Robust, reliable data is fundamental to the functioning of any laboratory. Pen and paper are about to become a thing of the past and data in many laboratories are now transferred electronically.

This guide shows that digitalization of weighing processes in a lab and electronic data management directly increase efficiency and productivity. But what about the quality of that data? Will the collected information really be useful if you need to retrace all steps of your analysis to identify the source of error? Are you sure your current documentation solution records not only raw weighing data but also all the corresponding metadata to enable tracking of who performed which task, when and where?

This Lab Data Management Guide shows different solutions for digitalization of weighing data. The guide explains the time and costs associated with data handling and shows how much time can be saved by moving from a purely manual process to electronic processes while ensuring requirements for quality, security, traceability and integrity are satisfied.