Successful Outsourcing

During uncertain times, knowing when and if outsourcing your laboratory services makes sense is critical – especially to the bottom line.

It’s a good practice to evaluate current economic conditions when making decisions about outsourcing or insourcing laboratory services. For example, doing more work in-house may require an investment in additional lab space and personnel as well as specialized equipment. With the cost of capital going up, companies must be prepared to make more significant investments or to borrow at a higher interest rate, which may make an equipment purchase more difficult to justify.   Download our white paper, The Science Behind Smart Outsourcing: Four Steps to Success (PDF 137KB).

The Celsis Workload Assessment Model (WAM) is a proprietary tool desiged to help you assess, plan and justify your labor decisions. It calculates your baseline capacity and the financial implications of adding headcount or outsourcing to a contract laboratory. 

Celsis Analytical Services customers use the WAM as a:

• Budgeting tool for "right-sizing" labor requirements
• Labor planning tool to manage new project workload activity
• Analysis tool to perform volume-based "what-if" scenarios to manage proactively
• Financial model to identify cost savings through outsourcing
• Benchmarking tool to justify headcount requirements

Manage your labor costs better with more informed decision making. To learn more about the WAM, or to try it yourself, contact Celsis Analytical Services.