Instrument integration provided by Vialis is one of the key success factors!

The DAMAS system is a site-wide data management system using ELN and LIMS technology that interfaces with all of the R&D operation for data acquisition, management, and analysis. DAMAS, integrates 133 pilot plant systems, 260 simultaneous users, 954 analytical devices, and 700,000 samples per year, eliminates manual data entry and provides a shared knowledge base.

The integration of the wide variety of analytical devices into DAMAS was accomplished using the centrally available Enterprise Lab Automation platform (ELA) supplied and supported by Vialis. Ranging from the integration of Chromatography Data Systems to the procedural integration of simple devices such as osmometers, blood gas analyzers and pH-meters instrument integration is considered one of the biggest success factors of the project.

The implemented device integration has significantly reduced the effort for documentation. Furthermore data quality has substantially increased due to the elimination of manual data transfer. Many of the interfaces provide workflow control at the instrument level using touch panel PCs and simple user interfaces that make the interaction for the user efficient, reducing cycle times without a significant learning curve.

Vialis is proud to have contributed to the success of this project and congratulates Roche for winning this prestigious award.

Early Research and Technical Development are expecting a boost in the efficiency of data acquisition and analysis.