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Managing Complex Data Packages with Labcore SDMS

Scientific Data Management System

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Brand and Company Background

• Labcore product/brand acquired in May 2010 by Poplar Solutions, LLC/ Same Management Team

• Labcore product and solutions have been on the market since 2005

• Currently Used by Environmental and Analytical Laboratories

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LabCORE Brand Value Proposition

• To Significantly Reduce Risks and Costs to Laboratories while Increasing Teamwork

and Access to Information

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Scattered Information

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Data Package Management problems we solve?

• Reducing labor costs and overhead costs for delivering data packages to customers.

• Eliminating costs for maintaining boxes of paper for many years.

• Expediting search and retrieval of data package records.

• Automation of manual paper processes making them less tedious, slow and error prone.

• Dramatically speed up time to assemble, paginate and review data packages.

• Reduce risk for litigation and audit by providing full audit trail and version history.

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Scattered Information

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Scattered Information

Data Analysis Tools (EISC – R&R Suite)Raw Instrument Data

Scanned Docs

Electronic Files

LIMS

External Data Base

User Pain: Data package info source are scattered islands of data Solution: One -stop shop

Data Package Manager

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Manual status roll-ups

User pain: It’s manual work to get/communicate status of data packagesSolution: LabCORE rolls up data package information in dashboard view

Seamless Data Source Integration *LIMS*Instrument*Data Analysis

Systems

My Data Package Dashboard * i.e. display timing, status, missing sections,

account manager…

“Mega Dashboard” *

Higher level looks across business

Launch by lab dept manager or project lead

Auto Roll-up*

Prompting Mechanism*

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Data Package Management - Going from Pain to Solutions

Automated Data package

Builder

* Once created it will follow a workflow you designate for validation, review and delivery to the

customer

• Creates a PDF document with table of contents of entire data package that is paginated based on the defined configuration

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Data Package Management - Going from Pain to Solutions

Document/ Package

Audit trails*show any

activity such as changes,

electronic sigs, even viewed

• Full historical audit trail provides time/date stamp as well as user name and activity with the record.

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Data Package Management - Going from Pain to Solutions

Document/ Package

Versioning*shows version

history and facilitates electronic

signatures

• Full version history for all data packages as well as the individual documents and instrument raw data files. •.User can revert to older version and see full history of changes to the document

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Overall Results

• Significant reduction in labor and costs to

produce and store data packages

• Faster delivery = Faster customer payment

• Real productivity and performance benefits

• Less Errors and Liability Risk

• Seamless Integration with all LIMS, Lab

instruments and data systems

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User pain: Each data package type has its own set of unique documentsSolution: Customized reusable data package definitions.

• Ready to populate

• Content and layout of the data package that fits the exact need

• Special customer template can be easily created

• Flexibility provided to modify active data package project