How AI is Streamlining Laboratory Workflow and Production

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Mar 11, 2026 in Management

Labs using AI-powered platforms are streamlining production, gaining consistency, and reducing remakes and tedious manual tasks. As a result, they’re able to transition employees to more sophisticated work—especially appealing given the ongoing challenge of finding qualified technicians—and grow their operations successfully.


Handling incoming IO scans from multiple portals has long been a challenge for many labs, requiring significant employee time and attention to detail. Cindy Kelly, Co-owner of 5280creations.com, Thorton, CO, has solved that issue by using EviSmart. It has an AI feature that searches all of the lab’s IO portals every two minutes and when it detects a new case, it automatically prints a work ticket and syncs prescription forms, scans, notes, case statuses and delivery dates in real time with the lab’s EviSmart management software.


“Our staff member can see the cases in the ‘workflow-due to arrive’...

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  • LMT Communications, Inc.

    LMT Communications delivers the business strategies, information, dental laboratory news and education that dental laboratory decision-makers need to succeed. In Print. In Person. Online.

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