Atrium Research acts as a trusted partner and advisor to its clients, providing a range of scientific informatics consulting services needed to complete projects on-time, on-target, and on- budget. Our focus is to assist clients to make strategic, business and technology decisions before making investments in vendor solutions. Through the gated Clarity, Vision and Enlightenment™ (CVE) process, the alignment of project success criteria with the business strategy assures the best return on technology investment.

Recent examples of client engagements:

• Guided top ten pharmaceutical company from process analysis, use case, and requirements creation through product evaluation and selection for informatics in Formulations, Global Analytical, and Pharmaceutics

• Worked with top five biopharmaceutical organization to optimize compound management processes for expedited biological screening

• Assisted top ten pharmaceutical company re-engineer laboratory processes, define requirements, and select a commercial ELN product for DMPK and Bioanalytical

• Reviewed current operations and developed ELN future state architecture for research and development in top five pharmaceutical company
  
• Helped mid-tier pharmaceutical company develop requirements and select an ELN vendor for medicinal chemistry, DMPK, and basic biology research
  
• Analyzed requirements and defined scientific data management strategy for a large US government agency's research division
  
• R&D workflow analysis, informatics strategy, and deployment roadmap for small biotech firm
  
• GxP compliance analysis of existing data repositories for mid-sized biotech
  
• Defined research informatics strategy and three year implementation roadmap for mid-sized biotechnology firm
  
• ELN analysis and vendor selection for top five biotechnology company
  
• General informatics training and future state analysis for mid-sized food processor

Our service offerings include:

• Informatics strategy - clarity through the maze of vendor offerings (PDF)
• Strategic planning
• Laboratory data and information process analysis and optimization
• Project management
• Capability assessments
• Use cases and requirements definition
• Part 11/GLP/GMP compliance GAP analysis
• Project KPIs
• Project financial analysis (ROI/IRR/NPV)
• RFI/RFP development
• Vendor selection

Our Process

The core of our IT methodology is the Clarity, Vision and Enlightenment™ (CVE) process. Before embarking on any informatics project, it is necessary to understand the strategy of the business, the project goals, the benefits of the proposed project, and the alignment of those benefits to the strategy. However, it is not atypical for a laboratory informatics project to begin without clear strategy alignment, causing delays, and wasted expense and resources. The CVE process is designed help organizations clarify their objectives and deliverables, create a vision of technology and process improvements that will benefit the organization, and select the solution that supplies the best return on investment.

We first work with you to assesses the strategic direction of the organization and outline the business needs, goals and deliverables of the project through a series of interviews, research and analysis. In this phase, a feasibility study and business analysis determines the merits of moving forward as well as measurement criteria for determining project success. Process maps of the current work flow highlight specific opportunities of improvement in information bottlenecks, process variability or areas of regulatory concern that limit an organization to meet its strategic objectives. Business and infrastructure needs are outlined that will be the basis for determining the required functional specifications of the solution. By analyzing the potential project Return on Investment (ROI), clients can make a go / no-go decision and an acceptable level of investment.

We deliver a technology roadmap, suggested process improvements, and requirements that meet the success criteria of the project and the business objectives. The functional and nonfunctional requirements of the proposed solution, process optimization plans, resource requirements and projected costs are developed for review and approval by the project team and client management. A short list of potential vendor solution candidates is prepared for client review as well as any project risks and an update to the ROI analysis.

The next series of gates determines the best overall solution by analyzing and selecting systems that best meet the client's requirements. Requests for Proposal (RFP's) can be developed as well as managed vendor demonstrations, site visits, and supplier reference checks. A gap analysis is performed between the functional requirements and vendor offering, highlighting areas of customization, integration and tailoring. Clients leave prepared for system acquisition. By working with a network of partners, Atrium Research can recommend experienced developers who offer best-in-class scientific informatics integration and post-purchase custom software. Click here for more information on our informatics strategy services

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