How a LIMS-based cost recovery model can improve operational efficiencies and resource utilization

Limited training budgets pose a challenge for many lab managers. To meet their training needs we need to scrutinize both internal training programs and those offered by consultants and other external suppliers more carefully. Maintaining an effective

In tough economic times many companies slash their training budgets, thinking that training is expendable. This, according to the author, is ill-advised. Training is not an expense to be minimized; it is an investment that pays dividends by helping workers do their jobs more effectively so that they can positively impact a company's bottom line.

Unlike offices, laboratories require infrastructure that is costly and not readily available in commercial real estate.

Respondents to our first salary and budget survey answered questions on the workplace, money, and job satisfaction.