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During the workday, laboratory personnel generate data and information. That intellectual material forms the basis of decisions about product quality, research directions, someone’s health, and other matters. Data and information must be entered into reports, computer systems, databases, and software packages to be useful. While that seems like a trivial task, it isn’t, not because typing a few keystrokes is…

LabLynx recently published the article LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works to explain how you can make your laboratory information management system (LIMS) reflect—and improve—your lab’s operations. One of the most common requests from our clients is to configure their management structure into their LabLynx ELab LIMS solution. LIMS user profiles for supervisors and managers…

Good laboratory practice, or GLP, is a quality system of management concerned with the organizational process and conditions of non-clinical laboratory testing. These controls for uniformity, consistency, reliability, quality, and integrity aim to ensure the safety and efficacy of products in development for humans or animals and are followed by a variety of lab types, including those in food testing,…

In today’s fast-paced scientific landscape, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of laboratory operations. From biotech companies to environmental agencies, the use of a LIMS can significantly influence the workflow and overall productivity of a laboratory. However, as with any technology, the satisfaction levels can vary significantly among users. Are you…

It’s Thursday morning, and the director of R&D has a rush set of samples that need to be analyzed now (it’s always a rush). Do you have the materials on hand to do the work? Who’s your go-to supplier for fast delivery if something is in short supply? Is the equipment that will be used in good working condition and…

A configurable and customizable laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution fixes labs’ frustrations with off-the-shelf software. Modifying your lab to better conform to a static application undermines efficiency while working around its limitations lets errors into testing workflows. In LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works, we explain how configurability and customization let LabLynx tailor LIMS…

Download PDF Upon completing my undergraduate degree, I worked in an analytical research and development R&D laboratory. Its role was to conduct the routine testing of polymers, devise methods of analysis, provide support to production-based quality control labs, support pilot plant R&D, and carry out special projects. Those special projects could range from analyzing competitive materials to analyzing unusual samples…

During most back-to-school sales you can pick up a basic college-ruled composition notebook for $1.00, or maybe even $0.50 if you shop around. Those 8” x 10” paperboard-covered, 100-page pads of paper are great for third-grade math homework and work exceptionally well as a teenage girl’s diary. But paper notebooks should have no place in a modern laboratory environment. Yet…

Starting and operating a laboratory is a vast and challenging undertaking. While securing the funding for a new lab represents progress and positivity, some intricacies exist in purchasing, hiring, and performing daily operations that are crucial for success. More than just a depth of scientific understanding is needed to set up a lab to guarantee years of fruitful and efficient…

Download PDF Implementing a laboratory information management system (LIMS) can streamline every aspect of your lab’s operations. From sample management to client communications, and from workflow efficiency to regulatory compliance, a LIMS automates processes to improve consistency, accuracy, and productivity. But finding a LIMS that works with your lab’s unique combination of services and clients can be challenging. Changing processes…