How and how not to buy a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

A LIMS Selection Guide

When to use this guide

You should use this guide from the day from which you start thinking of a new system, up to and even beyond the time of placing the order for a new system.  This might be a few months or a few years.  If your company already has a system which does all you want, you can stop reading.  If you are unfortunate enough to have bought a system that isn’t quite right, it might show where things went wrong (remember that more than 50% of LIMS implementations are said to fail!)

LIMS Selection Guide Document Outline

1.  Introduction                                        

2.  Setting out your requirements                                                                           

3.  Finding / filtering potential suppliers                                                                  

4.  The propaganda: does computer sales literature mean anything?                   

5.  Where does software come from?                                                                                                   

6.  Demonstrations                                                                                                                                 

7.  Consultants and specifications                                                                                                         

8.  Four main reasons why companies buy the wrong software                                         

9.  Fast enough and big enough

10. Support and Maintenance                                                                                                

11. The hardware                                                                                                                                  

12. The supplier’s support staff                                                                                                             

13. Checking up on the supplier                                                                             

14. Placing the order                                                                                                                              

15. Planning for a new system                                                                                   

To get your free copy of the Autoscribe LIMS Selection Guide please contact:

Autoscribe UK Ltd.
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Riseley
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UK

Telephone:   +44 (0) 118 984 0610
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Website:     http://www.autoscribe.co.uk

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About Autoscribe

Autoscribe Limited is a world leader in the development and supply of Successful Software Solutions for LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) and the Scientific Laboratory and Business markets.  Autoscribe pioneered the use of innovative configuration tools within the LIMS market and today our Matrix Plus LIMS software is seen as the industry standard to which others aspire.

Autoscribe offers a wide portfolio of products and services including systems for LIMS, sample tracking, instrument calibration and maintenance, stability testing, customer complaints management, support management system, ISO9000 protocol driven training records management and resource planning.

Founded in 1981, Autoscribe is a privately owned UK company. Worldwide we are represented by a network of business partners in regions including the USA, Canada, France, Benelux, Germany, Indonesia, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Australia.

Our organisation includes a dedicated team of developers, technical support specialists and sales & marketing professionals. Our customers include leading analytical, oil, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, nuclear, water, biotechnology, food and consumer products companies as well as academic research institutes, hospitals and many others.