Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a project to bridge the gap between laboratory-generated data and the enterprise-level information that is required for mission-critical management decisions.
Thermo Scientific Connects is being launched at Pittcon 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, on 8-13 March 2009.
Thermo Scientific Connects is a set of offerings that leverage the company's breadth of laboratory information management system (LIMS) and chromatography data system (CDS) capabilities.
It also offers expertise in enterprise systems integration to help streamline and improve the transfer of knowledge between laboratory-generated data and enterprise-level information systems.
The programme is intended to assist organisations in integrating application-specific workflows, thereby transforming laboratory data into relevant business information and maximising a company's enterprise system investments to better support critical management decisions in a resource-constrained environment.
By offering an end-to-end solution that facilitates the integration of various instruments and systems, along with the interoperability necessary to transform data into relevant business drivers, Thermo Scientific Connects is intended to expand the business of science from the laboratory throughout the enterprise.
The integration of the entire enterprise will facilitate data correlation and collaboration, end-to-end report generation and secure data exchanges, with the goal of providing management with a dashboard view of the key metrics essential to running the business, thereby enabling management to have the critical data it needs before any point of crisis.
Paula Hollywood, ARC senior analyst, said: 'Analytical laboratories can provide critical data for tighter control of manufacturing processes and to ensure product quality, but only if a coordinated integration strategy is employed where lab data is integrated with higher-level business systems that will provide information visibility to decision makers when they need it.
'The value of lab data is enhanced when partnering with a supplier such as Thermo Fisher Scientific, which has the analytical measurement expertise, the knowledge of process manufacturing, the capability to manage the data and provides the support services required for an integrated solution,' she added.
