The Analytical Workflow Manager provides a single point of access for the complete handling of analysis requests by combining integrated instrument control and analytical workflow management with secure data management and storage. The increasing number of samples to be analyzed and the rapid throughput of analytical instruments is creating continuous challenges for the analytical laboratory manager. Using state-of-the-art instruments is improving process workflow, but confronts the analyst with a huge amount of samples to manage and their resulting data to evaluate.

More Samples in Less Time

In order to accommodate these demands, as lab manager, you must organize your work efficiently: on the one hand the workload of the instruments has to be as high as possible to remain competitive, on the other hand this creates a problem of validating and evaluating the generated spectra, chromatograms, and figures.

Waters delivers the most comprehensive integrated electronic solution on the market — combining workflow and information management with instrument control and secure data archiving — covering all steps of a typical analytical workflow.

The Waters Analytical Workflow Manager tracks all analytical laboratory tasks. From a single point of access you can:

• Manage all incoming analysis requests from various sources like an electronic lab notebook, a LIMS, or other ERP systems
• Convert measurement request information into a format which can be handled by the instrument software, e.g. a work list
• Acquire instrument results automatically
• Evaluate the results having also access to the results of all applied analysis techniques to a sample even from other labs at a glance
• Distribute selected results and your conclusion back to your client
• Use the internal cost calculation for your accounting
• Secure your data automatically in a long-term archive

The Waters Analytical Workflow Manager maps the complete data flow in the course of a sample life cycle.

Follow Your Rules, But Remain Flexible

Non-routine tasks require flexibility without the restrictions of a LIMS. In the Analytical Workflow Manager the analyst can decide ad-hoc about further necessary analysis depending on the sample and the already obtained results.

Know Your Samples, Know Your Results

Comprehensive chemical structure handling including a structure viewer, a structure editor and an elaborate structure and substructure search engine makes the Analytical Workflow Manager an extremely valuable tool in the R&D area. Each lab can edit the original structure a make new proposals. The system keeps track of the complete structure determination history. Via a structure or substructure search you get immediate access to all related analysis results of a substance, regardless if you obtained them lately or even years ago.

With the Analytical Workflow Manager all labs can use the same tool to accomplish their workflow. It helps you to move your chemical analysis process into an efficient, transparent online workflow.