Advancing automation in Compound Management: a novel industrial process underpinning drug discovery

•Increasing assay demand and complexity will stretch the capacity and agility of current compound management processes.•Compound Management organisations will need to up-scale current infrastructure, outsource or create new paradigms to meet these requirements.•AstraZeneca have developed novel acoustically-compatible storage tubes and technologies with external partners.•Miniaturisation of compound storage tubes enables faster access to the corporate collection.•Fully-acoustic workflows minimise waste whilst maintaining quality and are applicable across the industry.