Client web portals are increasingly popular in B2B environments because of their ability to streamline collaboration and increase customer engagement without compromising security. While this technology has applications across many industries, it promises significant efficiency benefits to labs that regularly [...]
Today, most labs receive both internal and external requests for testing, sample identification, kits, and other services manually. Whether these requests come by phone, mail, fax, email or some other channel, they tend to be inefficient and error-prone. The manual [...]
Cybersecurity grabbed headlines at the tail-end of 2020 (as if they really needed any more ‘grabbing’), with news in December of massive cyberattacks against the U.S. government. From ZDNet: “Cyberattackers certainly haven't given anyone a break this year. Data breaches, [...]
Implementing system configuration and master data in a single LIMS instance can be quite challenging. The Good, the Bad, and the… LIMS systems with enterprise features typically include robust options. This is both a good thing – as it offers [...]
How much is a LIMS going to cost us? It’s a common question for labs looking to implement a LIMS. Pricing for a new LIMS is always a big concern when it’s time to make the investment. In the LIMS [...]
Hmmm … a sunny beachside venue in mid-November, with loads of lab informatics information & networking? Or you can rake leaves. What would you rather do? With a record number of registrants for this year’s conference, CTEC2019 in Dana Point, [...]
LIMS and Contract Research & Manufacturing The trend towards outsourcing laboratory work over the last three decades has been steep. In recent years, this move to a near-universal outsourced lab model has run concurrent with the shift towards data-sharing across [...]
You might have noticed the flurry of movement in April and May as companies finalized compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). LabVantage also ensured that the LabVantage LIMS platform was compliant (along with our own internal systems and [...]
The key to LIMS configuration co-design is that it puts you – the user – at the center of the design process. When you’re actively involved in designing and developing your LIMS configuration, you’re rewarded with a system you already [...]