Abstract

Standardization: The Way to the Next Generation Lab

Daniel Juchli, Chief Technical Officer, SiLA Consortium

Companies dream of establishing the Next Generation Lab, using internal resources in a more efficient way while at the same time enhancing the quality of the lab output. One way to plan, execute and live this dream is to focus on industrial standards during the development, implementation and operation phases.

How can industrial standards and concepts from Industry 4.0 help companies to efficiently implement and operate systems like LIMS, ELN or LES in Next Generation Labs? Can modern labs profit from the Internet of Things and the Internet of Services? What are the advantages and where are limitations when evaluating the Lab of the Future? We will have a deeper look into SiLA 2, the next generation of the SiLA standard.