • Productivity focus
  • Uptime maintenance
  • Application training
Week
Lab optimization report

4-6

Lab optimization report

The main project deliverable, including a summary of key observations and recommendations to increase productivity

  • Report out
  • Final report
  • Webex presentation

Week

1-2

Week

3

Week

4-6

Our lab optimization customer success stories:

Our team has been able to re-engineer our analytical workflow and merge three methods into one, reducing our total run time from 90 to 30 minutes. We anticipate the following results:

24%
Productivity increase
30days
Labor time decrease
$3000
Annual savings of 25 labor days
Analytik Institut Rietzler
Germany

Our labs were able to implement cost saving enhancements in material and labor, improve result accuracy, and enhance routine maintenance procedures. We anticipate the following results:

$40K
annual materials savings from method optimization and column maintenance
85days
annual time savings from customized training
Clinical Testing Lab
California

This program is particularly valuable for labs willing to get a better understanding of the overall LC-MS workflow and software functionality. The SCIEX consultant shared with us best practices that enabled us to:

~10%
time saved that we need to calculate a batch
5-10
minutes saved ber batch
Contract Testing Lab
Poland
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