IT Digitalization of Chemical Contract Research Organisation
Europe, International
Chemical, Contract Research
Website
2022
About LifeChemicals
LifeChemicals is widely recognized as a leading manufacturer and supplier of HTS compounds. The company employs computer-assisted drug discovery to deliver effective solutions for the R&D programs of its customers.
The core services provided by LifeChemicals include hit-to-lead and lead optimization, development of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), and enhancement of drug potency, selectivity, and ADMET properties.
Project Summary
We provided LifeChemicals with a solution that offers a potent compound search engine and collaborative tools for more efficient process organization. It helps customers streamline their core business processes and elevate inventory management capabilities to new heights.
Challenges
LifeChemicals faced significant challenges stemming from an inadequately structured compound database, storing information from over 30 years of operations.
Because of their legacy solution relying on the ISIS chemical cartridge, the customer had difficulties with locating chemical components within their warehouses and physical locations, and suffered from slow response time and poor database manageability. The customer also lacked centralized ELN and LIMS that were vital for their workflow management.
Services
We provided LifeChemicals with the following list of services.
Discovery Phase
Database and Data Migration
Support and Maintenance
ERP development
Compliance with HIPAA and ISO
QA & Testing
Documentation and Employee Training
RDKit Chemical Compounds Cartridge Integration
Discovery Phase
The customer’s journey started with a discovery phase. The excellent discovery phase comprises 80% of project success so you should never underestimate it.
Requirements Documentation
What are the main project requirements and how should you organize them?
GAP Analysis
What gaps will your solution cover?
Process Mapping
How will you organize the development process?
Integration Planning
What integrations does your solution require?
Security Planning
Centralized Database for Compounds
We successfully migrated the customer’s database involving data on 20 million molecules from over 30 years of operations from a legacy ISIS chemical cartridge to the secure and manageable RDKit setup.
Molecules Structured Search
We implemented a powerful search engine that allows the users to effortlessly locate any compound from the extensive list of over 10 millions of molecules and chemical reactions with just a few clicks and within seconds.
Electronic Lab Notebook for R&D Laboratories
Our team developed a centralized electronic lab notebook (ELN) where all the chemical lab workers input their data daily. This feature enhances collaboration between laboratories and ensures that no crucial piece of data gets overlooked.
Integrated LIMS
We supplied analytical laboratories with a laboratory information management system (LIMS) that integrates with centralized EPR and ELN, helping the customer streamline laboratory workflows and gain complete control over workflow efficiency and reaction formula calculations.
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Cross-Department Workflow Automation
Our solution provides automation for customer’s processes across 8 departments, namely warehousing, inventory management, analytics, R&D lab management, custom synthesis lab management, packaging, purchases, and sales.
All-in-One ERP System
We built a custom ERP system that provides robust functionality for efficient resource planning, resource tracking, product expiration control, and inventory management with information searches that take less than a few seconds.
Web-Based e-Shop
The solution provided by SoftFormance connects to the customer’s web-based e-shop where LifeChemicals presents and sells its services to R&D companies and custom synthesis organizations.
Project Outcome
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Complete Manageability
Our solution provided LifeChemicals with unmatched levels of control over their workflows, inventory, financial analytics, and many other business-critical operations.
Easy to Use
Our custom platform has greatly contributed to automating numerous routine processes, optimizing compound searches, and improving inventory management for LifeChemicals. This boosted the overall efficiency of the customer's employees.
Business-Centric Approach
Our analytical capabilities allowed the customer to make more informed decisions on profitable research contracts, cost management, and raw material purchases.
Increased Margin
Improved efficiency of processes boosted the quality of services provided by LifeChemicals. This resulted in higher profitability for each service provided by the company.
Lowered Costs
Our solution helped the customer manage their database of molecules more efficiently, reducing the cost of its maintenance. Analytical capabilities allowed them to boost business planning, avoiding non-profitable contracts.
Our Solution Complies With:
LifeChemicals Development Process
We applied expertise from more than a decade of custom software development and a thorough analysis of the customer’s business needs to come up with the most efficient product development approach.
Discovery
During the first stage, our team communicated with the client to understand their needs and requirements for the ERP solution. We ran interviews, workshops, and discussions to map out the customer’s business processes and start working on tools that would facilitate them.
System Design
We created a system design based on the data gathered during the first stage. We outlined the software’s architecture and outlined the functionality aligned with the customer’s needs and specific features of their database of molecules.
Development
Our development team used the latest tools, technologies, and integrations, such as RDKit, to build an ERP solution comprising rich functionality for R&D and custom synthesis organization management. We also implemented ELN and LIMS functionality for efficient workflow management across 8 departments.
Testing and Quality Assurance
After the development, our solution went through rigorous testing. We ran integration testing, unit testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing to ensure that the solution runs smoothly and without any bugs.
Data Migration
We migrated the customer’s existing data from over 30 years of operations (compounds, sales orders, synthesis, purchases, quality control spectra files, etc.) from the ISIS chemical cartridge to the secure and manageable RDKit setup.
Compound Search Engine
Selecting the right engine for searching chemical compounds by sub-structure was a critical and complex step. We thoroughly analyzed the customer’s compound database and the complexity of searches before deciding from multiple available solutions.
Deployment and Integration
Once the testing was passed, we deployed the solution to the client’s environment. We also integrated it with other parts of their digital infrastructure.
Training and Documentation
We helped the customer train employees on how to use the new software as well as provided all necessary documentation to familiarize the teams with its features and functionality.
Maintenance and Support
After the deployment, we continuously provide the needed maintenance and support and solve any issues that may arise, including bug fixes, software updates, or user queries.
Technologies We Use
ReactJS
HTML
CSS
Django
Python
Docker
Postgresql
Odoo
REST API
Chemaxon
RDKit
Senaite LIMS
Our Team
Ivan Siroshtan
Anastasiia Maslyuk
Project Manager
Bohdana Khudyk
Volodymyr Kraievskiy
Mariia Danyliv
Anastasiia Haiduk
Vitaliy Podoba
Business analyst
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