How a Reactive Inventory Can Be Improved with a Computerized Work Tool

Abstract

An effective inventory management and reagent tracking control enable the company to reduce cost, save time, and reduce waste, while increasing productivity and business efficiency. It is proposed to create an inventory management tool that helps the continuous monitoring of the reagent inventory in a service analytical laboratory. The project proposes to implement a tool that allows analysts to continuously identify the laboratory inventory and the tracking of reagents within the laboratory. It will be a user-friendly tool, which will maintain an organized laboratory environment, in order to increase analyst performance, and eliminate test delays due to lack of reagents or additional charges in orders. The tool will give useful information to the analyst about where the reagent is or who has the reagent within the work area, but it will also alert the administrator when the reagent is about to run out or is close to its expiration date. Key terms ⎯ computerized tool, inventory management, laboratory inventory system, reagent tracking