Missed Opportunities for Environmental Lab Efficiency in Today’s Landscape
Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Dec 12, 2023 2:00 PM EST
Learn how to overcome modern challenges in environmental labs like staffing, costs, etc. by improving existing workflows for BOD, solids, and metals analysis. Join Global Product Manager Ben Judd as he explains workflow improvements that make routine testing more efficient.
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Event Overview:
Today’s environmental lab faces many unfamiliar challenges. Rising costs, scarcity of trained personnel, and downtime can lead to errors which create further scheduling issues. Identifying the causes and implementing solutions can address these issues. Opportunities for improvement are revealed by revisiting the entire workflow for common analyses like BOD, solids testing, and metals preparation. New products enable better utilization of materials, personnel, and time that ultimately leads to greater efficiency and bottom-line savings.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Accomplishing cost savings with single-use consumables in the BOD workflow.
- Accomplishing time savings due to the amount of processing in solids testing workflows.
- Controlling error and optimizing reproducibility and accuracy in the metals preparation workflow.
Who Should Attend:
- Lab Managers/Lab Directors
- Lab Analysts/Lab Techs
- Purchasing Agents
- BOD analysts
- Solids testing analysts.
- Metals sample preparation technicians
- Metals analysts
- Laboratory QA/QC personnel
Speaker:
Ben Judd
Global Product Manager
Environmental Express
Ben Judd is an innovative problem solver and the Global Product Manager for Environmental Express, a manufacturer of high-quality environmental laboratory testing solutions. He has over 10 years’ experience in technical support roles which allowed him to adeptly find the root cause of issues and propose solutions. Growing up on the Florida gulf coast exposed him to the importance of maintaining our environment and ecosystems from a young age. He earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Florida in 2008, and an MBA from the University of South Florida in 2020 with a focus in data analytics and business intelligence. Ben joined Environmental Express in 2022 after working for Metrohm USA in various roles over 14 years. He strives to use his unique perspective and skill set to leave a lasting impression for environmental chemists by improving on existing processes.
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