For more details on this definition, see the Fall 2010 Edition of ILA Notes

Lab Automation is the PROCESS of

• Determining needs & requirement
• Planning projects / programs
• Evaluating products & technologies
• Developing & implementing projects

…according to a SET OF METHODOLOGIES

that RESULTS IN SUCCESSFUL SYSTEMS that

• increase productivity
• improve the effectiveness / efficiency of laboratory operations
• reduce operating costs, and
• provide higher quality data.