July 2013
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
7h 28m
English
Many companies and government agencies use laboratories to analyze materials for various purposes. A laboratory could be used by a regulatory agency to identify salmonella in eggs, by a chemical manufacturer to determine a product grade, or by a quality assurance department to identify contaminants in a product. Whatever the purpose of the laboratory, the underlying model is common to them all.
The laboratory process begins with a SAMPLE. (See Figure 8.1.) A SAMPLE could be taken from a SITE, or it could be more specifically taken from an ASSET—a PIECE OF EQUIPMENT or an INVENTORY. Here, a PIECE OF EQUIPMENT may be a tank, a machine, or even a spigot. The ASSET is itself currently at a SITE ...