The Automation Explorer™ is discovery-stage automation software that tracks chemical entities through your proprietary research processes.  It addresses the requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 for acceptable electronic records.   For a more complete description of implementing Part 11-compliance in discovery, see our white paper on the subject.

Those aspects of laboratory automation that are common to almost every project are a standard part of the Automation Explorer:

• tracking scientists from multiple companies or intra-company research groups
• loading descriptions of chemical entities from spreadsheets or other databases
• tracking chemical entities, including both synthesis and purification products
• display of chemical structures
• tracking multiple storage locations
• tracking the custody of vials and microplates
• managing projects and protocols
• barcode printing and reading
• biometric electronic signatures

Using the basic Automation Explorer as a starting point, Coffey Analysis works with your scientists to design a system that will automate your processes, using the instruments and protocols that you select.  For example, a proteomics project is very different than a combinatorial chemistry project, and we believe that the system design needs to take those differences into account -- a "one size fits all" approach just won't work.

Key Benefits

• Your people and your processes are the basis for the design.  Our designs always begin with interviews of everyone involved -- scientists, manufacturing personnel, IT staff, documentation staff, and regulatory staff.  Based on these interviews, we produce a functional specification that describes the process, the information that will be tracked, and the reports that can be generated.  Once that is approved, we produce a detailed system specification, including screen shots and sample reports.  Only then do we begin coding.
• We work together with your staff as a team.  We work closely with your validation, documentation, and IT staff.
• At the completion of the project, you have the option of a source code license.  We can provide training for your programming staff so that you can take on subsequent modifications and extensions of the project.