Centre for Advisory and Testing Services (CATS), Department of Civil Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
Smart LAB automation
software with QR Code
Generation & verification
Smart Lab Automation is a lab management software to help the end customers, faculty and the lab administration to run everything smoothly, digitally.
Client
Centre for Advisory and Testing Services (CATS), Department of Civil Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
Project Link
Get Smart Lab Automation – A web application for report generation, online payment and management dashboardTechnology
Laravel API
Boostrap
Vue JS
MySQL
Problem
Clients can not request Lab tests and consultancy unless they are physically filling forms or completing other formalities. Paying offline and knowing the status of the requested Lab tests or consultancy was difficult for clients.
For Faculties finding all the Lab tests and consultancy assigned to them was hard. Uploading or creating the report and updating the status for different projects was challenging also.
Directors don’t have any database of their clients, faculty, lab test or consultancy. The director doesn’t know how many lab tests or consultancy were requested and their status.
Maintaining offline payments receipt was a big hassle for Lab staff.
Approach
In a survey, we asked faculty members about their challenges.
To better understand their issues, we also organised group conversations with faculty members and the Director.
Lab and consultancy software was also analysed by our team, especially in the US, Europe, Canada, and listed out their features.
The database structure was designed as per the faculty members, and directors’ needs. It’s a nested relationship with other information.
Solution
This solution has four types of roles and functionalities for the Clients, Faculty, Director, Lab staff. The clients can request Lab tests and consultancy online and get the requested Lab test or consultancy status on their phone. A client can view all Lab tests and Consultancy they requested for in the dashboard.
Faculties can search, view, edit, update status for lab tests and consultancy. They can assign and reassign faculty on the projects. They can create and upload reports, lab categories. QR code can be generated when they create a lab test report. It helps the CATS MIST CE authority to ensure their transparency and intact their lab test report. We use the Laravel package to generate and verify the QR code.
The director can view, search, add, edit, and delete all the profiles of clients, faculty, office staff, and lab assistants. Director can view the total number of lab tests, consultancy, and clients in the dashboard. They can also manage pages, create lab categories, and report templates. The director can also create an assignment. Assign and resign the project.
Lab staff can add new clients, search and view them. Change the status of Lab tests or consultancies. They can also process due payment and upload reports.
Features