Leading Dairy Company Selects E-WorkBook Suite to Drive Efficiency in Research and Development
Guildford, UK, August 04, 2009 – IDBS, the leading provider of innovative research data management and analytics solutions, today announces the successful deployment of its E-WorkBook Suite within the R&D facilities at Wells’ Dairy, Inc. (Le Mars, IA). The production use of E-WorkBook at Wells’ Dairy improves operational efficiency, as well as providing more robust protection for its intellectual property assets.
Wells’ Dairy required more robust data capture than that offered by traditional paper recording, plus the ability to capture information at the point of invention for the establishment and defence of potential intellectual property (IP). Furthermore, the digitization of information within the research and development functions at Wells’ Dairy supports its QA (quality assurance) activities.
Deployment of E-WorkBook Suite at Wells’ Dairy has enabled the capture, analysis and reporting of data across the R&D function. As a result of E-WorkBook’s broad range of workflows and user roles, the system is very easy to use and consequently has a high level of user adoption. It also allows the application to be used across culinary arts, manufacturing, materials planning and collating consumer feedback.
John Kennedy II, Culinologist from Wells’ Dairy commented: “E-WorkBook Suite was chosen over rival applications primarily because it is easy to use. We were particularly impressed with the ability to consolidate information by simply using drag and drop functionality. This ease of use has led to E-WorkBook being adopted throughout the organization, from research through to manufacturing. In addition, the clear audit trials and traceability available with E-WorkBook secures data and prevents experiments and tests being repeated.”
Neil Kipling, founder and CEO of IDBS commented: “Protecting IP, supporting regulatory demands and storing data in a secure environment are critical requirements from our customers. The powerful functionality of E-WorkBook fully meets these demands. The successful installation of E-WorkBook Suite in industries ranging from biotechnology, to cosmetics and now food and beverage is testament to its flexibility.”
About IDBS
IDBS is a trusted provider of integrated data management software and service solutions to both the life science and non-life science industries. The company’s ActivityBase and E-WorkBook Suites provide gold standard chemistry and biology data support from target validation to GxP validated phases of the R&D process. The company supports long term relationships with the leading research organizations, maximizing the value of research data by enabling the capture, storage, sharing and use of data, while protecting intellectual property across the spectrum of research activities.
Headquartered in Guildford, UK, IDBS has worldwide coverage, with U.S. offices in California, New Jersey and Massachusetts, consultancy teams across Europe and a network which delivers IDBS products and advisory services across Asia. Founded in 1989, IDBS employs more than 170 people worldwide
