Inventory · laboratory outside regulated stock
For ordinary operational stock around the laboratory. Not as a LIMS replacement.
Invumi can track general supplies whose management is limited to quantity, location, consumption and replenishment. It is not designed for samples, reagents requiring lot or expiry control, chain of custody, analytical results, calibration-controlled equipment or other regulated LIMS workflows.
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What to track
- Non-regulated administrative and labelling supplies
- General packaging and storage supplies
- Cleaning consumables without specific traceability requirements
- Ordinary shipping supplies
- General small equipment tracked by quantity when unique identity is unnecessary
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Check cadence
- Weekly check of critical operational supplies
- Cycle count by storage area
- Review dormant references and bulk purchases
- Explicitly exclude references requiring lot, expiry, calibration or chain-of-custody tracking
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Why stock breaks
- Supplies distributed across several workstations
- Replenishment triggered too late
- Bulk purchases without consumption tracking
- Confusing general supplies with items requiring specialist traceability
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Simple workflow
- Define an allowlist of supplies suitable for simple tracking
- Record consumption, receiving and physical counts
- Use coverage and safety stock for ordinary references
- Review dormant inventory before buying again
- Keep samples, controlled reagents, calibration and analytical data in a LIMS or appropriate specialised system
Data
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