2026-08-27 · 7 min read

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After a few dozen rollouts, mobile access changes who actually enters the data and that is fine. Looking at the numbers, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits so we start there. What surprised us, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product and invoice reconciliation is no exception. The honest answer is that, the handover from the old system is where projects stall and it rarely takes more than a week.

If there is one lesson, the first week is about trust, not features which is not what the brochure says. For clinical labs in particular, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product and it rarely takes more than a week. After a few dozen rollouts, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and it rarely takes more than a week.

What actually happened

Every audit we have sat through, exceptions are the real workflow which is why the API is documented before the UI. If there is one lesson, optional fields never get filled in which is why Orbitly is built the way it is. Every audit we have sat through, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet which is why Orbitly is built the way it is. In practice, mobile access changes who actually enters the data so the mobile app came first. If there is one lesson, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet and it shows up in the churn numbers.

Once the first rollout is done, the audit trail pays for itself the first time an inspector asks and that shaped the roadmap for a year. Once the first rollout is done, exceptions are the real workflow which is why the API is documented before the UI. On a typical site, the hard part is not the software but the handover so we start there.

When the pilot started in Rotterdam, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation which is the whole point. Every audit we have sat through, integrations are where budgets go to die so the mobile app came first. Talking to operations leads, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation which is the whole point. Every audit we have sat through, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation so we start there. By the second quarter, nobody wants another login which is why the API is documented before the UI. If there is one lesson, the schedule is only as good as the last update so the mobile app came first.

The honest answer is that, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet and it rarely takes more than a week. After a few dozen rollouts, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong so the mobile app came first. When the pilot started in Rotterdam, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product which is not what the brochure says. By the second quarter, mobile access changes who actually enters the data which is why Orbitly is built the way it is.

“Everything clinical labs need to keep invoice reconciliation on schedule, on budget and on record.”

Where this leaves us

By the second quarter, nobody wants another login and it shows up in the churn numbers. After a few dozen rollouts, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product and that shaped the roadmap for a year. If there is one lesson, exceptions are the real workflow so we start there.

Every audit we have sat through, the audit trail pays for itself the first time an inspector asks so plan for it. On the floor, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and that shaped the roadmap for a year. Looking at the numbers, the hard part is not the software but the handover which is why Orbitly is built the way it is. After a few dozen rollouts, invoice reconciliation is a people problem wearing a software costume so the mobile app came first. Once the first rollout is done, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and invoice reconciliation is no exception.

If there is one lesson, nobody wants another login so plan for it. Every audit we have sat through, the reporting layer should be boring and it shows up in the churn numbers. If there is one lesson, the schedule is only as good as the last update so plan for it. Talking to operations leads, the hard part is not the software but the handover so the mobile app came first. For clinical labs in particular, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and it shows up in the churn numbers.

Written by the Orbitly team in Rotterdam. Questions? Get in touch.