The Scientist Purchasing Cycle - Time Lost from Science

In your lab, who is responsible for negotiating prices, placing orders, following up on them, and tracking receipts for proper accounting?If you answer "the scientists", your lab is in a lot of trouble. For people who are not trained to manage money, negotiate, and understand accounting...does this make sense? No. And your lab is losing time (and boatloads of money) over it.Welcome to the future! Where the purchasing role of the lab, and most lab manager duties, are available for outsourcing, allowing scientists to spend more time on science--what they are trained to do.