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Requests · for academic labs

Everyone knows who needs what.

Your university handles purchasing. Quartzy handles everything before it. Your lab requests, discusses, and tracks what it needs in one shared place, with spend tracked by grant.

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  1. Request

    Submit needs

  2. Approve

    Review request

  3. Order

    Place order

  4. Receive

    Record delivery

  5. Inventory

    Update stock

Requests

The end of "did anyone order this?"

Effortless requesting

Request from any supplier in seconds.

Researchers request straight from any supplier's site with the Quartzy Connect browser extension. Or they add it right in Quartzy: enter a catalog number and vendor, and we fill in the rest. Either way it takes seconds, so there are no long forms, no pushback from students and postdocs, and your whole lab actually uses it.

  • One-click requests from any supplier site with Quartzy Connect
  • Or in the app: catalog number and vendor fill in the rest
  • Clean, consistent records across the lab
Lab communication

One place for every request.

Requests, questions, and updates live in one shared thread, not in hallway conversations, sticky notes, and email. Mark what's urgent and when you need it.

  • Comment on any request
  • Urgent flags and needed-by dates
  • Status updates everyone can see
Lab-wide visibility

Plan together. Order once.

Everyone in the lab can see what everyone else is requesting, so you plan experiments together and catch duplicate orders before they happen.

  • A lab-wide view of every request and order
  • Duplicate requests caught before they're ordered
  • Know what's coming before it arrives
Spend by grant

See where every grant dollar goes.

Track spend by grant, requester, or supplier, shipping and handling included, without waiting for the department statement.

  • Spend by grant, requester, or supplier
  • Shipping and handling tracked on every order
  • Answers for your PI in seconds
Lab history

Re-request in two clicks.

Powerful search across your lab's history finds what you ordered before, with the same item, supplier, and price ready to go.

  • Search everything your lab has ever ordered
  • Same item, supplier, and price in one click
  • No more digging through old emails

Works with your university's purchasing.

Works alongside university purchasing

Quartzy doesn't replace university procurement. Requests get processed the way your school already buys.

PunchOut, approved vendor, or p-card

Buy from the Quartzy Shop through whichever process your lab prefers.

Advanced reporting

Universities can get a birds-eye view of inventory across their campuses.

Full audit trail

Every request, approval, PO, receipt, and invoice is recorded from start to finish.

No more confusion. Just science.

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