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Hi Esta and Burak, </div>
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We currently use FOM and really like it however, like you, we are being pushed to implement software that in not a good fit for our service center, specifically Statorcore PPMS. It is a terrible fit as it is really designed for Med School/biotech-based
service centers that don't have external users on their equipment. Our solution for the transition (so far) has been to keep FOM but just feed our FOM data into PPMS at the end of the month. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> To your point Burak, ".. </span>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">it’s important to be very clear about your requirements at the start of the implementation.", assumes that the research administration actually listens to your requirements. I think many of our service centers,
including bio-based ones in our Med. School felt that the software was adopted without careful consideration of their needs. </span></div>
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-Michael </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 4, 2026 10:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Abelev, Esta <eabelev@pitt.edu>; labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Esta, We have been using the iLab Platform for three years now. I haven’t used FOM before, so unfortunately I can’t offer a comparison on that front.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In our experience, configuring the soft and hard interlock points—and understanding how they work—was the most time‑consuming part. You really need to dig into the details of your equipment software and
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 4, 2026 11:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">A few years ago, Pitt implemented iLab as a platform for managing university shared user facilities. Our time to transition has now come, and we are currently preparing to implement iLab in
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">As we continue to evaluate iLab, we are finding that some key features available in FOM are lacking in iLab, which may make our operations more complex and, in some cases, more manual.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">I wanted to ask whether any of you have been in a similar situation—specifically, being asked to transition to iLab—and whether you were able to address these challenges or provide feedback
to your administration. Any insights or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated.</span></p>
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