Making Smart Lab Instrument Decisions

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Developing Your Own Asset Management Methods

Asset management in a lab encompasses a number of different tasks—in addition to scheduling routine maintenance for existing equipment and budgeting for new purchases, individuals in charge of asset management may also be responsible for keeping certifications up-to-date, researching regulatory requirements, and training personnel. What is the best way to keep everything organized? Where can one turn for resources and guidance? How do you measure success? 

This presentation will give an overview of different aspects of asset management, and will offer advice and real-world examples on how to develop and maintain an efficient routine. The speaker will discuss common asset management challenges and how to overcome them, and will provide insight into what did and did not work for his own lab. Learn about different strategies for asset management and how to find the right system for you.

Presenter: Michael Jarosh
Chroma Medicine
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT

Creating A Circular Economy Through Proactive Asset Management

Lab managers are tasked with not only purchasing new equipment for their facility, but making good decisions about their used equipment as well. Recycling and reusing used equipment is an excellent approach that promotes sustainability without harming business. It is also a form of corporate responsibility that further promotes good customer relations. 

Learn how to become part of the global circular economy while making space in your facility and earning capital return from equipment you no longer need for new equipment. Discover different sales channels that can help you find equipment that you are looking to buy, assist you in selling your surplus equipment, and enable you to gain cash within a short timeframe. Understand how responsible equipment disposal benefits both your lab’s bottom line as well as the laboratory equipment industry's circular economy.

Key learnings:  

• How to divert waste from landfills and earn cash
• How to become part of the global circular economy
• How to sell surplus equipment that is no longer needed

Presenter: Greg Feinberg
EquipNet
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Make Your Lab Tools Work for You—Get A Complete Picture of the Lab

Labs are full of many pieces of equipment, supplies, and people. As a lab manager, you have to keep track of all of these aspects. There are individual tools to help you monitor all of these tasks—but largely, these disparate tools are unconnected, and while they offer certain valuable insights they can end up adding more things to your plate. 

What if a singular tool could help inform schedules, budgets, and asset management? Discover the advantages of consolidating everything into one system that is able to oversee all of these aspects of the lab, not just one at a time, in order to keep everything organized and maximize both efficiency and output. Find out how these tools empower lab managers to transition from firefighting mode to proactive strategy mode. Learn the questions you need to ask when choosing a new asset management system for your lab, and how to measure results effectively.

Presenter: Elizabeth McGarry
Elemental Machines
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT