The Challenge

What Manual Facility Management Costs Your Vivarium

Vivarium teams carry a large operational load on thin support. Census in one spreadsheet, cage cards on paper, billing rebuilt every month by hand. The information exists, but it is not in a form anyone can act on quickly.
Census and housing records are maintained in spreadsheets that go stale within days
Colony and breeding records live apart from the protocols that authorize the work
Investigators contact the facility for animal counts the system should already show them
Per diem billing is reconstructed manually at the end of every cycle
What You Get

Accurate Census, Controlled Capacity and Billing That Reconciles

Key Solutions unifies vivarium operations with the protocols that authorize them. Requisitions, receipts, housing, census and charges reference the same animals and the same approvals.

Facility operations under control

Requisitions, vendor orders, receipts, cage cards and transfers run end to end in one system, so the facility record and the physical facility stay in agreement.

Accurate census and space allocation

Live counts by room, rack and investigator replace the weekly spreadsheet. Capacity decisions are made on current data rather than an estimate.

Billing that posts cleanly

Per diem and supply charges calculate automatically and integrate with your institutional financial system, which removes the month-end reconstruction.

Welfare visible at the cage

Veterinary health flags surface to facility staff at the point of care, so an animal with an open incident is not moved into an active study.

Requisition
Investigators raise online requests against an approved protocol.
Receive
Vendor orders are tracked to the facility with automated receipt and cage card generation.
House
Cage and room inventory track against actual occupancy and capacity.
Care
Breeding, weaning and genotype records are held on the animal record itself.
Bill
Per diem charges are produced from live records rather than rebuilt each cycle.
Capabilities

Capabilities and What Each One Changes

Vendor Management and Online Requisitions

Ordering starts against an approved protocol, so unauthorized requests are caught before an animal arrives.

End-to-End Order Tracking from Vendor to Facility

The facility knows what is arriving and when, which removes the receiving-day surprises.

Automated Receipt and Cage Card Generation

Cards are produced from the record rather than typed, so the cage and the system carry the same information.

RFID Integration and Regular Census Updates

Location and study data stay accurate at the individual animal level without a manual count.

Space Allocation and Capacity Management

Facility leadership can see utilization by room and investigator and plan against it.

Per Diem and Supply Charge Calculation

Charges post to your financial system automatically, which shortens the billing cycle and reduces disputes.

Institution Fit

Built for the Way Research Facilities Actually Operate

Facility operations look different depending on where you sit. Select yours.
Multiple facilities, many investigators and a recharge model that depends on accurate census data.
01
Multi-Site Census
Track census across buildings and satellite facilities in one system.
02
Live Per Diem Billing
Produce per diem billing from live records rather than manual reconciliation.
03
Investigator Self-Service
Give investigators self-service visibility into their own animal counts.
04
Protocol Reconciliation
Reconcile animal use against approved protocol numbers.
Shared facility capacity across translational programs, with accreditation expectations that do not pause.
01
Data-Led Space Allocation
Allocate space across competing research programs on current data.
02
Inspection Ready
Maintain housing and health records for inspection and accreditation.
03
Linked to Approvals
Link facility activity to committee approvals.
04
Utilization Reporting
Report on utilization without assembling exports.
Lean facility teams running colony operations alongside study execution.
01
Colony, Housing and Billing
Run colony, housing and billing operations without separate systems.
02
Authorized Animal Use
Track study animals against protocol authorization.
03
Diligence Ready
Keep documentation ready for sponsor and partner diligence.
04
Built to Scale
Scale as colony size and study volume grow.
Assurance obligations and security expectations that shape every system decision.
01
Agency-Matched Access
Configure access and approval structures to match agency requirements.
02
Assurance Reporting
Maintain a defensible record of housing, transfers and health activity.
03
Certified Platform
Operate on a platform holding ISO 27001:2022 certification.
04
Role-Based Access
Configure access so each role sees only what it requires.
Why Key Solutions

Why Research Facilities Choose Key Solutions Vivarium Management Software

Key Solutions works exclusively in research compliance and administration. Facility operations, protocol compliance and veterinary health tracking were built to operate together, so census, authorization and billing draw on one record.

ISO 27001:2022 certified information security management
Specialist research compliance and administration software
Audit trail designed to support inspection and accreditation readiness
Deployed across universities, medical centers and research institutes
One unified research platform
Research compliance
Research Compliance
IRB, IACUC, IBC, stem cell, radiation and chemical safety, controlled substances and post-approval monitoring
Animal research operations
Animal Research Operations
Lab animal management software and veterinary health tracking software for facility teams
Research administration
Research Administration
Pre-award and post-award grants, material transfer agreements and sponsored programs
Professional and consulting services
Professional and Consulting Services
Systems integration, data engineering and analytics for research operations