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Optimize Your Lab’s Performance with Business Intelligence
Today’s laboratories are under significant pressure to do more than ever before, and in less time. At the same time, research methods and evolving market demands are becoming increasingly complex. In this environment, it’s becoming evident that the “Laboratories Most [...]
Product Update: ELN Spreadsheet Control Improvements in LabVantage 8.8
We live and die by our spreadsheets in the lab, don’t we? They are a common and familiar tool in most labs. As labs transition away from lab notebooks and gel photos, Excel spreadsheets become the new standard. But today, [...]
How to Ensure Signature Compliance with FDA Regulations
As we discussed in an earlier post, the humble signature has become more complicated — and more regulated — with the advent of digital and electronic technologies. Here’s a quick recap of the three types of signatures as they’re defined [...]
How to Interpret LIMS Vendor RFP Responses: Comparing Apples-to-Apples – and Avoiding the Lemons
In a recent post, we shared a customer’s perspective on building a LIMS Requirements checklist to create shortlist of LIMS vendors and ultimately choose a platform. In this post, we’ll discuss one of the top challenges lab managers and IT [...]
Here’s Why Forensic Investigators Need a Case-Centric Versus Sample-Centric LIMS
Historically, LIMS were developed for traditional laboratories in industries such as biobanking, pharma, diagnostics, oil & gas, food & beverage, quality and manufacturing. These systems are sample-centric – meaning they revolve around the sample. But sample-centricity is a massive challenge for [...]
How I Bought a LIMS: A LabVantage Customer Perspective
(or Why You Need a LIMS Requirements Scorecard) Most lab managers and scientists understand why they would want a LIMS. Less obvious to all is how they should go about the process of identifying a shortlist, vetting platforms and selecting [...]