Published online at Chromatography Today.
by Alasdair Matheson and Lewis Botcherby
Graham McGibbon (Director of Strategic Partnerships, ACD/Labs) participated in a panel discussion on chromatographic data handling.
Productivity is a prime goal of chromatographers, so a major daily challenge is to rapidly and easily collect, compare, and interpret data to deliver results—from a collection of different instruments, CDSs, and methods—for multiple samples and injections. Even with "enterprise-scale" systems there will surely be heterogeneity in hardware and software versions, detectors, methods, various metadata, and digital data formats that can complicate rapid results assembly for decision-making. Some may face difficulties innovating to enhance quality while satisfying compliance requirements.