Before a laboratory is built, someone has to approve the budget. The KombiMED investment memorandum is the document for that meeting: a 14-section PDF with equipment, CAPEX and OPEX, space, risks and timeline in one place, derived from 38 to 52 answers rather than from a catalogue. It covers 6 laboratory segments and 664 instruments, takes about 30 minutes, needs no registration and saves every answer as you go, so an interruption does not mean starting over.
Clinical diagnostics, food safety, pharmaceutical QC, oil & gas, chemical or forensic.
10 to 15 sections: goals, test menu, volumes, workflow, budget, regulatory context, premises.
Instruments are scored per category. Keep, drop or change quantities. The list is yours to edit.
A 14-section PDF, ready to put in front of a board or an investor.
The questionnaire has 38 to 52 questions in 10 to 15 sections, depending on the segment, because a forensic laboratory and a food-safety laboratory share almost nothing. Clinical diagnostics and pharmaceutical QC have 38 questions each, forensic 39, oil and gas 42, chemical 44 and food safety 52; a short strategic section follows in every segment:
| Clinical diagnostics | 10 sections · 38 questions: test menu across haematology, chemistry, immunoassay and coagulation; automation; LIMS; workflow |
|---|---|
| Food safety | 15 sections · 52 questions: GOST/EAEU versus ISO, microbiology, toxicology, water analysis, media preparation |
| Pharmaceutical QC | 10 sections · 38 questions: GMP/GLP, dissolution, stability, pharmacopoeia standards, clean room |
| Oil & gas | 10 sections · 42 questions: upstream and downstream, ASTM methods, flash point, viscosity, elemental analysis |
| Chemical | 10 sections · 44 questions: process QC, R&D, environmental, chromatography, spectrometry |
| Forensic | 10 sections · 39 questions: DNA, toxicology, trace evidence, chain of custody, court testimony |
Every recommendation comes from the same 4 weighted factors: throughput 40 %, automation 25 %, recency 20 % and service network 15 %. The highest score per category becomes the primary recommendation and shows its match score out of 100; up to four next-best models are listed as alternatives, so the choice stays with you and every ranking can be traced back to your declared sample volume and budget.
Device size against your monthly sample volume. The closest fit scores highest, not the biggest machine.
Matches your preference from manual to fully automated. A small lab that asks for manual or semi-automatic work gets exactly that.
Newer models score higher for current technology and longer service availability.
Manufacturers with an established global service network score slightly higher. No manufacturer pays for a better score.
The memorandum has 14 sections in a fixed order: executive summary, laboratory scope and design, equipment recommendations, scoring and match analysis, CAPEX budget estimate, OPEX projections, ROI timeline, regulatory compliance, clean-room requirements, training matrix, real-estate checklist, implementation roadmap, risk assessment and supporting data tables. Clean-room needs are covered from basic ventilation up to ISO 5.
Clean-room needs are part of every memorandum, from basic laboratory ventilation to ISO 5 classified space, with air-change rates, particle monitoring and gowning included. Your answers stay confidential.
The memorandum is a starting point for a decision, not a purchase order. When the budget is approved, the same equipment list goes into procurement with KombiMED GmbH: sourcing from 68+ European manufacturers, certification, delivery, installation and training under one contract. Since 2017 KombiMED has completed 125+ projects in 18+ project countries this way.
About 30 minutes, no registration.
Find the environment level the work actually requires.
The instruments behind the recommendations.
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