Innovation

Realizing this independent platform will lead laboratories into the 21st century and cause a number of innovations:

• No more human errors.
• Automated control checking and validation.
• High accuracy result interpretation.
• Objectivity and standardization to conform to regulations.
• Up to 30 times faster than manual analysis.
• Full automation of standard operating procedures.
• Cost reduction.
• Better and more meaningful work for lab workers.

Inspiration

The owner/founder lost one parent to cancer and his second parent was diagnosed with possible cancer too. Due to the health system's high costs and the manual interpretation of data, the family had to wait for several weeks/months for a correct diagnosis. This horrifying wait was the start of a soulful purpose to recreate the world of PCR analysis for human benefit.

Overall impact

The Ugentec independent platform could change this domain in biochemistry/IT completely. All laboratories working with PCR devices could become better, faster and more accurate. Biotech companies developing PCR assays could generate a lot of cost reductions and will find support for real-time analysis. IT companies delivering software/support to laboratories could work with a next level open source, specialized software to support the purpose of healthcare.

Business benefit

In general, Ugentec helps companies to deliver a fast and full service solution for better health care. This causes direct cost reductions for laboratories, operational excellence, and supports continuous improvement programs in health care and biotech companies.

Social and environmental benefit

The real underlying soulful purpose of Ugentec is "enabling better emotional life quality for patients." By increased accuracy, time and cost reduction, Ugentec puts this in its mission statement.

Interview

Wouter Uten, The Soulful Purpose of an Operational Excellence Approach