Please Note: We have tested these items and offer them as recommendations only. However, you are responsible for your own technical equipment, and we cannot provide support for related issues, as we are not specialists in this area.
What is the goal?
To have fully-digital lab workflow with barcode scanners at each station (Each technician has there own PC ideally).
You can decide how to mount your setup but we have some pictures of how we recommend to do it:
Also you can decide how to mount your setup and you can simply just attach the mini pc to the back of any monitor or screen. The style in which you set this up in your lab is completely based on your flow/layout.
Technician Workstation Setup (Total Estimate £500/€600/$650)
1. Mini PC x 1 (£239/€290/$310)
2. Computer Screen x 1 (£188/€230/$260)
🇬🇧 iiyama 24" Amazon Link
🇺🇸 Samsung 24" Amazon Link
Option upgrade to Touchscreen (£260) - Note: We have not tested this
🇬🇧 iiyama 24" Touchscreen Amazon link
3. Barcode scanner 2D x 1 (£30/€35/$40)
Any 2D barcode scanner is easy with plug and play so if in doubt just order one of the item before ordering a bunch.
4. Keyboard & Mouse x 1 (£20/€25/$30)
5. Cables (Potentially) x 1 (£20/€25/$30)
Booking In Station Equipment:
1. Barcode Label Printer x 1 (£80/€90/$100)
Please note, this is only required for booking in. We recommend having two of these devices—one configured for barcode stickers and the other for shipping labels.
🇺🇸 vretti printer Amazon link
2. Document Scanner (£50/€60/$65)
If you want to start throwing away ugly paper prescriptions but worried about a dentist complaining about them you can have this scanner to quickly add it to when creating orders in the workflow.
🇬🇧 Thustand Amazon Link
🇺🇸 Thustand Amazon Link
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What if I want to try alternative hardware items?
Absolutely go ahead as 95% of the time they should be fine and maybe you will spot a better deal. Just order 1 of the item first, teste it for a few days and then scale up when ready.
FYI: Make sure if sourcing different mini pcs they have wifi or you must plan to connect ethernet cables to them.
2. What if I don't want the touchscreen, will this affect the productivity?
It really depends on your lab and the flows. I recommend even just ordering from amazon, set it up and see what you personally think as you can super easily return anything on amazon if in doubt. The additional investment into the touchscreen items might be a good investment but we have yet to see many labs fully do this.
3. Can you guys help me set them up?
We are happy to help if you have selected for us to onboard in person & get you going, however, it's super simple and you don't need tech savy people to do this. It's a cloud based software connecting so once you have the hardware setup all you have to do is open the browser, everything else will just connect!