[labnetwork] Recommendations for commercially available ERP-type SW packages

[Michael Hume]

Hello Vito,

At the University of Alberta nanoFAB we have also developed an in-house
solution for tracking and managing our lab activities. The primary use for
the system is to manage user access and equipment schedules; however, there
are a number of auxiliary features that we've built in over the years. For
a commercial solution, we had previously investigated iLab Solutions
<http://www.ilabsolutions.com/>.

If you would like more information, I'd be happy to provide more details.

Regards,



On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Vito Logiudice <vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca
> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I’m reaching out in the hopes that some of you might be able to recommend
> a reasonably priced and commercially available simplified ERP-type software
> package that you are perhaps using for your own fab operations. We’re
> looking for something that will be quick and easy to implement and which
> will allow us to track (via built-in databases which can be queried for
> report generation) three categories of information:
>
>    1. Database for storing names, credentials and affiliations of current
>    and past lab members
>    2. Database for tracking of lab user invoices and balances owed per PI
>    (accounts receivable)
>    3. Database for detailed tracking of operations costs which are
>    assigned to a specific category of expense (ie., consumables, repairs,
>    spare parts, upgrades, etc.) which are in turn assigned to a specific tool.
>    This would enable the generation of detailed annual cost of operations
>    reports, including total annual cost per tool, which could in turn be used
>    to adjust equipment access rates as needed.
>
> We had initially hoped that our internal IT group could develop a simple
> platform in house but it appears now that competing interests will keep
> this from happening.
>
> Thank you very much for any insights or recommendations.
>
> Best regards,
> Vito
> --
> Vito Logiudice  P.Eng.
> Director of Operations, Quantum NanoFab
> University of Waterloo
> Lazaridis QNC 1207
> 200 University Avenue West
> Waterloo, ON           Canada N2L 3G1
> Tel.: (519) 888-4567  ext. 38703
> Email: vito.logiudice at uwaterloo.ca
> Website: https://fab.qnc.uwaterloo.ca
>
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Michael Hume

IT & System Specialist

University of Alberta - nanoFAB

W1-060 ECERF Building

9107 - 116 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

Canada T6G 2V4
www.nanofab.ualberta.ca Ph: 587-879-1519
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