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Research Workflow | Automation Tools

Jonathan D. Rhyne
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Research Workflow Automation

Improve research consistency, compliance, and efficiency with scientific research workflow automation.

Regardless of the area of research your team manages, adding an automation platform to your research tool portfolio can drastically improve outcomes and standards from Design to Publication.

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  • Design a custom research workflow quickly.

  • Align tasks, reviews, and approvals with your lab’s way of working.

  • Ensure regulatory and compliance guidelines are met.

  • Route research documentation based on roles, content, stage, and more.

  • Maintain security and approval standards throughout laboratory operations.

  • Track all activity with permanent, referenceable audit trails.

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Workflow Automation for Research Teams

Automating your research processes provides a variety of benefits, from compliance to efficiency. As laboratories modernize operations, digital tools that improve collaboration and standardization have moved to the forefront. Reducing the time from ideas to deliverables is helping universities, pharmaceuticals, biotech, government agencies, and other research-intensive industries improve outcomes and profitability.

Compliance

Research team members follow a standardized protocol throughout the research process.

  • Research tasks are defined and must be completed in the specified order.

  • Required documentation standards are automatically enforced.

  • Reviewers and approvers are assigned automatically based on pre-set rules.

  • Transparency is assured for all team members.

Document Routing

Set up custom document routing rules to ensure critical reports reach the proper stakeholders.

  • Use our drag-and-drop process builder to design document routing protocols.

  • Assign document reviews and approvals and track time, date, user, and actions taken.

  • Route any kind of documents or files with unlimited storage.

  • Make workflow more efficient with alerts, reminders, and escalations.

Security

Information security is critical for research teams, and the most heavily regulated industries trust Nutrient Workflow to keep data safe.

  • Granularly define access roles and groups.

  • Securely store documents and files.

  • Integration with SSO/ADFS/SAML2.0

  • Meets SOC 2/3, HIPAA, FDA/21 CFR Part 11 requirements.

Efficiency

Nutrient Workflow is designed to improve the efficiency of laboratory operations by streamlining processes and keeping tasks moving forward.

  • Everyone follows the same process, reducing redundancy, emails, phone calls, etc.

  • Alerts, reminders, and escalations ensure tasks are completed on time.

  • Any steps that can be automated are handled directly by the system.

  • Information is routed to the right people at the right time.

Interested in Automating Your Research Processes?

We have a variety of resources to help you research process automation and efficiency.

 

Author
Jonathan D. Rhyne Co-Founder and CEO

Jonathan joined PSPDFKit in 2014. As CEO, Jonathan defines the company’s vision and strategic goals, bolsters the team culture, and steers product direction. When he’s not working, he enjoys being a dad, photography, and soccer.

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