While every lab strives for efficiency, bottlenecks in reagent sourcing, assay development, sample preparation, and asset management often slow progress and drive up costs. Even seemingly minor inefficiencies, like delays in obtaining critical reagents or data silos, can compound into larger issues that delay timelines, introduce errors, and threaten compliance.
Creating a truly efficient lab requires informed decision-making and the right tools. Advances in automation, inventory management, and high-throughput technologies provide new opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce waste, and improve data integrity.
This guide offers a roadmap for lab managers looking to boost productivity, optimize resource management, and implement modern solutions that lower costs without compromising accuracy. From best practices for selecting assays, reagents, and equipment to strategies for integrating automation and asset management systems, it provides the tools labs need to build more effective, scalable operations.
Download our Efficiency Resource Guide to learn:
- How to balance cost, quality, and productivity in assay development and reagent selection
- Advances in sample preparation techniques and equipment, including microwave digestion, homogenization, evaporators, rockers, shakers, and multimode plate readers
- The role of AI, machine learning, and robotics in optimizing workflows, increasing throughput, and minimizing error
- Best practices for inventory and asset management to prevent supply shortages, reduce waste, and enhance safety and compliance
