Guest posting - published with the permission of Siri H. Segalstad
COST OF LIMS - Part 1 of 3
Advocates for building a new LIMS themselves usually state that their lab is so unique they cannot use a commercial LIMS. However, very few labs are truly unique — it is actually their products that are unique. Labs, in general, work the same...
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As important as invoicing is for a company, many laboratories still carry it out manually. This means extra work, potential errors and eventually higher invoicing costs. An automated invoicing process built in LIMS, integrated with an e-invoicing system, can provide business efficiency and revenue generating opportunities for the laboratory as well as for the customer.
Today invoicing is a standard...
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Traditionally, QA/QC laboratories of manufacturing plants play a key role in maintaining profitability, increasing production throughput and staying ahead of competition. To achieve these goals, different kinds of statistical methods, such as SPC, are utilized. Today analytical testing laboratories meet the same challenges and cannot disregard statistical...
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“It’s free” – sounds great doesn’t it? When the funds are limited, the idea of using freeware or open source solution for biobank data management, instead of commercial software, is a very appealing direction to go to. But before jumping into any decisions, it’s good to think about the pros and cons of both options.
First, how can there be free software...
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FROM LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TO WORK MANAGEMENT Part 2: Fact based decision making for the Laboratory Manager
In my previous blog post, I talked about the shift from pure management of laboratory data to effective utilization of data, enabling laboratory’s personnel to improve their own way of working. In addition to this...
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Ahma Environment now operates the most modern LIMS system in environmental laboratory analytics / Read the story in Finnish here
A recent press release from Ahma Environment (Ahma ympäristö Oy) from March 19th 2015 states:
”Thanks to our new...
“Internet of things” is the word of the future, but for many of our customers, their laboratory resembles this future already.
Let me explain: More and more of our LIMS customers, have chosen to integrate their laboratory instruments to communicate with their LIMS. This one-way or two-way integration of course minimizes manual data entry work and possible human error, but also kind of...
Read moreYour chance to participate to ongoing study in statistical quality control tools!
Laboratory Information Management is progressing from passive, information gathering data storages, towards active information driven decision making utilizing gathered data.
In this theme, I, Jussi-Pekka, member of Software Point’s development team and also a soon graduating Bioprocess technology student from Aalto University School of Chemical Technology in Espoo, am conducting...
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FROM LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TO WORK MANAGEMENT Part 1: Utilizing data in everyday lab work
Laboratory data, in addition to laboratory personnel, is laboratory’s most valuable asset. Until today, the concept of Laboratory Information Management, has been purely about just managing the data, focusing on data quality,...
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