September 12, 2006, ACD/Labs SMASH 2006 Seminar, Burlington, VT, USA

Analytical Data Management: A Matter of Workflow

Kevin Turnbull

Abstract

In an analytical laboratory, different people with different functions participate in the creation and interpretation of many different types of analytical data for a single sample, making it extremely difficult for anybody to get a complete overview. Further, many organizations are struggling with heterogeneous information systems which impede the flow of information. This makes it extremely difficult to manage the R&D process to achieve the desired goals in a coordinated fashion, and avoid duplications, downstream delays, or wasted resources.

This talk will focus on the workflow of an ACD/Labs Analytical Data Management System (ADMS). The first step in this system is to address the inefficiencies created by using different instrument and file system formats to store and process data. ADMS not only allows data from different software systems to connect, but it also offers access to industry-leading processing capabilities within a single interface that is complementary to individual instrument-software algorithms, in one processing interface. The next level is to organize all of the processed information; this involves the ability to store and easily retrieve processed NMR data with associated sample information and other complementary MS, IR, or chromatographic measurement results on the same sample. Finally, easy dissemination of the information across an organization for faster and better decision making, is facilitated. Here, powerful visualization modes, query tools, and graphing tools help to provide an overall or narrow perspective to analysts and decision-makers as needed.

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