MACS Link Project at Miltenyi

The laboratory equipment manufacturer Miltenyi Biotec, in collaboration with novaCapta, has developed an app based on state-of-the-art technologies that optimises day-to-day laboratory workflows.

Proprietary software on individual instruments without a common technology stack and without direct connection to each other 

The comprehensive laboratory workflow cannot be automated without further ado

Development of a modern, secure platform for data exchange and storage and documentation of experiments and test series 

Development of an app that allows the operation of the laboratory instruments from any device and any location

Microsoft Cloud technology Azure as secure and scalable platform solution 

Development of an app with the cross mobile framework Xamarin 

Fast and easy use of the app with single sign-on and a simple user interface

Simplified use of laboratory equipment and improved capacity utilization 

Development of new productivity potentials 

Working from anywhere and with any device 

High usability improves the acceptance of new technologies

Miltenyi Biotec manufactures laboratory equipment that is used in cell and molecular research. Innovations in high tech industries often take sever al years until they‘re ready for the market. The biotech company Miltenyi is convinced that Industry 4.0 and the new cloud technologies offer a completely new innova tion boost for business development and was looking for an IT-partner with a high technological competence in the field of mobile and cloud. In cooperation with

novaCapta, Miltenyi developed a state-of-the-art technology which optimizes the labo ratory processes for the MACSQuant® Flow Cytometer. The MACS Quantify app, which runs on mobile devices such as iPad or Android tablets, controls laboratory in struments via the cloud.

Processes in the laboratory are complex and lengthy. Employees have to prepare the rack of samples manu ally. Next, they have to configure the instruments which analyze the samples. Finally, the documentation of the experiment is com pletely decoupled from the lab devices and has to be done manually. It‘s exactly here where Miltenyi changes the way of work with cloud based apps. The apps sim plify the handling, monitoring and documentation of the experiments.

Employees can check the status of the test series during the ongoing process from anywhere and anytime. In ad dition, the data of the experiments and the associated documentations are stored in the user profile of the em ployees. That way, the cloud based data storage makes it possible for notifications and current status updates to be called up at any time.

The apps run as a SaaS solution and were developed by novaCapta on the cross-mobile platform Xamarin. Xam arin saves time and money: Instead of developing an app for Windows, iOS and Android each, a basic code is developed for all three operating systems. This reduces development costs by a third. Hosting in the MS Azure Cloud means that ll data for experiments and user data are safely encrypted and can still be accessed from any where at any time. The multi-client solution, implement ed with Azure B2C AD, also offers long-term perspec tives for the development of the business area. Based on this, there are no limits to the imagination regarding new services: Miltenyi now has completely new ways of analyzing data and new ways to increase productivity in laboratory workflows. And with the apps, Miltenyi drives their business into a new area which is more focused on service and usability for their customers. Which is why they established the new “Mobile & Cloud” department at Miltenyi an equivalent to the SAP or Infrastructure de partment. And novaCapta is the partner that supports Miltenyi on their way into the cloud with Microsoft tech nologies.

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