It’s early spring, 2023. The company-wide informatics upgrades you committed to in 2022 after reading this blog post are now implemented and validated. This morning, the technicians in your lab will produce reports on a larger volume of samples and more complex tests than ever before. Management will get those reports in a more visually… Read More

Whenever we speak to clients about the needs and pain points in their laboratories, there is one topic that always comes up: Laboratory Data Management. What is interesting is that not all of our clients have the same definition of laboratory data management. For some, it means managing the things they are currently tracking in… Read More

In our more than 200 person-years of experience with LabWare LIMS™, we’ve seen a lot of creative ways to derive business value from a LabWare system. Some are the easy wins, like instrument integration for improved automation or data visualization and dashboards for improved understanding of results. But we’re often surprised at the ways that… Read More

When implementing a new LIMS, the question is not usually whether to migrate legacy system data, but how much data, in what manner, and why?  These questions are usually best addressed early in your LIMS planning, as multiple stakeholders will be affected by your decisions.  Additionally, tasks may be added to the overall LIMS project… Read More

Many Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) projects target the automation of critical laboratory functions for initial deployments, preferring to focus on solution ‘must-haves’ while often overlooking substantial benefits that could be realized from implementing other features. All too often, this results in a system without key instrument and data visualization/manipulation interfaces.  Perhaps one of the… Read More