Within a growing drug discovery company, hundreds of scientists take and move reagent chemicals on a daily basis. Conveniently updating the locations of tens of thousands of chemical containers in an electronic system is a big challenge. We have an electronic inventory system, but keeping the chemical records up to date relied on scientists finding an available computer in the lab and logging into a system whenever they took or moved a chemical container, taking several minutes. It was all too easy to think that the task could be deferred until later, but the scientist may then forget all about it, leaving the database inaccurate. As a result, searching for the chemicals we need can take a frustratingly long time if they are not where they should be. We have developed an efficient and reliable system, namely ScanStation, to solve this issue. It relies on a low-cost Raspberry Pi attached to a touch screen connected with a barcode scanner. This equipment is always on and placed in strategic locations around all our labs and chemical stores. This new process is much easier. There is no need to remove gloves to log into the computer, and it is just a scan on the barcode and is done. Now when we check the database for a chemical, we get an instant answer that reliably tells us where to find it. All the time we save have a real benefit in our productivity and our scientists can focus on discovering new medicines.

在一家不断发展的药物研发公司中，每天有数百名科学家携带和运输试剂化学品。方便地更新电子系统中数万个化学品容器的位置是一项巨大的挑战。我们有一个电子库存系统，但保持化学品记录的最新状态依赖于科学家在实验室中找到一台可用的计算机，并在他们拿走或移动化学品容器时登录系统，这需要几分钟时间。很容易认为可以将任务推迟到以后，但科学家可能会忘记这一切，导致数据库不准确。因此，如果它们不在应有的位置，寻找我们需要的化学物质可能会花费相当长的时间。我们开发了一个高效可靠的系统，即 ScanStation，来解决这个问题。它依赖于连接到与条形码扫描仪连接的触摸屏的低成本 Raspberry Pi。该设备始终处于开启状态，并放置在我们所有实验室和化学品商店周围的战略位置。这个新过程要容易得多。无需脱下手套即可登录电脑，只需扫描条码即可。现在，当我们检查数据库中的一种化学品时，我们会立即得到一个可靠的答案，告诉我们在哪里可以找到它。我们节省的所有时间都对我们的生产力产生了真正的好处，我们的科学家可以专注于发现新药。无需脱下手套即可登录电脑，只需扫描条码即可。现在，当我们检查数据库中的一种化学品时，我们会立即得到一个可靠的答案，告诉我们在哪里可以找到它。我们节省的所有时间都对我们的生产力产生了真正的好处，我们的科学家可以专注于发现新药。无需脱下手套即可登录电脑，只需扫描条码即可。现在，当我们检查数据库中的一种化学品时，我们会立即得到一个可靠的答案，告诉我们在哪里可以找到它。我们节省的所有时间都对我们的生产力产生了真正的好处，我们的科学家可以专注于发现新药。