Analytical Lab
As an Analytical Lab Manager, you probably have gotten multiple requests over the years by different companies regarding electronic transfer of results. The managers we have spoken with have expressed frustration, confusion, and a feeling of near helplessness regarding these requests. Every group has come with a specific layout that must be programmed specifically for them. The amount of programming time, testing, error corrections, etc. has resulted in some groups just saying “No. We are not going to do this until there is a standard approach. It costs us too much money!”
You are not alone in this frustration! Too many people still want to use archaic formats such as *.csv, *.txt, and other MS-DOS leftover formats. These formats are difficult to manage given that if you want to make a change, any program that tries to read them also must be changed else they will not read the file. This makes overall management a nightmare. AMTS LLC recognizes this problem and we have a solution.
AMTS LLC has developed a new structure for data exchange based upon the open source XML standard. These files can contain results from an unlimited number of feeds. If programmed to be dynamically generated, only the results available are created in the file. Want to add new components? No problem. Just add the new lines with the tags using a standard nomenclature.
For more information regarding this file structure, please contact AMTS LLC.