Positioning laboratory automation for today's dynamic climate |
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Authors: | D G Vogt |
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Affiliation: | . Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46285, USA, |
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Abstract: | Laboratory automation has existed and matured at Eli Lilly and
Company for well over a decade. The author''s section serves as a
developer of laboratory automation systems for customers within
Lilly and embodies ‘robotic friendly’ laboratories with highly
technical and experienced personnel.
With several systems showing signs of age, second generation
‘smart systems’ have been developed and delivered during the last
three years. These systems were built with an ideology different
from previous systems. Upon their delivery, the ‘smart systems’
met the customer''s functional requirements but the overall acceptance
of this ideology is still being debated due to the perception of failure.
Much of this perception can be attributed to the delivery of a system
heavily dependent on system maintenance, something totally
unexpected by the customer. This paper discusses the ideology of
a‘smart systems’ and the results following implementation. The
events that led to the review and subsequent departure of the ‘smart
systems’ ideology are also described. |
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