While convenient for day-to-day laboratory operations involving smaller projects, this feature becomes essential when applied to larger projects or concatenated smaller projects operated in a "continuous analysis" manner during which plates are prepared and analysed sequentially without a break in analysis. This approach produces high precision data free from batch effects, with the added benefit of high instrument utilisation and efficiency. A regular 24hour cycle under these conditions ensures predictable and easy to manage timing for the preparation and submission of samples for analysis. For example, one plate per instrument is prepared each morning and submitted for analysis in the early afternoon immediately following on from the previous plate, allowing some time for monitoring the plate's analysis before leaving unattended overnight. This daily protocol is then repeated until all samples have been analysed.