Case Study: Leading Chemical Manufacturer achieves faster R&D research and smarter TLC analysis with Mu Sigma

Accelerated Research Powered by Design Thinking and Digital Transformation

Leading Chemical Manufacturer partnered with Mu Sigma to modernize its R&D process for Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) requests. The team was struggling with 20 years of research data scattered across formats and locations, with unstructured images, missing naming conventions, duplicate records, and no effective search or collaboration capability, making it slow and difficult to reuse historical experiment knowledge.

Mu Sigma implemented a cloud-based TLC Digital Database web app on Google Cloud Platform, combining image search, cognitive search, reference plate search, standardized naming, and automated legacy data conversion. The solution helped researchers access historical data quickly, cut downstream analyses, and improved delivery speed by 2x, saving about 5 hours per TLC request for new researchers and driving around 50% time/cost savings.