November 29, 2017 - ISO 9001:2015 Certification: It’s a Big Deal
Virtually every corner of our life is touched by ISO standards. What began as a method for standardizing weights and measures has evolved into both a philosophy and a series of processes that maintain quality in just about everything we encounter on a day to day basis. Our health and safety, the food we eat, the cars we drive, the toys our children play with, the medical devices at the local hospital, the environment around us — they are all impacted in one way or another by the governing principle behind ISO: maintaining the reliability and efficiency of products and services in our lives.November 15, 2017 - Easy scheduling of LIMS activities with Matrix Scheduler
Matrix Scheduler is an optional module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics. Users can automatically schedule reports, worklists, registration of samples and more. In this way activities can be managed more efficiently and significant savings in staff time can be made.November 9, 2017 - SAP QM vs. LIMS: What's all the fuss about?
Why is there still such a debate raging between the use and benefits of SAP QM vs. LIMS? Is it a technical issue? A political/control issue? Or is it purely a cost issue? Let’s discuss these points and attempt to determine the true root cause of this debate.November 8, 2017 - Check out this Journal article on a new Free open source ELN for Chemists
I think this is something that has been needed for a while for chemists. Here is the journal article from the Journal of Cheminformatics: https://www.limsforum.com/chemotion-eln-an-open-source-electronic-lab-notebook-for-chemists-in-academia/70707/November 1, 2017 - A Guide for Management: Successfully Applying Laboratory Systems to Your Organization’s Work Part 1
This tutorial is designed as a management level view of laboratory systems and is appropriate for anyone planning, reviewing, or approving the acquisition of laboratory informatics. A background in science is not necessary to follow the presented material. Its purpose is to provide you with an understanding of how these technologies (Laboratory Information Management Systems, Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Scientific Data Management Systems, Laboratory Execution Systems, Instrument Data Systems, and supporting technologies ) can be used to support/improve your labs operations, and the considerations that need to be taken into account before they are purchased.November 1, 2017 - How a LIMS Implementation Enhances Data Quality for Your Environmental Testing Lab
Protection of the environment and improving its quality are imperative for human beings, plants, aquatic organisms, and for a balanced ecosystem. An environmental laboratory serves as a fundamental cornerstone in assessing the quality of our environment. Environmental laboratories are under incessant pressure to produce high-quality data while working on a tight laboratory budget. A LIMS can play a pivotal role in enhancing data quality, maintaining data integrity, automating laboratory workflows, and in saving resources such as time, money, and manpower.October 31, 2017 - Lab Informatics Business Analyst: The Benefits of Having One
Laboratory Informatics software is continually evolving to make use of new technology, which in turn has generated an increased need for a “bridge” between IT, lab informatics developers, and stakeholders (scientists, technicians, managers, etc.). The “bridge” in this environment is a Lab Informatics Business Analyst.October 27, 2017 - SampleManager LIMS Version 11 Stability Module: What You Need to Know
The SampleManager LIMS Version 11 provides a crucial capability for drug discovery in its Stability Module. Many people take it for granted that commercial products they use will perform their advertised function effectively. Medical patients, for example, assume that the pharmaceutical drug products they consume will perform the therapeutic activity for which they were designed.October 18, 2017 - Drive Data Sharing, Collaborative Research Among the Network of Biobanks Using Cloud
Biobanks play a pivotal role in biomedical research. To facilitate research for improving the health and welfare of individuals, communities and population, sharing of biospecimens along with health-related data among the collaborators is crucial.October 15, 2017 - Are there any experienced Lab Process BPMN analysts that can help me?
I am looking for an experienced BPMN analyst who has experience in developing workflow processes using BPMN for a wide variety of lab processes. Experience with ProcessMaker would be a huge benefit.
My company is sponsoring a project to develop and open access library of BPMN process templates for a wide variety of lab types and processes within those labs.…