Defining What a LIMS is….
LIMS, of course, is an acronym for Laboratory Information Management System. So thinking in very straightforward terms, a LIMS can be any piece of software that manages the information that is produced or digested in a laboratory setting. Unfortunately, this definition is not very good. Using this type of simple definition means that Microsoft Excel would be considered a LIMS! We certainly know that many labs are using it for tracking information in the lab, but I doubt any of them would call it a LIMS.
So we need to improve our definition a bit to exclude things like MS Excel from qualifying as a LIMS. Perhaps we can say something like: A LIMS is any piece of software that manages the information that is produced or digested in a laboratory setting, and includes support for many laboratory-specific needs.”…. Full article is here: http://sapiosciences.blogspot.com/
