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Will Automating Your ICP Workflow Save Costs and Time in Your Lab?

Use the ROI calculator below to find out

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ROI Calculator

Whilst the major return on investment of an automation system that includes an autodilutor is automating manual tasks, there are many other benefits including reduced gas and electriciy consumption and less plastic waste. Simply input your specific data to see how quickly you can start saving with an Agilent ICP Automation System.

Note: Enter the data below per analyst (and any ancillary staff who help with sample preparation etc). An analyst may manage more than one ICP. The ROI is based on cost savings only. The ROI will be shorter if you can generate extra revenue by running more samples.

ROI Calculator

This calculator does not use a specific currency. Please enter the costs in the same currency

Enter the hourly cost of running an ICP, including gases and electricity but excluding personnel costs.
Enter the number of ICPs each analyst manages
On-costs include leave, insurance, taxes, retirement fund payments
How many days per year are the ICP(s) in use for?
If you prepare standards less frequently than daily insert the weekly/monthly time, divided by the number of days
If your workflow requires dilution of ICP samples prior to analysis, enter the time spent doing this each day. If you do not dilute samples prior to analysis, enter 0.
Including time spent identifying, physically locating and preparing new aliquots of samples that failed
Only enter a cost if these tube types are used for all samples
Only enter a cost if these tube types are used for all samples
If you dilute every sample prior to measurement, enter 100%. If you only dilute samples that fail, enter 0.
What % of your samples fail and must be diluted and remeasured?
How many minutes elapse between the start of measuring a sample to the start of the next?
Note that Yes is set a value of 1 and No=0 in the calculations.
Enter the price for the Automation System components you need for a single ICP e.g. autodilutor and switching valve

ROI Calculator Information

The ROI Calculator provides the annual cost saving and payback period for the addition of the ADS 2 autodilutor and any other components required to create a complete ICP automation system. You will need a quote from Agilent to determine an accurate ROI.

Assumptions

  • All calculations assume steady-state operation without significant fluctuations in processing capacity or labour costs over time.
  • Analyst’s pay rate cost per hour assumes 40 working hours per week, 52 weeks a year (including paid vacation)
  • The ROI is calculated for one ICP only. If the analyst operates more than one ICP and you are planning to add automation to each one, then the ROI will be different.
  • It is assumed that the time it takes to prepare calibration standards is independent of the number of ICPs being operated i.e. it takes the same time to prepare standards for one instrument as it does for 2 or more
  • The calculations do not cater for situations where an analyst is responsible for 2 instruments, each of which is setup a different way e.g. one has an autosampler and the other doesn't.

Automation System ROI over time

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The ROI is:
Assumptions

The ROI is calculated for one ICP only. If the analyst operates more than one ICP and you are planning to add automation to each one then the ROI will be different.

Assumed that the time it takes to prepare calibration standards is independent of the number of ICPs being operated i.e. it takes the same time to prepare standards for one instrument as it does for 2 or more

The model does not cater for situations where an analyst is responsible for 2 instruments, one of which has a switching valve and the other doesn't. It's assumed each instrument is setup the same way.

Additional revenue due to sample throughput improvements has not been factored in.