Optima - Laboratory Resource Management System
Features

The software solution that handles all scheduling and planning activities for the laboratory, helping to identify the productivity gap and optimise work efficiently

VISUALIZE THE DEMAND

 

  • Get a complete overview of all incoming requests (internal, external, priority, project-related, typology of request, location and laboratories involved)
  • Compare between different time periods to distinguish lower and higher peaks in requests and  identify internal trends
  • Easy integration with external systems -LIMS, ELN, ERP…

INCREASE LAB EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

 

  • Assign activities to resources (technicians and instruments) based on the priority of tasks and the availability of resources to avoid over- or under-utilisation
  • Reduce personnel costs incurred for scheduling and planning thanks to an automated process
  • Optimise the use of resources
  • Plan on a daily, weekly or monthly basis

TRACK YOUR LAB PERFORMANCE

 

  • Measure your KPIs in a timely and structured way (eg on time vs delayed deliveries; right first time; adherence of scheduled and delivered activities to original planning…)
  • Generate ad hoc reporting based on your customers’ needs and requirements (asess value-added vs non value-added activities, productive vs non-productive activities, allocation of resources to a specific project or to a typology of activity…)
track lab performance

MANAGE PRESENT AND FUTURE DEMAND

 

  •  Get full control of your resources allocations
  • Check allocation of resources over in the short-medium term to make sure you have capacity to accommodate additional requests
  • Prevent bottlenecks by knowing in advance resources availability

MANAGE COMPETENCY MATRIX AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS

 

  • Automatically update people competencies to always make sure tasks and analysis are allocated to the right analysts
  • Set the required maintenance and calibration and frequency  for each instrument
  • Automatically mark instruments as unavailable for scheduling when in maintenance
  • Receive notifications when maintenance /calibration are needed
  • Assign calibration tasks to lab members

GET IN TOUCH

Would you like to know more about Optima Laboratory Scheduling System?
Contact us and we will be happy to discuss it with you.