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By Rajesh Chowdhry, CEO, Aryan Consulting and Technical Services Inc, Canada
Aryan Consulting and Technical Services Inc. (ACTS) sees continued and growing
interest for outsourcing of laboratory activities across global industry sectors for 2005
and beyond.
In-House labs offer the company direct involvement with the testing methods and
procedures. A company using an in-house testing procedure is not dependent on outside
sources for meeting its required turnaround deadlines. Also, knowledge of the product
and the required testing procedures already exists within the company.
The outsourced or independent lab is theoretically free from influence and is able to
provide unbiased results. The objectivity of independent laboratory testing procedures is
monitored by and subject to a variety of outside audits and evaluations as per ISO 17025
established standards.
The profit motive dictates that independent labs remain competitive with an emphasis on
innovation and efficiency. Technologies are constantly changing and independent labs
are generally better able to keep up with the latest technological advances. In their third-
party position, these labs can also add product credibility via their independent test
results.
The traditional in-house laboratory normally is low on the list for budgetary funds,
impacting the corporate lab's performance.
Essential, but expensive to operate and often under-utilized -- this describes many
traditional in-house laboratories in the energy and petrochemical industries. The global
petrochemical industry alone spends more than $10 billion annually on laboratory testing.
The in-house lab can't deliver state-of-the-art testing, which very often is what the parent
corporation needs. The in-house laboratory then becomes less useful to the parent
corporation. A downward spiral begins. In-house lab instruments are not replaced nor
improved; expertise and headcount are reduced to the point where the in-house laboratory
cannot meet corporate needs and falls below justifiable utilization. The long-term future
of the traditional in-house laboratory is an open question.
With margins under pressure, every company is looking for optimal utilization of
resources at their disposal. Better assets turnover is the key under low profit margins in
Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry. Thus outsourcing of laboratory services is
becoming the leading trend among large companies.
Release of resources and deployment in production facilities is the key for this
outsourcing program.
Acts Laboratories (P) Ltd brings in the expertise to perform any one or all of above
described functions and can help companies achieve the goal of optimum utilization of
their resources. Our state of the art communication system guarantees the access to
information, protection of intellectual properties and speed of response.
• Avecia,
• Unilever,
• Citgo,
• Shell,
• bp,
• BASF,
• ExxonMobil,
• Dow Chemical
• Shell Chemical LP,
• DuPont,
• ConocoPhillips
• Ashland Chemical.
• Irving Oil
• Bechtel International
• Toyo Engineering
• Tecknip Italy
• Mistsubishi
• ONGC, India
• Haldia Petrochemicals, India
• Major Steel Plants in India for Environmental Labs
Examples of lab services being outsourced.
For more information please contact us about lab benchmarking and laboratory
outsourcing.