Equipment Utilization, CapEx Decisions, & Hidden Capacity
4:15 pm - Wednesday 11th November 2026
- Benchmarking equipment utilization: Insights from 2,270 instruments across 11 equipment categories and 200 leading R&D labs.
- Uncovering hidden capacity: How user numbers, maintenance demands and booking behaviors influence actual equipment utilization, including the inefficiencies of bookings lasting eight hours or more.
- Maximizing existing assets before investing: How three labs increased year-on-year utilization without additional CapEx, revealing opportunities to unlock capacity from existing equipment.
