Think Tank Report: The Challenges, Opportunities and Trends of Orchestration
At SmartLab Exchange 2026 in Amsterdam, we explored a word that is increasingly used in both laboratory and manufacturing settings, but rarely defined with precision or consensus: orchestration. It is often confused with automation. It is often reduced to connectivity. But orchestration is something much more ambitious.
This article captures the key reflections from our roundtable discussion with participation from different industries spanning from life sciences to materials, chemistry, food feed and beverage and consumer health care. We discussed the definition, the challenges, the architectural layers, the vision and the strategic ambition required to drive organisation sponsorship and investment.
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