Ultimate

What is Ultimate?

Final edition

Ultimate is the combination of all analyze-it statistical analysis, method validation, and statistical process control tools in a single package.

The leading software package for statistical analysis, method validation and statistical process control for over 20 years.

Analyze-it was developed for and is being used in thousands of laboratories accredited by ISO/IEC 17025, medical laboratories accredited at ISO 15189, medical laboratories regulated by CLIA '88 and IVD manufacturers for development, support, product labeling and FDA 510 (k) submissions.

Validate and verify the performance characteristics of the measurement system with Ultimate

It is essential to ensure that the performance characteristics (accuracy, accuracy, linearity, interference, detection capability) of a measurement procedure meet the requirements for intended use. Manufacturers (IVD companies) must establish performance during product development to get feedback on the development process, for FDA 510k shipments and product marketing, and to support customers in the field. Laboratories should verify that they can achieve the performance claimed by the manufacturer during the implementation of a new measurement system, during regulatory inspections (in accordance with CLIA '88) and as part of proficiency testing schemes (PT). Measurement systems analysis (MSA) allows you to determine all these important performance characteristics in one analysis.

Review diagnostic test performance to find the most effective solution with Ultimate

Best ROC curve software rated in Clinical Chemistry March 2003 vol. 49 no. 3 p. 433-439, Analyze-it allows to establish and compare the ability of a diagnostic test to correctly diagnose patients. Explore how the test differentiates positive and negative cases and explores optimal decision thresholds, considering the costs of diagnostic errors.

Compare methods and assess the impact of making changes with Ultimate

When introducing a new measurement procedure, you want to see how it compared to your existing procedure or evaluate its performance against the gold standard. Bland-Altman allows you to see the agreement between the methods and what effect the differences between the methods can have on clinical interpretation. More advanced procedures, such as Deming regression and Passing-Bablok, inform bias between methods, how medical decision points can be affected, and allow testing whether bias meets performance requirements.

Establish reference intervals for clinical diagnosis

Reference intervals are essential for physicians to interpret the results and make a diagnosis. As a lab, it is your job to provide normal reference intervals that they can rely on. With the widest variety of methods available in any software package, the ability to partition intervals by factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, Analyze - makes it easy to establish reference intervals or transfer to a new measurement procedure.

Put processes under statistical control with Ultimate

Gain information and improve process performance with Shewhart variables and attributes, CUSUM, and moving average control charts (EWMA & UWMA). Apply WECO, Nelson, and Montgomery rules to help identify possible out-of-control situations. Use stratification to learn more about problems and identify trends and patterns. And when you implement improvements or make other changes, phases allow you to track performance before and after to ensure that improvements have been made and maintained.

Make sure products are meeting end-user specifications

With Ultimate d, end process capacity indexes for process performance to ensure delivery of products that meet your customers' requirements. A satisfied customer means fewer complaints about rejected goods and services, improving their business and reducing costs.

Identify the improvements that will get the most rewards

Pareto analysis helps you quickly identify defects that occur frequently, so you can focus your efforts on improvements that will get more rewards. Stratification allows you to decomcant defects so that you can identify contributing factors, such as an operator that is influencing defect rates, or examine defects before and after process improvements to ensure that changes are reducing defects.

Integrated with Microsoft Excel, it is easy to use ...

You're right, i'm not going to Analyse-it integrates with Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Office 365 for Microsoft Windows. There's virtually no learning curve, and the intuitive user interface and task-based logical workflow make sense for those who aren't programmers or full-time statisticians.

All your data and results are kept in Excel workbooks, making it easy to collaborate and share with colleagues, which means there is no locked file format.

System requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD / SSD: 50 GB of free space on the main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

Resolution: 1024×768