AI-ready labs start at the bench

AI cannot replace a Paper Lab

AI is only as good as the data behind it. When results are still written on paper, typed into spreadsheets and scattered across systems, there is nothing reliable for it to learn from. LabOperator starts where that data is created, at the bench. Instrument readings and sign-offs are recorded digitally while the work happens, in a structured form that AI can actually use.

Connect your instruments and turn SOPs into guided workflows, so results are captured at the source. Your scientists spend less time on paperwork, and your lab builds up the kind of data any serious AI initiative depends on.

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Less Clicking. More Science.

Scientist working at the laboratory bench with LabOperator

✓ Step signed · audit trail updated

Digital SOP · Step 3 of 7Weigh reference standardBalance connected · value captured automatically

Any instrument

Connect the devices already in your lab

Direct data capture

Readings go into the record without retyping

Guided SOPs

Procedures become step-by-step workflows

Audit-ready

Audit trails and e-signatures built in

LIMS & ELN ready

Integrates with the systems you already run

The real gap in the lab

Most Labs Have Digital Systems, Yet Bench Work Is Still Manual

Results go into the LIMS, experiments into the ELN, and the instruments produce data all day. Between those systems, though, the work still runs on copy, paste and paper. In practice the scientist becomes the integration layer, and that time adds up quickly.

Spreadsheets

Excel as the glue

Results live in a spreadsheet before they live anywhere else, one manual step away from an error.

Switching

Disconnected applications

Instrument software, LIMS, ELN and email, all open at once to finish a single run.

Paper

PDF and paper SOPs

Procedures are printed, annotated and filed. Nobody can prove which version was followed.

Re-entry

Manual data entry

A reading is written down, typed in, then checked again. The same number, handled three times.

Duplication

Documentation twice over

The same work is recorded in the notebook, the system and the batch record, then reconstructed for audit.

Closing that gap
starts at the bench.

Designed for the bench

Built Around the Way Laboratory Work Gets Done

LabOperator runs next to the scientist at the bench. It guides each step of the procedure and records results from the instruments as they are produced, so the documentation is finished when the work is.

Before

Scientists work for the system

Manual transcription from instrument displays
Paper SOPs and printed checklists
Instruments that don't talk to anything
Lengthy preparation before every audit

With LabOperator

The system works for scientists

Connected workflows from first step to final result
Guided procedures on the screen at the bench
Documentation that is complete when the work is
Full traceability for every result

At the bench

Guided Workflows Where the Work Happens

The procedure runs on a screen beside the instrument, so scientists don't have to walk back to a desk to document what they did.

Instrument connected

The device sends its reading directly to the current step, so there's nothing to copy from a display.

Step guided on screen

Scientists follow the current, approved version of the SOP on screen instead of a printout.

Result documented

Value, user, time and sample are saved together, with a full audit trail.

How it works at the bench

From Procedure to Result Without the Paperwork

Four capabilities work together once a procedure runs in LabOperator.

Digital SOPs

Turn static procedures into step-by-step guided workflows. That way every scientist runs the method the same way.

Fewer deviations from the method

Workflow guidanceCross-lab standardization

Connected Instruments

Connect the equipment you already own directly to the procedure, so nobody has to read numbers off a display.

Keep the instruments your team knows

Vendor-independentBi-directional

Automated Data Capture

Results move from the instrument into the record as soon as they are measured, together with the user, time, sample and procedure step.

Removes transcription errors at the source

Instrument data captureLIMS & ELN integration

Audit-Ready Documentation

Actions and signatures are recorded while the work happens, so reviewing a run means checking it rather than piecing it together.

Ready for review when the run ends

Audit trailsE-signaturesCompliance support

The impact

What Changes When Scientists Have Better Tools

Most of the gain comes from removing the administrative work that surrounds each experiment.

Less manual documentation

The record is filled in while the scientist works, so there's nothing left to write up at the end of the day.

Better data quality

Instrument readings arrive with their metadata attached and without typing errors.

Faster onboarding

New team members follow guided procedures from day one, with less shadowing.

Standardized processes

Teams and sites run a method the same way, which makes their results easier to compare.

Compliance readiness

Audit trails and electronic signatures are recorded as part of each workflow.

Higher lab productivity

Time saved on paperwork goes back into experiments, analysis and discovery.

Why LabOperator

Why Laboratories Choose LabOperator

Lab software usually manages data once it exists. LabOperator focuses on the work that produces it.

Typical lab software	LabOperator
System integration	Scientific work
Applications	Scientists
Data movement	Laboratory productivity
Reporting	Standardized execution
Information flow	Day-to-day operations

LabOperator also integrates with your LIMS, ELN and enterprise systems, so results end up where they belong.

Who it's for

One Digital Workspace for Every Laboratory Team

Wherever scientists follow procedures and generate data, LabOperator helps them do it with less effort and more confidence.

Pharma & Biotech

Compliant, traceable workflows from development to release.

Research & Development

Faster experiments, fully documented, easy to reproduce.

Quality Control

Consistent methods and right-first-time results, shift after shift.

Chemicals & Materials

Standardized testing across labs, sites and product lines.

Food & Agriculture

Reliable routine analysis at scale, without the paper trail.

Consumer Goods

Faster product testing with full traceability.

Academia

Reproducible research and less admin for researchers.

Laboratory team working together at benches and workstations

Customer proof

Laboratories Already Working with LabOperator

Case study · Top pharma, pCMC

From paper records to automated data capture in pre-formulation labs

A leading global pharmaceutical company already had an ELN, yet documentation at the bench was still manual and fragmented. LabOperator connected devices and digitized the workflows around them.

Device data captured automatically, no manual transcription
Standardized processes across teams
A pilot across 10 workflows that became a scalable approach

LabOperator dashboard showing live balance and stirrer data captured from connected lab devices

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Connected balance and LabOperator workflow tablet in the LEHVOSS quality control lab

Case study · LEHVOSS Group, QC

“Operationally, we benefit from faster execution, fewer errors, and a noticeably smoother transfer of results to SAP QM.”

Lehmann & Voss & Co.
Quality control laboratory, LEHVOSS Group