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Celsis Laboratory Group
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"Swip Systems transformed our two out-dated divisional software and network
systems into a seamless and fully automated laboratory management system, which
allows us to transparently serve our customers from either of our two sites."
Joe Rizzo - V.P. Finance
Don't take our word for it, ask him yourself:
Contact Joe at (314)487-6776 ext. 12 or jrizzo@celsislabs.com
Visit Celsis Laboratory Group's web site at www.celsislabs.com.
History
Over fifty years ago, New Jersey based Leberco Testing, Inc. and St. Louis
based Scientific Associates, Inc. were established to serve the pharmaceutical
and personal care industries. In 1997, Celsis International
plc acquired, merged and upgraded these two separate laboratory operations into
the Celsis Laboratory Group division.
Celsis Laboratory Group operates out of 2 facilities, one located in St.
Louis, Missouri and the other in Edison, New Jersey.
Challenge
Celsis Laboratory Group utilized a sample management system that was
created by an in-house software developer. The system handled every aspect of the
company's daily operations from sample receipt through invoicing.
Faced with an aging software
development platform, the company needed to upgrade to a more current, flexible system.
Celsis required a system that would further automate their business processes
and scale with the growth of their company. Celsis also wished to upgrade
their network infrastructure to include a real-time connection between their two
locations and to consolidate into a single data center at their St.
Louis location.
Solution
Engineers from Swip Systems met with Joe Rizzo and Brad Morgenthaler, the
two Celsis managers in charge of the project, to review the current software application
and network infrastructure. The goal of these
meetings was to develop a strategy that would accomplish the company's long and short
term goals for the project. Once the strategy was established, the plan was put
into action.
The most important goal of the project was the development of the new software application.
Our software
development team began working with Joe and Brad to review the existing software
and the business processes in use at Celsis. The focus of the team was to streamline the
existing system and re-engineer the software
into the new development platform. During this process, the developers also began the
integration
between the new software and Celsis' existing accounting package.
In addition, data migration algorithms were developed to safely and accurately move the
data from the existing system to the new software application.
While the software was under development, our network engineers began architecting the
infrastructure for both the
wide
area network, to establish a real-time connection between the St. Louis and Edison
locations, and the individual
local area networks
for each of these locations. Our engineers helped Celsis select and implement the optimum mix of
networking devices,
security devices,
servers and
client PCs
needed to properly interconnect the network.
We also assisted Celsis by providing
security and virtual private
networking services to tightly secure the network against
malicious attacks and provide access to the system for their remote workforce.
Once the infrastructure was in place, our network engineers worked with Celsis to establish a
disaster
planning and recovery strategy to protect their data and their investment in the new system.
Twelve months from the start of the project, the infrastructure was completed, the
business processes enhancements were implemented and the new software application
was fully tested and operational.
At that time, our
network administrators
worked with the information technology personnel at Celsis to begin knowledge
transfer and training to ensure that they were familiar with every aspect of
the system.
This solution provided Celsis Laboratory Group with a flexible, scalable system capable
of changing and growing as the company's needs change and grow. Even today,
Celsis continues to work with Swip Systems to modify their software application and
infrastructure to meet their day-to-day business needs.
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