Testimonials
“I can't say enough good things about the Stratocore team. Their support is outstanding, and I really appreciate the fact they have directly worked (and continue to work) in core facilities and understand first-hand the challenges and nuances of the job.”
Technical Director, Advanced Cytometry Facility, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney
Adrian Smith, Ph.D.
“PPMS has transformed the way in which we manage our facility. It enables us to share documentation and SOPs with our users and interact with them effectively and efficiently. The accounting and invoicing process is streamlined and monthly billing can be achieved by the click of a few buttons.”
Flow Cytometry Facilitator, Centre for Advanced Scientific Technologies, University of Dundee
Dr. Rosemary Clarke
“We have found Stratocore to be invaluable in so many areas of operation. From a user perspective, it’s beautifully simple to book or cancel equipment time or to order services, and it’s easy to keep users informed of maintenance issues. You can define precise booking rules that help maximize equipment availability and keep your researchers happy.”
Technical Manager, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Jackie Deans, Ph.D.
“The CRUK Cambridge Institute implemented Stratocore in 2016 across our 14 core facilities. The solution has proved absolutely revolutionary in terms of reducing the administrative burden of running our facilities, significantly improving the speed and accuracy of our monthly invoicing.”
Head of Research Instrumentation Core Facility, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
Jane Gray, Ph.D.
“The intuitive interface makes it easy for researchers to book equipment and request services, while streamlining invoicing, billing and usage tracking. Stratocore provided outstanding support and worked closely with us to develop solutions for our unique needs.”
Director, UW Science Institute, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Jesse “Jay” Gatlin, PhD
“Stratocore meets all our requirements. The ability to gather detailed information on a wide range of statistics, such as usage time and cancelled time, users, groups, incidents, and maintenance, simplifies the administration and also helps to better support the users and the equipment.”
Professor, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven
Jin Won (Maria) Seo
“Our lab is set in a campus hosting multiple research organizations, so a scheduling platform that is not fixed to a domain name was a must. That, together with the ease of use and possibilities to engage with our users, has made PPMS an unmissable tool.”
Associate Professor, Microscopy and Cytometry Core Facility Director (VUmc location), Amsterdam UMC
JJ. Garcia Vallejo
“The system is intuitive and user-friendly, making it easy for our staff and users to handle bookings, equipment access, and training. The customised reporting feature has streamlined our administrative processes and significantly improved how we track usage and performance metrics.”
Director of Scientific Operations at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR)
Maggie Wang
“The team at Stratocore made implementation as easy as possible and were so helpful along the way. They continue to be so wonderful to work with and our core facilities would not be as successful without them!”
Director of Operations, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Maria Dominguez
“We have been impressed with the flexibility and power of the PPMS system to cope with our multiple systems, prices and usage rules and to organise the resulting usage and financial data in easily viewable formats. Stratocore support staff have been very quick to respond when asked to help customise data reporting.”
Director of the Wolfson Bioimaging Facility, University of Bristol
Mark Jepson
“With the support of Stratocore's applications and IT experts, and close collaboration with our own teams, we executed a coordinated, institution-wide deployment within two years, including integration with our authentication, accreditation and billing systems.”
Applications Team Leade, SV-IT, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Nicolas Argento
“We are very happy users of Stratocore PPMS! The software just perfectly fits to our needs as a multi-user microscopy facility as it contains all of the functionalities that are important for a successful management software such as booking, user management, messaging, billing, statistics, and many more. We highly recommend PPMS.”
Head of the Imaging Core Facility at the Biozentrum, University of Basel
Oliver Biehlmaier, Ph.D.
“The booking and management system is streamlined and intuitive, whilst being powerful and comprehensive. It lets us manage dozens of disparate systems, tailoring the parameters to each one as suits their needs. Most importantly, our users find it easy and convenient, so we rarely need to help them with it.”
Beatson Advanced Imaging Resource, CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Peter Thomason
“Stratocore have been excellent since the beginning, they have been proactive, knowledgeable, and incredibly supportive throughout, delivering required training, seamless data migration, and working closely with us to ensure a smooth integration with Agresso.”
Head of Research Infrastructures, Dublin City University
Robbie Sinnott
“The ability of the facility managers, administration, research groups, and the director to access costs and equipment usage is essential. The Stratocore solution allows us to have at-hand the strategic tools to manage research costs, equipment, maintenance contracts, and staffing provision.”
Head of Imaging & Flow Cytometry, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester
Steve Bagley, Ph.D.
“Since 2017, we’ve relied on Stratocore to manage equipment usage and track researchers. The system offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies invoicing and supports automation of additional charges—significantly reducing administrative workload. The platform is intuitive and essential to our operations.”
Microscopy and Equipment Specialist, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Tamara Abel
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