<div><div class="gmail_msg">Hello Adam,</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">We are in a very similar situation at the University of Michigan. Following some discussions at last year's UGIM, we have also looked at some of these (iLab is already used here at the medical school, FOM is implemented in the electron microscopy/characterization facility). We have also looked at Stratocore PPMS. </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg">Several universities are also pushing for compliance issues to be considered. We have not yet made our decision but here are some of the key points that we are considering: </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">1- Scheduler and equipment interlocks</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">2- Administration/configuration</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span></font><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- role management (including tool-specific)</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">- web/mobile compatibility</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small"></span><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">- cost model configuration (room + tool charges, consumables charged with certain tools)</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">- support of processing services</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">3- Documentation (</span></font><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">tool manuals, </span><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">safety/lab training) </span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">4- Communication</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- to users/staff/PIs/admins</span></font><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small"> (opt in, opt out, preferences)</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- tool status and</span></font><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small"> ticket system for request tracking</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">- direct communication between users (notification of tool down after hours for instance)</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">5- Budget and financial tracking</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- placing external orders by staff (with electronic management approval)</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- expenses assigned to specific tools / lab budget categories</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- labor hours assigned to specific tools / lab budget categories</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- revenue tracking per tool</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br class="gmail_msg"></span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">6- </span></font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:small">Reporting</span></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- tool utilization</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- revenue, expenses by category/user groups/tools</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- for staff, admin, users, PIs</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> 7- Support </span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- ongoing operation support </span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- long term reliability (code development/ database structure for instance)</span></font></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg"><font size="2" class="gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">9- External add-ons / interfaces with facility-specific applications</span></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="gmail_msg">Good luck!!</div></div><div><div class="gmail_msg">Sandrine</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 16:48 Stieg, Adam <<a href="mailto:stieg@cnsi.ucla.edu" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">stieg@cnsi.ucla.edu</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc 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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" class="gmail_msg">We are in the process of reviewing our approach to managing reservations, access, billing, etc. for equipment throughout the CNSI at UCLA. To date, we have relied on a system developed
in-house that is no longer viable. There is a significant push amongst the shared resources on campus toward iLabs. We have also begun looking into FOM (<a href="http://fomnetworks.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">fomnetworks.com</a>) as an alternative option. I know this may not be the best venue for a dialogue on the
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