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	Integrating the Custom Solutions of a Technology Powerhouse

Integrating the Custom Solutions of a Technology Powerhouse

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Life Sciences
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Zymergen, an industrial biotechnology company, was facing challenges with its custom software systems. The company had many siloed pieces of custom software, making it difficult for scientists to enter and extract data. The strain optimization and fermentation & production teams couldn’t share complete experimental context due to the disparate systems. Moreover, Zymergen’s systems couldn’t scale with their rapidly growing company. The company needed a solution that could integrate their custom tools and provide a central platform for data entry and extraction. Read More
About Customer	Zymergen is an industrial biotechnology company that engineers microbes to produce high-value commercial molecules. The company employs many custom software systems and algorithms that allow their scientists to push the boundaries of strain engineering. Zymergen's work involves a lot of data entry and extraction, and the company was using multiple siloed pieces of custom software for this purpose. The company's strain optimization and fermentation & production teams were unable to share complete experimental context due to the disparate systems. Furthermore, Zymergen's systems were not scalable enough to keep up with the company's rapid growth. Read More
Solution	Zymergen adopted Benchling as a central platform to unite their custom tools. Proprietary algorithms, instruments, and niche software all integrated into Benchling. The company was able to integrate custom sequence analysis algorithms with Benchling, eliminating data import/export. By integrating automated data capture across plate groups, Zymergen was able to populate notebook entries with data in real-time. With centralized functional data, analysis, and records, Zymergen was able to generate decision-quality results at a competitive speed. Benchling's permissions features intelligently restricted data access, allowing more of their clients to share classified data. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Life Sciences

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Zymergen, an industrial biotechnology company, was facing challenges with its custom software systems. The company had many siloed pieces of custom software, making it difficult for scientists to enter and extract data. The strain optimization and fermentation & production teams couldn’t share complete experimental context due to the disparate systems. Moreover, Zymergen’s systems couldn’t scale with their rapidly growing company. The company needed a solution that could integrate their custom tools and provide a central platform for data entry and extraction.

About Customer

Zymergen is an industrial biotechnology company that engineers microbes to produce high-value commercial molecules. The company employs many custom software systems and algorithms that allow their scientists to push the boundaries of strain engineering. Zymergen's work involves a lot of data entry and extraction, and the company was using multiple siloed pieces of custom software for this purpose. The company's strain optimization and fermentation & production teams were unable to share complete experimental context due to the disparate systems. Furthermore, Zymergen's systems were not scalable enough to keep up with the company's rapid growth.

Solution

Zymergen adopted Benchling as a central platform to unite their custom tools. Proprietary algorithms, instruments, and niche software all integrated into Benchling. The company was able to integrate custom sequence analysis algorithms with Benchling, eliminating data import/export. By integrating automated data capture across plate groups, Zymergen was able to populate notebook entries with data in real-time. With centralized functional data, analysis, and records, Zymergen was able to generate decision-quality results at a competitive speed. Benchling's permissions features intelligently restricted data access, allowing more of their clients to share classified data.

Impact #1	Zymergen was able to integrate their custom tools on a central informatics platform, eliminating the need for data import/export.
Impact #2	The company was able to populate notebook entries with data in real-time through automated data capture across plate groups.
Impact #3	Zymergen was able to generate decision-quality results at a competitive speed with centralized functional data, analysis, and records.

Impact #1

Zymergen was able to integrate their custom tools on a central informatics platform, eliminating the need for data import/export.

Impact #2

The company was able to populate notebook entries with data in real-time through automated data capture across plate groups.

Impact #3

Zymergen was able to generate decision-quality results at a competitive speed with centralized functional data, analysis, and records.

Benefit #1	Zymergen's deployment has grown from 10 Benchling users to over 140 users.
Benefit #2	Ongoing onboarding is handled completely internally, reducing the need for external training resources.

Benefit #1

Zymergen's deployment has grown from 10 Benchling users to over 140 users.

Benefit #2

Ongoing onboarding is handled completely internally, reducing the need for external training resources.

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