Lab Management

Increased visibility of laboratory operations to management can be unnerving, especially for managers who have previously been more focused on the science than the business of the laboratory. To prepare for increased exposure, managers must develop a strategy and a realistic implementation plan to enable their operations to meet or exceed their organizations' demands.

When purchasing used or refurbished equipment from auction sites, equipment brokers and third-party vendors, laboratories aren’t always provided with product certification to guarantee that their equipment will operate according to the manufacturer’s specifications upon arrival.

Laboratory managers and team leaders, because of their knowledge of how research on a project unfolds, often play critical roles in deciding inventorship issues. Correct inventorship has to be considered whenever one or more of your staff members submit an invention disclosure to be considered for filing as a patent application.








