
myLIMS Transforms Cetrel Laboratory Operations by Increasing Productivity by 30%
myLIMS saves over 100 hours each month by eliminating manual data entry and calculations.
Cetrel began operations in 1978, next to the Camaçari Industrial Complex (PIC), in Bahia. Currently, it operates in several Brazilian states, offering environmental solutions in:
- Environmental Emergency Response: Environmental preparedness, industrial cleaning and simulations;
- Environmental Consulting: Management of contamination sources and contaminated areas, environmental monitoring and environmental data management;
- Industrial Waste Management: TWM – Total Waste Management, circular economy projects, reverse logistics, zero landfill projects;
- Water and Wastewater: On-site and offsite solutions, including water reuse and produced water treatment projects.
The complete portfolio, experience, technical quality, service and national coverage make Cetrel one of the largest and most complete national providers of environmental solutions, consolidating them as the ideal partner in meeting the environmental demands of the ESG agenda of the industrial sector.
Ihre Herausforderung
In recent years, the company has faced significant changes and challenges, highlighting the urgent need to sharpen its competitive edge. Despite strong technical training, service expertise, and advanced equipment, they still needed a robust system to manage their laboratory information efficiently and respond to customers quickly.
Additionally, growing service demands prompted Cetrel to seek a more effective solution. Their activities fall within the scope of certification by:
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management);
- OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety Management);
- ISO 9001 (Quality Management);
- SA 8000 (Social Responsibility);
- ISO 17025 – Main tests.
Eduardo Fontoura, Laboratory Manager
Cetrel
Unsere Lösung
Cetrel needed laboratory software that would build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. After a careful search and selection process, they chose Confience for its proven customer success, flexible platform, and expert team.
With the acquisition of myLIMS, it was possible to intensify the degree of automation of the laboratories, mainly:
- Management of all sample logistics processes and analysis tasks;
- Control of internal analytical quality control processes;
- Data acquisition from all equipment with workstation and analytical balances;
- Use of myLIMS Mobile technology (Pocket PC) for electronic recording of raw analysis data;
- Integration with the company's ERP system.
Since implementing myLIMS, Cetrel has achieved several key benefits, including:
- Reduction of operational costs, time and data transcription errors;
- Automation of analysis calculations, facilitating the day-to-day life of analysts;
- Greater reliability and traceability of raw data and results;
- More effective management of all stages of the process and indicators;
- Availability of information to customers via the Web;
- Elimination of calculators and standardization of analysis calculations, reducing failures and results processing time.
Here are some impressive performance highlights:
- Savings of at least 100 hours per month in data transcription and manual calculations;
- Automatic registration of 34% of the samples;
- Reduction of about 520 A4 paper packages and 250 file folders per year;
- Increased productivity by about 30%.
Erfolgsgeschichten unserer Kunden
