Bench researchers rely on a variety of resources to select products, including experimental protocols, advice from colleagues, and local inventory. However, traditional e-procurement systems are designed on the assumption that researchers always know the vendor, and even the particular product, they want to order. Without strong integrated product research tools, scientists waste time focusing on product selection and data re-entry and also risk ordering the wrong products.
iLab provides scientists with a single experience through which they can access the scientific resources necessary to make an informed product selection decision. The iLab system links scientific metadata to products while also providing a user-friendly shopping cart experience, to eliminate spending on the wrong products and improve the efficiency in selecting the right ones.