Besides analytical performance, the question of user-friendliness plays an evermore central role in instrumentation technology. This includes intuitive user navigation and uncomplicated operation. Stand-alone systems with integrated touchscreens offer particular advantages in routine analytics. To improve the reliability of the instruments and to automatically monitor as many instrument parameters as possible, most analysers from Analytik Jena are equipped with a Self Check System (SCS) thus guaranteeing top measurement results. Combined with valuable automation, that is the basis for problem-free, unattended operation and consequently for enhancing effectiveness in the laboratory. As users often operate several instruments, a unified software concept is also of ever-greater importance.