CONNECTS for The Paperless Lab

Thermo Scientific* CONNECTS* for the Paperless Lab provides bridges between the islands of data generated in the lab and transforms that data into information that can be used across the enterprise. CONNECTS delivers improved access to real-time information, regulatory compliance and data integrity, as well as time and cost savings by automating processes and reducing manual data handling. Thermo Scientific vendor neutral technology helps transform laboratories into tightly integrated paperless environments.

• Methodology: a comprehensive solutions-oriented consultation delivers an assessment of an organization’s current level of laboratory automation, instrument integration and workflow. The assessment highlights potential ROI, operational gains and a plan for implementing solutions that address instances where current workflow relies on human intervention, which can be the cause of bottlenecks or introduce errors.
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• Technology: the vendor neutral suite of data integration, visualization and management technologies delivers comprehensive laboratory workflow automation, integrating instruments and equipment and connecting data sources with data destinations. The technology enables consolidation of analytical results, including access to raw data and instruments from web browsers and mobile devices.
  • See INTEGRATION MANAGER 
  • See DATA MANAGER
• Services: pre- and post-implementation consulting services are optimized to deliver current and future paperless environments, enabling real-time decision making based on access to aggregated information from the entire organization. CONNECT Services are based on proven methodology for delivering successful projects using industry best practices.
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CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab provides access to all instrument data via a single interface and allows real-time investigation of results. The technology converts raw data to a vendor independent XML storage format to ensure future proof data archiving and facilitate data and information sharing across the organization, without having to rely on access to the original application. Thermo Scientific vendor-neutral technology acts as a ‘translator’ of all the individual languages of the lab’s disparate instruments and is able to deliver and accept data in the format appropriate for each instrument.

Analyst Whitepaper | Articles | Case Studies | Data Sheet | Interviews | Press Releases | Video

Analyst Whitepaper

Are You Maximizing the Value of Your Laboratory Assets?  (PDF 188 KB)
The paradox of the analytical laboratory is that labs utilize some of the most advanced and sophisticated instrumentation in the plant, yet continue to use the oldest data storage method – pencil and paper. Laboratory software has evolved to the point where the paperless lab is not only possible, but achievable. Learn how the paperless lab can add value by automating and integrating lab data with the enterprise and making it accessible in real-time when and where it is needed for faster, more informed decisions about R&D and manufacturing operations.

Articles

Program Integrates Technologies for the Paperless Lab
Laboratory Equipment, March 2012

Workflow Technology Encourages Paperless Lab
Laboratory Equipment, March 2012

Outlook on Software: The Paperless Laboratory of the (Near) Future
Laboratory Outlook, June 2012

Delivering on the Promise of the Paperless Lab
EuroLab, October 2012

Delivering on the Promise of the Paperless Lab
ChemEurope, 2012

Technology News - Paperless Lab Software
Laboratory Manager, March 2012

Interview with Susan Najjar, Marketing Director for Informatics at Thermo Fisher Scientific
European Pharmaceutical Review, March 2012

LIMS: Expanding Integration and Capabilities
Lab Manager, May 2012

Putting Data in It's Place
R&D, April 2012

Q&A With Trish Meek
European Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, July/ August 2012

The Paperless Laboratory of the (Near) Future
LabOutlook June 2012

Delivering on the promise of the paperless lab
EuroLab – Scientist Live, June 2012

LIMS: Expanding Integration and Capabilities
Lab Manager, May 2012

Workflow Technology Encourages Paperless Lab 
Laboratory Equipment Online, April 2012

Interview with Susan Najjar, Marketing Director for Informatics at Thermo Fisher Scientific
European Pharmaceutical Review March 2012

Case Studies

The Irish Department of Agriculture (PDF 1.74 MB)
Livestock health, national livestock disease database

Thames Water (PDF 1.17 MB)
Water/Wastewater Services, London

Sakhalin Energy (PDF 1.71 MB)
Integrated Oil and Gas Project, Russia

HUNT Biobank, Norway (PDF 2.22 MB)
Population-based health studies

Minera San Cristobal (PDF 4.35 MB)
Largest Mining Operation in Bolivia

United Utilities (PDF 2.52 MB)
Water Treatment in the United Kingdom

Data Sheet

CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab (PDF 1.03 MB)
CONNECTS is comprised of three unique components - methodology, technology and services - that combined deliver seamless and continuous data flows from the lab into the enterprise, improving results analysis, enabling faster decision making and improving productivity.

Interviews

Susan Najjar, Marketing Director for Informatics at Thermo Fisher Scientific, talks with European Pharmaceutical Review about CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab
European Pharmaceutical Review, March 20, 2012

Press Releases

March 12, 2012, Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab - Vendor-Neutral Suite of Data Integration, Visualization and Management Technologies Connects Data Sources with Data Destinations Via a Single Interface

Video

Colin Thurston, Director of Product Strategy, talks about CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab from the floor of Pittcon 2012