ROI Calculator for the Accelerated Lab

STEP 1 of 4: Your Laboratory

Start by taking a look at your lab's current productivity and how that affects your backlog. Answer the questions on the left and click "Calculate" to see the results on the right. To move between fields on the left, use the "Tab" key and not "Enter" or "Return". If you change the value of a field on the left, you must click "Calculate" to update the results on the right. When you are ready to go to the next step click "Go To".

Questions:

1.	What is the average annual number of customers you handle per day?

2.	What is the average annual number of samples per customer?

3.	What percent of your samples are run by GC/MS (assumes the rest are handled by GC/ECD)?

4.	What percent of your lab's QC samples must be reanalyzed because data failed to meet QC requirements?

5.	What percent of your customer GC/MS samples must be reanalyzed because data failed to meet QC requirements?

6.	What percent of your customer GC/ECD samples must be reanalyzed because data failed to meet QC requirements?

7.	Over the course of a year, what is the average number of hours per day your GC/MS operates?

8.	What is the average run-time per sample (cycle time) of your GC/MS (in minutes)? Remember to include both analysis time and cool down time.

9.	What is the average number of hours per day your GC/ECD operates?

10.	What is the average run-time per sample of your GC/ECD (in minutes)?

11.	How many GC/MS instruments do you operate?

12.	How many people does it take to run your GC/MS operation (full scan and SIM mode)?

13.	How many GC/ECD instruments do you operate?

14.	How many people does it take to run your GC/ECD operation?

Analysis of Your Laboratory's Productivity:
Your average daily GC/MS capacity is :
Your average daily GC/ECD capacity is :

Your average daily backlog is:
If you operate 5-days per week, your backlog at the end of the week is:
If you operate 7-days per week, your backlog at the end of the week is: (assumes no new samples are received over the weekend)

This means you have room to increase your average daily capacity by:
If you operate 5-days per week, your additional weekly capacity is:
If you operate 7-days per week, your additional weekly capacity is: (assumes no new samples are received over the weekend)
Try it again. See what happens if you reduce your run-time by 5 minutes. What if an instrument is down for a few hours? Try decreasing your hours of operation by 10 or 20%. Did you know that a difference of just 2 minutes in run-time can push you over the edge, from keeping pace with customer samples to creating a never-ending backlog?
To keep a copy of your results, print this page.
To see the benefits of reducing run-time and reanalysis, go to Step 2. Step 1 of 4