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Why Opcenter Laboratory

Opcenter Laboratory is a full-scale laboratory information management system (LIMS) that optimizes lab throughput and efficiency in test management and execution.

The LIMS is industry agnostic and provides built-in quality control features to help labs maintain compliance with industry regulations and standards for any type of production or processing.

Learn about the special use case for validation and verification of prototypes or innovation development against the design specifications in hybrid and discrete industries for DVPR.

Opcenter Laboratory for discrete industries

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Key benefits

Drive smarter, faster lab decisions

Close the quality loop and reduce lab throughput times

Opcenter Laboratory safeguards quality from early formula development through at-line and offline sampling management, releasing only premium quality batches.

Analyze samples from inbound deliveries before releasing a raw material batch to production.

Centralize your data and connect laboratory workflows directly with production processes, to help eliminate bottlenecks and accelerates decision-making.

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Manage equipment more effectively

Automatically ensure follow-up on all scheduled and unscheduled interventions.

Opcenter Laboratory rejects analysis results from instruments that miss interventions. Gain full visibility into equipment performance for reliability, regulatory compliance, and confidence in every result.

Optionally schedule equipment for the most efficient test execution.

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Statistical quality control (SQC) performance alerts

Avoid scrap and rework by receiving alerts when analysis results (and blank samples) deviate according to Western Electric Rules.

The Opcenter Laboratory SQC component automatically follows up on results and sends deviation alerts when indicated.

This enables rapid corrective action, preventing small deviations from escalating into costly quality issues.

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Opcenter Laboratory tracks operator qualifications and sends automatic alerts for renewals. The system blocks results from unqualified operators, safeguarding compliance and data integrity.

This proactive approach minimizes risk and keeps labs always audit-ready.

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Multi-Discipline Verification and Validation

Bridge the gap between Design and Verification with one platform, document any verification setup.

Validation and verification of parts, prototypes or innovation development against the design specifications in hybrid and discrete industries.

Combining a multitude of scientific disciplines from imaging to destructive tests into one single testing and verification solution can help you accelerate the innovation cycles and time to market.

Combine multiple disciplines in sequence and context

One section of your design verification might combine multiple scientific evaluations and need to be considered as a whole, not just as individual test results.

In one Verification Request combine for example CT and microscopic image analysis with electrical analysis and chemical and environmental impact evaluations as well as quality control parameters.

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Centralize R&D collaboration for faster innovation

Allow your global R&D teams to centrally collaborate and learn from each other by making verification testing documentation easily searchable.

Information about what failed is just as valuable as what worked well to accelerate innovation cycles and avoid double trial and error.

Stringent data governance ensures data access and protection allowing both collaboration and data security

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Expedite LIMS activities with automated lab operations

Optimize laboratory throughput and release times with streamlined workflows, automatic calculations, equipment integrations and rules for decision-making by the system – minimizing human intervention and error.

Automatically generate reports for parts or prototype testing with all relevant data.

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Connect lab instruments bidirectionally

Avoid errors and save time. Connect directly with measurement instruments to track testing progress and register analysis results in the laboratory information management system without manually keying in data.

Use integration to optimize the testing sequence on the equipment and to streamline execution

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Use operator qualification management

Ensure follow-up on all operator qualifications and renewals. Automatically alert operators when to retake qualification tests.

Opcenter Laboratory LIMS will not accept analysis results from operators with out-of-date operator qualifications

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Manage external user access

Grant external users access to the LIMS to directly request and retrieve analysis results/certificates of analysis, eliminating slower indirect communication.

Both internal and external stakeholders can request testing and retrieve their results with strictly controlled access.

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Automatically provide input to DVPR

Automatically create documentation of your verification results. Define how the results are combined in reports or report sections to automatically create input for DVPR (Design Verification Plan Reports) and send to design/engineering teams.

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