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What are the Laboratory Technology Maturity Levels?

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The levels identified in this LTML framework go from a technical maturity level of essentially zero, to the highest level achievable:

Level 1 - Paper based and Paper Notebook based data collection and managementmanagement.
Level 2 - Office and general SaaS based applications to manage laboratory data in an ad-hoc way as data are generated.way.
Level 3 - LIMS/ELN with instrument and perhapsand/or 3rd-party application integrationsintegrations.
Level 4 - LIMS/ELN with automated processes and devices such as robotics, liquid handlers, automated data processesworkflows, and moremore.
Level 5 - The application of AI and ML to lab processes so as to eliminate more manual steps than can be accomplished through hard coded automated processes in level 44.

Where does your lab sit in this hierarchy? Where would you like it to be?