Batch vs Continuous Runs: Controls per Run, Cost per Result & Waiting Time
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You compare one to six runs per day for a fictional low-volume assay: control tests, cost per day and per result, and the average waiting time, then pick the cheapest schedule that still meets the wait target.
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Lessons in this course
- Test Volumes: Samples by Department, Weekday & Hour and the Peak Locked
- Cost per Reportable Result: Reagents, Controls, Calibrators & Labour Locked
- Batch vs Continuous Runs: Controls per Run, Cost per Result & Waiting Time Locked
- Instrument Capacity: Throughput, Peak Utilisation & When a Second Analyser Is Needed Locked
- Turnaround Times: Receipt to Result, Median, p90 & the Late Share Locked
- Staffing per Shift: Workload Minutes, Staff Needed & Cost per Test Locked
- Send-Out vs In-House: Cost per Test, Break-Even Volume & a Volume Table Locked
- Test Menu Profitability: Margin per Test, Ranking, Loss Makers & a Chart Locked