The 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced can improve laboratory efficiency with fixed artificial intelligence (AI) networks to enumerate 3M Petrifilm Plates, which can get users results in 4–6 seconds, or up to 900 plates per hour. The 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced provides accurate colony counting with proactive, easy-to-use software that simplifies results storage and data analytics, plus produces automated data and reports.