At my current job, logging and lack thereof, has proven to be far more critical than anticipated. As I work primarily in R&D and am responsible for much of the new product development, logging my work in a registered laboratory notebook is critical. The project I am currently working on is already on its 16th formulation, and tracking each change and its result on the end product is vital in order to determine what next step to take. In addition, the project that I am working on is a carry over from our previous formulation chemist. Much of the difficulty in this challenge comes from the fact that the previous chemist failed to log enough information in their laboratory notebook. While some of the information is there, much of it is missing and has to be rehashed by myself and the rest of the team. Many man hours and research could have been saved had adequate logging been employed by the previous project lead. There has been an enhanced focus on logging with detail on all projects moving forward.