FROM SCATTERED SCREENS TO ONE WORKSPACE

Building on a successful collaboration with a former K&S stakeholder, Skalar engaged Sioux to modernize the BluVision Analyzer user experience and support the transition to a new software platform.

The customer’s challenge

Skalar was modernizing the software platform for its BluVision Analyzer. While the transition to a new technology stack created an opportunity for future growth, it also exposed longstanding usability issues. Core functionality was spread across multiple screens, making everyday laboratory workflows unnecessarily complex and reducing operational efficiency.

Design a modern user experience framework that supports the migration to a new platform while addressing usability challenges in the existing software. The goal was to create a workflow-driven experience that better reflects how laboratory technicians setup, monitor, and manage analyses in practice.

Sioux’s contribution

• Conducted on-site customer visits to observe real-life laboratory workflows.

• Interviewed users and subject matter experts to uncover needs, pain points, and opportunities.

• Mapped end-to-end workflows for sample handling, analysis setup, monitoring, and reporting.

• Created a vision concept demonstrating a more intuitive and workflow-oriented user experience.

• Collaborated closely with stakeholders to refine concepts into detailed designs for development.

• Supported the platform migration by defining a scalable UX framework and design direction.

  
  

Workflow-centered operations

All primary user tasks were integrated into a unified overview, enabling users to monitor and manage analyses from a single workspace.

Rack-based working

The experience was redesigned around the physical reality of laboratory operations, helping users optimize capacity, sample throughput, and daily workflows.

Result

The redesign transformed a feature-driven interface into a workflow-centered experience tailored to the realities of modern laboratory environments. By consolidating key tasks and reducing unnecessary navigation, users gained a clearer overview of ongoing analyses and could work more efficiently.

• Unified key workflows within a single environment.

• Reduced complexity caused by fragmented navigation.

• Improved visibility of analyzer status and ongoing operations.

• Aligned digital workflows with real-world laboratory operations.

• Established a scalable UX foundation for the next generation of BluVision software.

Expertise

• User research

• Workflow mapping

• Vision concept

• Detailed interaction design

• UX framework