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Smarter Freezer Monitoring: A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainability and Lab Efficiency

A Growing Challenge for Biopharma Labs Biopharma laboratories depend heavily on ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers to preserve critical research materials. However, these indispensable assets come with challenges that are often overlooked. ULT freezers can consume 8-33 kWh of energy per day and place an additional burden on heating and ventilation systems. The combined energy footprint […]
Priya Vijayakumar
Asset Utilization Optimization
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Case Study: Unlocking $3.8M in Savings Through Asset Utilization Optimization

Overview In the competitive world of biotech, research and development (R&D) efforts require significant investments in equipment, infrastructure, and technology. For one leading biotech company headquartered in Boston, these investments were growing fast. The lack of visibility into how their assets were utilized led to inefficient spending, unnecessary purchases, and wasted capital. However, with the […]
Priya Vijayakumar
Technology

WattIQ Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification

WattIQ is excited to announce that it has successfully attained its SOC 2 Type 2 compliance certification for the latest WattIQ enterprise software through an audit performed by an independent CPA firm. We understand how important data security and compliance are to our clients (customers) and we are proud of our team’s efforts to meet […]
Mark Madsen
Technology

‘Vampire Energy’ Is Sucking the Life out of Our Planet

https://www.wired.com/story/vampire-energy-climate-environment-earth-day/ This Earth Day, it’s time to tackle a sneaky source of waste that drains wallets and accelerates climate change. UNTIL RECENTLY, I thought vampires—creatures of the night that suck the life from their victims—existed only in the fictional realms of literature and TV. That’s until I learned about a real-life scenario draining both our wallets and the planet: vampire […]
Priya Vijayakumar
Technology

Strategic Role For Procurement in the Path to Net Zero

https://www.sdcexec.com/sourcing-procurement/article/22158852/wattiq-strategic-role-for-procurement-in-the-path-to-net-zero   While the efforts to minimize emissions are bigger than one person, procurement leaders have a unique opportunity to influence the impact of their organizations on the environment on a large scale. The pressure to limit our carbon footprint has become a competitive differentiator for modern organizations. Sustainability, no longer is a “nice-to-have,” as […]
Priya Vijayakumar
Technology

The Next Frontier in Lab Asset Performance Management

https://medhealthoutlook.com/the-next-frontier-in-lab-asset-performance-management/   Large or small, diagnostics or research, health care or life sciences –today’s labs balance responsibilities that straddle support for patient outcomes, speed of research, operational efficiency, cost control – and increasingly, environmental impacts. Early attempts at modernizing these functions implemented software solutions to manage the procurement and maintenance of assets, followed by asset […]
Priya Vijayakumar
Events

Lab Manager Green Labs Digital Summit

Join WattIQ’s CEO & Co-Founder, Priya Vijayakumar on July 20 & 21 for the Green Labs Digital Summit, “Working Toward a More Sustainable Lab.” This two-day program will feature industry experts who will share their experiences in the sustainable lab, and will offer advice to help you “green” your own lab through lower energy consumption, less landfill waste, and more sustainable work processes
Mark Madsen
Events

R&D Sourcing & Procurement Summit

WattiQ is proud to sponsor the 5th R&D Sourcing & Procurement Summit May 25th-27th. Join WattIQ and other key providers as we share and discuss best practices, resources and the latest innovative technology in the most cost-effective manner. For more details and to register for the event please visit – https://advanced-procurement-in-pharma.com/
Mark Madsen
Events

Manufacturing Assets & Facility Management in Pharma Conference

WattiQ is proud to be joining the 2nd Annual Manufacturing Assets & Facility Management in Pharma virtual conference. We hope you will join us and look forward to sharing all the new ways we are working with the life sciences community to help them achieve their digital lab goals. For more details and to register […]
Mark Madsen
Technology

The Power of Data

Transitioning from a linear economy to a circular economy is going to require us to tackle the problems of over consumption and waste. With so much waste, we should be able to reduce consumption without adversely affecting productivity. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to find the data needed to move from a want to a needs based consumption.
Priya Vijayakumar