LIMS from LabVantage - Laboratory Information Management Systems: Products: SapphireT LIMS

SAPPHIRE contains a combination of rich functionality and simple user configurability, providing laboratories with a robust solution that will help them decrease costs, and improve quality, productivity, and profit margins. In addition, the solution carries a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Its thin-client architecture provides a powerful, low-cost, low-maintenance framework for today's competitive laboratory environment, particularly when compared to client/server implementations, which typically bear a high cost of deploying applications to a large end-user base. Features and Benefits of SAPPHIRE include:

Secure Access
	Thin-client architecture enables system access to users both internal and external to the lab
	Provides application and user-specific, role-based security schemes
	Compatible with firewalls, VPN software, and security needs, whether your laboratory accesses information via the Web, VPN, or over a corporate network

Ubiquitous Global Deployment
	Multinationalization (M18N) compliance for data translation, time zones, regional settings, and date formatting coupled with Unicode support enables seamless multi-site and multi-language deployment and collaboration.

Enhanced User Experience
	Leveraging a true zero footprint thin-client architecture, SAPPHIRE R5 lowers cost of ownership by providing secure enterprise-wide access with no plugins, downloads, or applets on the client.
	SAPPHIRE R5 includes greater out-of-the-box configuration options with over 600 pre-configured SAPPHIRE templates ready to deploy and/or modify.
	Additional security options, calculations and business rules provide improved security and knowledge management based on a user’s role and/or department.

Workflow Automation

	Automates business and decision processes to reduce costs and streamline operations.
	Provides the ability to mirror any customer work or decision process graphically.
	Virtually eliminates the need for LabVantage or DBA support for Workflow database changes, while protecting the core source code.
	Provides the ability to configure Workflows based upon security and user role within the customer’s organization.
	Provides a library of pre-configured Workflow components to streamline the process of configuring a solution.
	Leverages and integrates external data sources to help "direct" tasks for further streamlining of automation.

Robust/Out-Of-Box Solution

Enables customers to process extremely high volumes of samples through thin-client, scalable architecture

Ability to acquire, integrate, and manage multiple sources of dynamic data across the enterprise

Sample management with complete traceability from discovery through production

Integration with 3rd-party applications and instruments

Easily configurable by user

21 CFR Part 11 compliance

Stability and shelf-life analysis features

·	Test product batches
·	Determine expiration dates
·	Automatically generate shelf-life samples
·	Establish the specified times for product "pulls" for each study (especially beneficial for pharmaceutical manufacturers following 21 CFR 211.166 and ICH guidelines, as well as for Food & Beverage laboratories)

Configurability

Easy to configure using the built-in Evergreen Web Page Designer

·	Helps SAPPHIRE users reduce implementation time and expense, as well as ongoing maintenance costs by providing property-driven, inheritance-based, configurable web pages.
·	Quickly change system architecture, database configuration, user administration, business process automation and end-user interface configurations
·	Extensive library of page types to jump-start configuration and system enhancements
·	Extensive library of Wizard Task API types to improve end-user training and SOP adoption

Expanded Suite of Functional Modules

SAPPHIRE Module	Functionality	Key Benefits
Reagent and Standards Management	Complete solution for the management, maintenance, and tracking of laboratory consumables	Standardizing formula creation and maintenance. Optimizing shipment, management, tracking control, and reordering of standard and laboratory created consumables.
Stability	Automating shelf-life testing and determination of product batch stability	Meeting requirements stipulated in 21 CFR 211 through ensuring products distributed to the public remain chemically and structurally unwavering
Advanced Storage and Logistics (ASL)	Inventory tracking and logistics management for samples, reagents, and any other items in the laboratory	Accurately tracking complex laboratory item acquisition, location, and disposition with robust custodial tracking
BioBanking	Centralized biological specimen data capture and tracking with heightened regulatory compliance	Addressing the unique challenges of specimen collection and banking for complete biorepository management
Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA)	Monitoring quality control and assurance	Maintaining compliance with standards and regulatory guidelines
Clustering	Facilitating load balancing and scalability by enabling multiple nodes in a cluster	Achieving enhanced performance, scalability, and reliability
SAPPHIRE Enterprise Connector (SEC)	Certified integration of SAPPHIRE with SAP ERP system powered by SAP Netweaver™	Enabling real-time data transfer between SAPPHIRE and SAP to accelerate time-to-market and facilitate decision-making processes

Comprehensive Reporting and Analytics-Driven Decision Support
	SAPPHIRE Dashboards - powerful business management tool provides an “at a glance” view of definable key performance indicators (KPIs).
	SAPPHIRE Ad-hoc Query Tool - real-time "in-application" data mining and analysis without the need for SQL programming.
	SAPPHIRE Reporting - seamlessly embedded, on-demand reporting and data visualization tools.
	SAPPHIRE Advanced Reporting – robust information and performance management tools powered by Business Objects™.
	SAPPHIRE Analytics - built-in visual charting for control charts and trend charts.
	SAPPHIRE Advanced Analytics - full-featured SPC charting and statistics powered by Northwest Analytical®.
	SAPPHIRE Operational Intelligence – real-time, workflow-driven, multi-source data integration, visualization, and analytics powered by InforSense™.

Multple Application Server Options

Expansive support for industry-leading application servers including:

·	IBM WebSphere®
·	BEA WebLogic®
·	Sybase® EA Server

System Integration

Leveraging Internet technologies such as Java, HTML, XML, Web Services, HTTP and JavaScript, SAPPHIRE integrates with existing customer-specific internal or external systems such as: