1. Using Real-Time Watson LIMS Data Integration and Analytics to Monitor Data Quality and Productivity, An Application of the Business Integration Program in the Bioanalytical Lab
Ann Hoffman, Business Development Director
Shane Needham, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Laboratory Director
Alturas Analytics, Inc.

2. Key resource decisions
Streamlining: Manual Information Transfers within Laboratory Operations
Extreme administrative burden on highest paid staff (PhD level)
RFP & Quotation generation is disconnected from lab operations
Key resource decisions
rely on manually generated project updates
Difficult to forecast backlog or revenue
No project triggers from completion of analysis to QC and QA data
Reprioritizing reports to meet timeline commitments
No real-time performance indicators to proactively identify risk
Knowledge of sample shipment schedules
Timely sample disposition/ storage notice difficult to track
Lab
Start
Lab
End QC
Data QA
Data
Draft
Report
Revenue Recognition & Billing timing Issues
Lab managed with spreadsheets & individual databases .
Redundancy throughout the operation results in decreased efficiency and increase to overall timelines
Project managers and lab operations staff spend time manually gathering information for tracking, analyzing, and reporting
Client status updates, primarily using static data which are manually re-entered

3. CRM – key Data Input and flow

4. Information sharing: From CRM to operations
Master Schedule
Quality Assurance
Project Management
Services and Pricing Schedules
Reference Standards
CRM (Business)
Proposal Generation
Contract Full Execution Shipment, Timelines, Terms
MSAs, CDAs
Assay List (Test Methods)
Assay List
Conferences
Laboratory Supplies
Protocol (timelines, study design)
Equipment Inventory
Finance (Quickbooks)
Sample Management
Invoicing
Receipt, Archive, Disposition
Projections

5. Management, QC, IT, Archives
Objectives:
Executive Management
Report Writing
Quality Assurance
Sample Management
Finance Invoicing
Projections
Project Management
Facilities
Management, QC, IT, Archives
Database integration across all functions
Eliminate Redundancy
Information sharing
Data accessible in a single location
All critical steps contain triggers and notifications
Resource allocation scheduling
Target timeline w/ alerts
Expiration alerts
Generation of metrics, summaries, reports
Accurate projections for planning the future

7. Alturas Laboratory Interface Communications Equipment
-Manages timelines for data delivery
Interface
-Interfaces with Watson for real-time data
Communications
-Internal and external communications
Equipment
-Tracks maintenance and calibration of equipment

8. Laboratory
Interface
Communications

11. Assay/Test Method List

12. SOUP
NUTS
SIMPLIFICATION OF BIOA DATA, PROJECT AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

13. Acknowledgements Those on ALICE Team at Alturas
Bo Cheng, Cindy Barnhart, Heidi Schmuck, Jennifer Zimmer, Lawrie Malsack, Ann Hoffman
Metrendalytics – Jan Miotto