I Hate LIMS

It’s true that there are many people in different roles that actually hate LIMS and are not shy about telling you so.   If asked, “Why do you hate LIMS?” the answers you get are varied but are universally delivered with surprising passion.  Why such heat?  Because the LIMS will be ingrained in the lab’s day… Read More

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How to Choose a LIMS Consultant

Regardless of why you have decided you need a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), planning, selecting, and implementing a LIMS can be both a risky and a daunting task.  Engaging a LIMS consultant or LIMS consulting group will mitigate your risk and increase your ability to attain true LIMS project success including attaining a high LIMS… Read More

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Which came first, the URS or the application?

On just about every Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) or Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) implementation project we have assisted a customer with, this question arises. The answer is very telling as to how the entire implementation will play out. There have been numerous occasions where CSols was brought onto a project late in the game… Read More

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Integrated Informatics: Single Vendor vs. “Best of Breed”

Your organization has actively embraced laboratory informatics tools to help increase your lab’s efficiency and effectiveness, information availability across the enterprise, innovation and discovery, and collaboration amongst your scientists and partners.  While the laboratory informatics solutions you currently have implemented have enabled you to make great strides, in order to get to the next level,… Read More

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5 Questions to Ask in Choosing Laboratory Informatics Solutions

Laboratory organizations are constantly under pressure to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.  This can generally be driven by shrinking budgets and the need to “do more with less”, weak pipelines and the need to facilitate innovation and discovery, or the changing paradigm of research wherein collaborating with partners has become the norm and the need… Read More

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