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A computer approach toward automation of a chemical services laboratory: II. Management information
Author(s) -
Munson A. W.,
Schneider E. L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02883756
Subject(s) - automatic summarization , computer science , automation , laboratory automation , software engineering , scheduling (production processes) , database , engineering , information retrieval , operations management , mechanical engineering
A Real Time Information Management System is described which is based on several interacting data bases. Fifteen dynamic files are accessed by 70 chemists and microbiologists through the use of computer terminals and more than 25 programs. The System provides for real time work scheduling for a chemical laboratory and the generation of all reports. The System also handles accounting, billing, summarization, analysis and distribution of all laboratory functions. The system is open ended, and therefore, expandable. There is no dependency to a particular computer but rather only the need for a computer that can handle terminals and dynamic files.