A Renewed Focus on Customer Success in the Wake of COVID-19

LIMS vendorThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront many vulnerabilities in the way that we communicate, move around, access healthcare, and conduct business. The year-long distance and resulting loss of connection has caused personal and professional strain for almost everyone. [Read More]

Make LIMS work for you

LIMS is developed into a complex software solution. Sometimes too complex!  Does it still fulfil its purpose to support your lab process and reduce you administration?  Is it still manageable if your processes change or develop, or does it block your Lab Grow?  [Read More]

Moving to a Cloud-based Chromatography Data System (CDS)

Over the last year, it feels like the world has become more spread out and more remote, but we are all finding ways to work closer together while separated. Within labs, work must continue, and one way to ensure remote access with remote support is to move toward laboratory systems in the cloud. [Read More]

What are Data Silos Doing to Your Laboratory’s Productivity?

The R&D landscape by nature is in a constant state of flux, with varying needs for instrumentation, software applications, and workflows. As a result, data can end up in silos; fragmented, unstructured, and inaccessible by other groups.
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Academic Institutions and Regulatory Compliance in the Labs: Why It Matters

Partnering and the Challenge of Research Regulatory Compliance
Major research institutions and academic centers operate in an increasingly complex global network of scientific collaborators. In recent years, there has been a rising number of partnerships between non-profit research institutes...[Read More] 

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 19, Issue 20

May 19, 2021 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 19, Issue 20   In This Issue  Featured Books The Complete Guide to LIMS and Laboratory Informatics: 2021 Edition  Featured Content 05/19/2021 - Choosing a Lab Informatics Strategy: What’s Best for Your Startup?Laboratory informatics is a critical piece of the puzzle for clinical diagnostic lab startups. Without some serious thought about how they’ll manage their instruments, software, and data management tools, labs can find themselves travelling along a well-worn but meandering path... [Read More] 05/19/2021 - The Advantages of Switching to LIMS from Excel and PaperThe public perception of laboratories is that…

The Application of Informatics to Scientific Work: Laboratory Informatics for Newbies

Informatics expert Joe Liscouski is back with another short laboratory informatics guide, this time geared towards those who are relatively new to the concept. In this 2021 guide, Liscouski approaches the various concepts surrounding laboratory informatics, but by first addressing the laboratory itself. What types of scientific and laboratory work are conducted? What's the difference between a research laboratory and a testing or "service" laboratory? How are the workflows different between the two? Liscouski notes that documenting data is critical to both types of laboratories, and historically, the paper-based laboratory notebook has been that tool. From there, he makes the logical leap to electronically documenting the same data, first by word processor and then by the electronic laboratory notebook (ELN). From there, integrating these electronic variations is addressed, as well as how other informatics tools like a laboratory information management system (LIMS) and scientific data management system (SDMS) shape and fit into laboratory workflows. He concludes by discussing the actual planning necessary for implementing these and other laboratory informatics solutions in the lab.

Critical Laboratory Information System Capabilities and Opportunities for End-to-End COVID-19 Testing

Sneak Peek! New Special Report on Labs and COVID-19. What should labs look for in an LIS for COVID-19? Get a sneak peak of this new Dark Report publication as we offer a free look at our chapter that covers how technology can accelerate COVID-19 testing, orders and results, interoperability, and reporting. [READ MORE]

QLIMS and its partners

OnQ Software is proud to make QLIMS, maybe the best LIMS out there, available around the globe. Together with our Partners we are standing next to our customers during and after their LIMS journey.

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Building the QA lab of the future

Digital technology is becoming essential for businesses across all industries. But in many ways, quality assurance (QA) laboratories — whether they are in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, environmental science or any number of other fields—are still operating with the kind of technology that was around in the 1990s. It’s time to step into the future.

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Laboratory Software Spotlight – Riffyn

Digitally Driving Data Analytics for Faster Product Development
Leaders of scientific R&D groups understand that an ecosystem of multi-disciplinary workflows drives innovation, such as high quality drugs and therapeutic agents. To stay competitive, product developers rely on data to make informed decisions. [Read More]

Case Study: LabVantage LIMS Implementation for a DNA Testing Laboratory

A leading diagnostics laboratory that specializes in DNA based testing was in the process of implementing a LabVantage LIMS. Recognizing the complexity of LIMS implementations, the group was interested in engaging a team of consultants to assist with developing a project strategy, establishing a project plan and providing LabVantage LIMS specific guidance to the project team. [Read More]