A chromatography data system (CDS) is quite prevalent in life sciences laboratories today. The software enables multivendor controls of instruments that perform gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and even ultra-performance liquid chromatography. If you are implementing a Waters Empower™ CDS for the first time or upgrading an existing system, there are many pre-implementation activities… Read More
Does your LabWare implementation connect to external applications, such as SAP, another LIMS solution, or an external database? Are there multiple interfaces between LabWare and those external applications? If so, your LabWare implementation will greatly benefit from the Message Engine Template, as it is LabWare’s standardized and validated way to connect with external systems. LabWare’s… Read More
Yes, shelling out money for a third-party consultancy may seem counterintuitive when you’re contemplating making a big investment in a laboratory informatics management system (LIMS). However, the value companies gain by working with a LIMS consultancy provides multiple dividends. As laboratory staff, you are the expert in your research field, and no one expects you… Read More
After asking how much does a LIMS cost, the next most pressing question that potential clients have is, how long will a LIMS implementation take? The short answer is that a laboratory information management system (LIMS) implementation can take anywhere from a couple of months to a year or more. The long answer, considering your… Read More
Happy Cinco De Mayo! A holiday where Mexico celebrates a victory over France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 (not, in fact, independence from Spain). The battle represents a triumph of the underdog and calls to mind (for us, anyway) a time when labs were overrun by paper notebooks and spreadsheets, despairing of a… Read More