MML is ALMA’s Journal
Managing the Modern Laboratory (MML) publishes peer-reviewed articles on current, successful management practices. It provides managers and other laboratory professionals with an efficacious mix of technical and executive information to help meet the relentless demand for improvement in productivity, responsiveness, and cost effectiveness. MML is sponsored by ALMA
Founding Editor
Dr. Claude Lucchesi
The founding Editor is Dr. Claude Lucchesi. Claude was a co-founder of ALMA and served as its first President. He leads a two-day workshop on “Managing the Chemical Analysis Support Laboratory” at the annual conference.
Dr. Lucchesi has had 14 years of management experience with Shell, Sherwin-Williams and Mobil Chemical. Since 1968 he has been the Director of the Analytical Services Laboratory (ASL) at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. In 1995, he became an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and the Consulting Director for the ASL.
Current Editor
The current Editor is Dr. Wayne Collins. Wayne served as President of ALMA in 2000 and continues to contribute to the organization as a member of the board of directors and publisher of the monthly ALMA E-News. He also leads a two-day workshop on “Building World Class Laboratory Practices” at the annual conference.
MML Departments
- Editor: Dr. Wayne Collins
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Dr. Wayne Collins
Dr. Wayne Collins joined Thermo Electron Corporation in 2005 after 25 years with Solvay Polymers in Houston Texas. For the last 18 years of his career with Solvay, he was manager of the laboratories in Deer Park, TX. He holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Houston and a MBA in Marketing from Wright State University. He is a past President of ALMA and has served as Editor of Managing the Modern Laboratory since 2002.
All manuscripts and letters to the editor should be sent to: Dr. Wayne Collins, 7011 Smokey Brook Lane, Katy, TX, 77494; Tel: 281.395.9670.
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Management Questions and Answers
Contributing Editor: Thomas Lyttle -
Thomas Lyttle
This column is a regular feature of MML. Questions submitted by readers will be answered by a panel of experts. Each panelist, including the column editor, is a past president of ALMA.
Send your management questions to Tom Lyttle, 3 Colony Trail, Mandeville, LA 70448, Office Phone: 504.626.8480 Fax Number: 504.626.3910.
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Career Quest
Contributing Editor: Dr. John K. Borchardt -
Dr. John Borchardt
A new regular feature of MML, the focus of this feature is strategy and tactics to achieve professional success in today’s R&D environment.
Send comments and suggestions to Dr. John K. Borchardt, 8010 Vista del Sol Drive, Houston, TX 772512-1380.
Editors Need Your Input
The editors want to publish articles on topics of interest to readers. They would be pleased to hear from you about articles that you found particularly interesting. They’d also like to know your opinions on features that have been published—e.g., did you find the Forum, “Requirements for a Successful Performance Evaluation System,” to be something of interest to you? Send your comments by mail or by e-mail to one of our editors (addresses above).
Manuscripts Published in Managing the Modern Laboratory
Articles selected for publication in MML provide information that helps managers of modern laboratories and other laboratory professionals meet demands for more productive, responsive, and cost-effective operations. Detailed information for authors is available on line.
Below are some recent Tables of Contents and links to back issues of MML.
Issues in Current Volume
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Volume 8, Number 4
- Competent People—A Guide to Effective Management of Laboratory Quality Programs
- by Pieter Scheelings (Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia)
- The University Lab Environment
- by Ron Fisher (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia)
- NICNAS and the Laboratory
- by Bob Graf (Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia)
- QIS: The QHPSS Quality Information System
- by Helen Murphy (Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia)
- Editor’s Page: The Growth of Professional Laboratory Management
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Career Quest: New Fields = New Chemical Career Opportunities
- by John K. Borchardt
- The ALMA Pages
- by L. Wayne Collins
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Volume 8, Number 3
- How to Impact Productivity and Employee Satisfaction in One Week Using LEAN
- by Bryan W. Sandmann (Mt. Vernon, IN)
- Data Handling at the Daspoort Laboratory: A Case Study
- by Cornelius M. (Kerneels) Esterhuysee (Pretoria, South Africa)
- Quality Shift in Pharmaceutical Production?
- by Jan Damm (The Netherlands)
- Giving Laboratory Managers a Voice: Formation of the Australasian Laboratory Managers Association
- by Duncan Jones
- Editor’s Page: Performance Management as a Process
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Career Quest: Yoga in Quantum Chemistry Class
- by John K. Borchardt
- The ALMA Pages
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Distinguished Service Award
- Dr. L. Wayne Collins
- Reflections on Being a Lab Manager: Distinguished Service Award Acceptance Speech
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Letters to the Editor
- Lucchesi
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Volume 8, Number 2
- Reflections on Being a Lab Manager
- by John S. Sadowski (Allentown, PA)
- Managing Hazardous Chemical Waste at a University in a Rural Area
- by Puleng Alina Mzulwini, Gabriel Ayowole Kolawole, and Willem H. J. de Beer (South Africa)
- No Small Job
- by Mark Jamison (Omaha, NE)
- Editor’s Page: The Laboratory Science, the Management Art
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Analytical Trendsetters: An Interview with Professor Willem De Beer
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Career Quest: The Chemist Shortage Myth and Other Paradigms
- by John K. Borchardt
- The ALMA Pages
- by L. Wayne Collins
- ALMA Distinguished Service Award for Laboratory Management
- John S. Sadowski, Ph.D.
- Book Review: First, Break All the Rules
- by Andrew G. McFarland
- Prospective: Outreach and Globalization
- by Claude A. Lucchesi
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Volume 8, Number 1
- Safety Leadership in the Analytical Laboratory
- by L. Wayne Collins (Houston, TX)
- Design of Chromatography Worksheets for Optimum Value
- by Bryan Grimmelt (Charlottetown, PEI, Canada)
- Measuring, Managing, and Maximizing the Value Created by the Analytical Laboratory
- by Jerry R. Hale (South Charleston, WV)
- Editor’s Page: The Productive Laboratory
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Analytical Trendsetters: An Interview with Thermo Electron CEO Marijn Dekkers
- by L. Wayne Collins
- Career Quest: Too Much Work, Too Little Time
- by John K. Borchardt
- The ALMA Pages
- by L. Wayne Collins