Laboratory Informatics Driving Down Costs in Food and Beverage Production Seminar Agenda

Time Title Overview Presenter
9:30 - 10:00 Registration    
10:00 - 10:20 Introduction Challenges faced by food and beverage companies. Informatics solutions designed to bring testing on-line to reduce lab costs, including SampleManager on a Cloud. Orbis and Thermo Fisher Scientific present their experience in laboratory informatics for food and beverage production. Michael Gannon, Orbis Labsystems and Lee Lewis, Thermo Fisher Scientific
10:20 - 10:45 Centralised/Outsourced Micro Testing A scenario for a busy Central Laboratory or Contract Laboratory:
Samples are Logged in over the Web
Lab Manager organises and reviews the Sample and Test Processing Schedule
Incubated Tests due for Analysis
Results Recording using standard Micro Methods
Results Reporting to Clients
Vincent Molloy, Orbis Labsystems
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break    
11:00 - 11:20 Automated Chemistry Testing in a Paperless Lab A scenario for a Satellite Chemistry Lab:
Samples are logged in from Production
Results are managed through a Wireless Device
Near Infrared (NIR) Analyser results are sent to SampleManager
Results are visible in production using a Graph or Portal
Sheelagh Halsey, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Aidan Finnerty and Michael Gannon, Orbis Labsystems
11:20 - 11:40 Environmental Monitoring Scheduling of Micro Tests
Review and Visualisation of Results
Maria Allen, Orbis Labsystems
11:40 - 12:00 Food Safety Issues and Emerging EU Legislation   Erik Verschuuren, Thermo Fisher Scientific
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch    
1:00 - 3:00 SampleManager Show Case
Resource Manager Show Case
Paperless Lab Show Case
Chromeleon CDS Show Case
Near Infrared (NIR) Analyser Show Case
   
3:00 Event Close