What a LIMS is Not: A Review of Quality Software in Manufacturing

When you’ve been in the informatics industry as long as we have (nearly 4 decades!), you hear lots of questions about laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and the technology’s vast capabilities. One of the questions that echoes over and over again in conversation is this:

“Why can’t my quality laboratory just use [insert the name of existing manufacturing software]? How is it different from a LIMS?” 

This blog is here to answer that question for you.