“Manager's Survival Guide to Engineering Laboratory Automation" is now available from Delphinus, Inc.

The methodology described in this guide will lead to the development of successful laboratory automation systems. It provides management with the tools needed to define:

• policies and practices that are the underpinnings of successful programs, and,
• workflow models that help evaluate the labs product and technology requirements.

In addition, the guide provides a means of determining if procedures are ready for automation.

Successful systems, those that meet their objectives, are supportable and can be gracefully upgraded as needed, are not the result of fix-the-bottleneck methodologies. They are the result of design-against-a-plan methods.

The benefits of that planning include:

• improving the effectiveness of automation systems, and their ability to be supported,
• reducing laboratory operating costs and improving ROI,
• meeting the demands of regulatory agencies,
• a basis for coordinating the work of outside contractors & equipment vendors,
• protect / enhance the value of the labs intellectual property, and,
• make the most effective use of people's talents.

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