What Does a LIMS Do?

A fundamental question that many people new to the informatics world ask is “What does a LIMS do?”  Now you can go onto Wikipedia or a myriad of other resources and find a listing of the functions and features that a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) provides.  For many people this would suffice, but is it really that simple to read a list of features and functions to grasp what a LIMS is fully capable of? The real answer is the answer given by Shrek who when asked about the nature of ogres replied “ogres are like onions, they have layers”.  You read correctly, LIMS are like onions; they too have layers.  So let’s start peeling back the layers. [Read More]

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