Rethinking Lab Equipment Service Management: Centralizing for Cost & Time Savings

Rethinking Lab Equipment Service Management: Centralizing for Cost & Time Savings
October 16, 2025
2:00 pm ET
Zoom

Rising service agreement costs and shrinking support from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have created a growing challenge for life science organizations. Many labs are stuck juggling multiple contracts, vendors, and renewal cycles — losing both time and money along the way.

This webinar explores an alternative approach: centralizing lab equipment service events under one provider. You’ll hear from experts at SU Group, a company with decades of actuarial data on lab equipment performance, and from Joe Dragavon, Director Core Facilities and Shared Instrumentation & Research and Innovation Office Director, Advanced Light Microscopy Core BioFrontiers Institute, who successfully implemented this model and realized both cost savings and efficiency gains.

Attendees will walk away with:

  • A clear understanding of the challenges with today’s service agreement landscape
  • An introduction to a centralized, data-driven model for managing equipment service
  • A real-world example of how this model works in practice and the benefits achieved
  • Practical considerations for evaluating whether this approach is right for your organization
Moderators & Speakers
Jeff Vallerga headshot v3 resized
Jeff Vallerga, Moderator
Vice President, Business Development
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Placeholder Image
Joe Dragavon
Director, Core Facilities and Shared Instrumentation, and Research and Innovation Office, Advanced Light Microscopy Core
BioFrontiers Institute
Ric Kunnert headshot resized
Ric Kunnert
Regional Sales Manager
SU Group LLC
Rob Salmon headshot
Rob Salmon
West Regional Manager
SU Group LLC