Optimally integrate laboratory operations into company processes

Pooling laboratory expertise - and creating space for business at the same time

There is no such thing as “THE laboratory operation”. Every company must find its own way of tailoring laboratory processes to its own needs as economically, efficiently and legally compliant as possible and integrating them into company-specific processes. Given the large number of individual aspects that need to be considered in laboratory operations, this is no easy task. It can only be achieved by pooling expert knowledge from all relevant areas.

Diversity of tasks requires diversity of skills

Most laboratory operators cannot manage all the tasks associated with the laboratory with their staff. This is because the necessary resources are costly and are then not available for regular business operations.

Questions that laboratory operators often ask our laboratory experts:

• My staff do not have the comprehensive technical expertise to cover all areas of laboratory operations. Where can I get competent support?
• Do I have to entrust the entire laboratory operation to an external service provider or can I also call in external experts for individual aspects?
• How can I free up more time for my core business in addition to laboratory operations?
• Which responsibilities in laboratory operations can I delegate to others and which not?
• What services does a laboratory operations partner need to offer me to really take the pressure off me?
• Is it really more economical to outsource some of the laboratory tasks to external specialists?

4 tips for efficient laboratory operation

Infraserv Höchst's lab experts take a very structured approach to planning and remodeling labs, even during ongoing lab operations - always taking company-specific requirements and circumstances into account. Based on our extensive laboratory experience, we have compiled four tips that will give you valuable initial ideas for optimally organizing your laboratory operations:

This is how your company benefits from an external laboratory operator!

From the professional management of laboratory buildings with all their technical equipment to the implementation of occupational safety regulations and environmental requirements or the proper handling of chemicals, hazardous substances and waste - the organization of laboratory operations today requires a wide range of specialist knowledge.

In most cases, it is therefore advisable to outsource all or part of laboratory operations to a specialized service provider - thus relieving your own employees of organizational tasks for which the necessary expertise could only be maintained at great expense in terms of time and money.