https://www.limsforum.com The Global Laboratory, Informatics, Medical and Science Professional Community Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:54:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://s3.limsforum.com/www.limsforum.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-LIMSforum-Fav-32x32.png https://www.limsforum.com 32 32 https://www.limsforum.com/speakers-for-nemc-2018-laboratory-informatics-session/70747/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speakers-for-nemc-2018-laboratory-informatics-session Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:54:25 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/speakers-for-nemc-2018-laboratory-informatics-session/70747/ Robert Benz, Director of Sales & Marketing for Khemia Software is hosting a session at NEMC based on laboratory informatics. NEMC 2018 will be held August 6-10th in New Orleans (www.nemc.us). If you are interested in speaking, please submit an abstract on NEMC’s website before Jan 29th, 2018 or you may contact Robert directly via email.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/why-build-your-own/70367/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-build-your-own Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:29:33 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/why-build-your-own/70367/ https://www.limsforum.com/why-build-your-own-2/70370/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-build-your-own-2 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:29:33 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/why-build-your-own-2/70370/ I was recently at a conference and spoke to a small municipal laboratory prospect that had suddenly gone quiet about a year ago. In speaking with the laboratory manager, she told me they had purchased a modular LIMS and were “building it to be their own!”]]> https://www.limsforum.com/working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions/67986/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions Wed, 24 May 2017 14:26:42 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions/67986/ https://www.limsforum.com/working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions-2/67991/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions-2 Wed, 24 May 2017 14:26:42 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/working-remotely-and-the-lims-solutions-2/67991/ Now that cell phone and internet coverage are virtually everywhere, it is extremely difficult to disconnect from work. Believe me, I know; I’ve been hiking up the side of a mountain in NC and still received phone calls and emails. Answering work related phone calls while out of breath and telling your five year old to be quiet at the same time can be quite a challenge. However, that kind of service, whether in sales or technical support, is expected these days. Professionally, you are expected to be connected.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/tracking-instrument-maintenance-and-repairs-within-lims/66240/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tracking-instrument-maintenance-and-repairs-within-lims Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:32:08 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=66240 https://www.limsforum.com/tracking-instrument-maintenance-and-repairs-within-lims-2/66257/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tracking-instrument-maintenance-and-repairs-within-lims-2 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:32:08 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=66257 Ask any seasoned analyst in a laboratory about the maintenance and repairs on a particular instrument they work on and they can speak volumes.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/keeping-a-lims-up-to-date-with-state-and-federal-epa-regulations/65867/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-a-lims-up-to-date-with-state-and-federal-epa-regulations Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:11:49 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=65867 https://www.limsforum.com/keeping-a-lims-up-to-date-with-state-and-federal-epa-regulations-2/66254/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-a-lims-up-to-date-with-state-and-federal-epa-regulations-2 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:11:49 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=66254 A LIMS is a great and almost necessary tool in any modern day environmental laboratory, whether commercial, state or municipal. In a highly regulated community, the LIMS, like everything else in the laboratory, must evolve. Some evolutions are complex, however, 99% of them are very simple and in many ways, mostly a matter of proper record keeping.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/lims-in-academics-then-and-now-2/66253/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lims-in-academics-then-and-now-2 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:28:42 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=66253 I recently read, or I should say reread, an article written by Douglas Perry for the American Chemical Society in Today’s Chemist at Work titled “LIMS in the academic world” (https://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/tcaw/11/i01/html/01comp.html). The article was published in January of 2002. Almost exactly fifteen years later, most of the well discussed points are still valid. LIMS has not truly found a home in academic settings despite the fact it is rare to see an operating commercial laboratory in any business sector without some sort of LIMS in place today.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/lims-in-academics-then-and-now/65786/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lims-in-academics-then-and-now Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:28:42 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=65786 https://www.limsforum.com/khemia-software-will-be-exhibiting-at-the-fseas-spring-meeting-and-technical-session/65584/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=khemia-software-will-be-exhibiting-at-the-fseas-spring-meeting-and-technical-session Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:27:58 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=65584 Khemia Software will be exhibiting at the FSEA’s Spring Meeting and Technical Session in Clearwater, FL on May 10th-12th.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/a-hidden-benefit-within-a-lims-human-resource-information-for-laboratory-personnel/65317/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-hidden-benefit-within-a-lims-human-resource-information-for-laboratory-personnel Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:44:41 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=65317 https://www.limsforum.com/a-hidden-benefit-within-a-lims-human-resource-information-for-laboratory-personnel-2/66558/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-hidden-benefit-within-a-lims-human-resource-information-for-laboratory-personnel-2 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:44:41 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/a-hidden-benefit-within-a-lims-human-resource-information-for-laboratory-personnel-2/66558/ Many of the broader laboratory based benefits of LIMS are well known: LIMS track samples from entry into the laboratory (in some cases even the field data and collection) to final analysis and disposal; LIMS track and document reagent and standards usage within the laboratory; LIMS generate reports and electronic data deliverables (EDDs). However, one important and often overlooked feature is that LIMS can also track and record human resource (HR) information.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/call-for-talks-nemc-session-lims-in-the-modern-laboratory/64613/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-for-talks-nemc-session-lims-in-the-modern-laboratory Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:02:20 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=64613 In today’s environmental and/or municipal laboratory, the LIMS is playing an ever more critical role in centralizing and making available all data. LIMS are called on to help laboratories adhere to stricter quality control, handle more one-off projects, work with more third party programs and produce more advanced reports while maintaining stringent IT protocol. In this session, talks may include discussion on APIs, data analytics, advanced reporting modules both internal and external, SaaS or PaaS agreements versus internally housed LIMS, one-off applications, internal quality control “modules”, etc.]]> https://www.limsforum.com/the-evolution-of-a-cots-lims-through-one-off-applications-and-client-ideas-2/67168/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-evolution-of-a-cots-lims-through-one-off-applications-and-client-ideas-2 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:51:12 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/the-evolution-of-a-cots-lims-through-one-off-applications-and-client-ideas-2/67168/ Like many laboratory products, LIMS change with evolving technology and regulations as well as client ideas. In the past, I’ve worked with a laboratory products manufacturer who made great profits off of client ideas for new products. There is nothing that rings the ear of a consumable products company owner like “I’d give a dollar each for…”]]> https://www.limsforum.com/the-evolution-of-a-cots-lims-through-one-off-applications-and-client-ideas/64098/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-evolution-of-a-cots-lims-through-one-off-applications-and-client-ideas Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:51:12 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=64098 https://www.limsforum.com/historical-data-and-the-new-lims/63811/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=historical-data-and-the-new-lims Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:27:25 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=63811
Most laboratories purchasing a LIMS, if they are replacing an old LIMS or are buying their first, have been in operation for some time. As we are all aware, historical data generally must be kept on record for some period of time based on various regulations and is often wanted for general trending information. In many cases, that period of time is five years. So, now what?]]> https://www.limsforum.com/historical-data-and-the-new-lims-2/67192/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=historical-data-and-the-new-lims-2 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:27:25 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/historical-data-and-the-new-lims-2/67192/ I recently received a call from a very nice municipal laboratory director and the conversation regarding LIMS, LIMS implementation, good LIMS implementers turned towards historical data. I laughed and thanked her for the idea of this article. I really should have thought of it. With virtually every LIMS sale whether it be to a municipality, commercial laboratory or university, the issue of historical data comes up.

Most laboratories purchasing a LIMS, if they are replacing an old LIMS or are buying their first, have been in operation for some time. As we are all aware, historical data generally must be kept on record for some period of time based on various regulations and is often wanted for general trending information. In many cases, that period of time is five years. So, now what?]]> https://www.limsforum.com/khemia-sotware-at-nelacs-forum-on-environmental-accreditation/63816/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=khemia-sotware-at-nelacs-forum-on-environmental-accreditation Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:32:28 +0000 https://www.limsforum.com/?p=63816 Please join Khemia Software (www.khemia.com) at TNI (The NELAC Institute – www.nelac-institute.org) Forum on Environmental Accreditation on January 23-26, 2017 in Houston, TX. Registration is now open. We look forward to another great crowd this year!]]>