Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Where does LIMS fit in the lab management software line up?

When it comes to lab information and lab management software, there are four best of breed systems that work together as a LIMS so that the information required can be expertly managed anywhere in the drug discovery cycle. Learn more here.

These systems would be:

  1. ELN system to record the assay workflow
  2. Registration software (such as Chemaxon Registration)
  3. Sample management software (such as Mosaic SampleBank) to track samples and manage lab automation
  4. Assay results software (such as Genedata Screener or IDBS ActivityBase)
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What is required of a LIMS?

For drug discovery, we suggest that all the following processes fall under the remit of a LIMS, but that each usually requires its own specialist software:

A record of the assay workflow, showing the experimental process and the batch used
Collating lab information so that the data is available to users at any stage of the workflow
Registration information containing sample property information
An inventory tracking system and audit trail
Sample operations workflow management
Assay results recording and processing
Learn out more about what's required of a LIMS

The Essential Guide to Managing Laboratory Samples

This white paper reviews the challenges and best practice for managing samples in your lab, and discusses where sample management software, such as Titian’s Mosaic, can bring you savings.

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Meeting IT and Lab Manager Needs With LIMS

Managing lab automation, IT requirements and data flows is a challenge. The laboratory manager may well know what they need to simplify their processes, but the IT manager has an important say too — to ensure that any software solution is suitable for the local infrastructure, as well as meeting information security and compliance standards.

LIMS software can be a great way to meet the needs of both IT and the lab manager - but there are things to consider. 

Here are six things that an IT manager would care about that should also be a concern for the lab manager:

  1. Is it tried and tested, standard technology or are you paying for someone else’s one-off?
  2. Is it web-based but secure?
  3. Can you manage automation with it?
  4. Can you demonstrate a full audit trail?
  5. Can the system manage changing needs?
  6. How good is the support?

Our blog, 6 ways to meet the needs of the lab manager and IT manager with LIMS software, breaks down the different concerns and considerations that IT and lab managers might have when it comes to lab management software and LIMS. Read it here. 

Mosaic - The Sample Management Platform for Life Sciences

Mosaic is the leading sample management software solution for life science laboratories. Trusted by a worldwide customer base from small biotech to global pharma, Mosaic tracks and manages every step of the sample lifecycle.

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Calculating the ROI of a Laboratory Information Management System

Many people would argue that calculating the economic benefits of technology hasn’t got any easier, but below are 2 areas to consider for sample management or LIMS software:

  1. Benefits of Efficiency - Improving data quality improves ROI by avoiding unnecessary cycles or blind alleys of research. Shortening the assay turnaround time speeds up the whole drug discovery cycle.

  2. ROI is about what adoption enables, rather than the costs saved - Many companies recognise that ROI from sample management is about opportunity cost: not about recouping investment but about what you enable, to allow you to do things you can’t otherwise do.
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