Symyx Technologies has released an application note that discusses why many organisations are adopting a single, company-wide enterprise electronic notebook (ELN) strategy.
It is widely accepted that the ELN is an essential tool in today's dynamic scientific research-and-development (R and D) landscape.
Improving R and D efficiency means optimising the everyday tasks of scientists.
ELNs allow scientists to focus on laboratory work rather than the documentation, while at the same time enabling them to share experimental results and learn from institutional knowledge and prior art.
The application note discusses why more organisations are demanding a single enterprise lab notebook that improves productivity, operational agility and the ability to do more for less.
A single notebook deployed across the enterprise can be used across multiple scientific disciplines, as well as across the entire R and D spectrum - from early discovery to late-phase development, and on to early manufacturing.
The paper describes how an enterprise ELN can foster workflow optimisation, process consistency, collaboration, and improved productivity through knowledge sharing.
The key importance for the enterprise ELN to support integration with wide ranging tools, workflows, laboratory apparatus, lab automation software, and data management systems is discussed.
