SampleManager LIMS*

For LIMS Users:  automated workflow guides users through lab processes, saving time and simplifying user interactions.

For Lab Managers:  easily configurable workflow design allows the lab to adapt to changing business or regulatory requirements.

For IT and Systems Administration:  .NET development environment for rapid prototyping and easier integration.

For Management:  state-of-the-art data visualization tools to monitor and measure performance against key metrics.

SampleManager 11 at a Glance:

- Configurable Workflow and Extended Lifecycle Features

- Simplified User Interface where users can create multiple daily toolbars, providing easy access to frequently used functions

- New Sample Login giving more flexibility in splitting and merging samples and aliquots

- Internet Explorer features and improved support for Windows 7 and 8 with user-friendly search syntax

- Files, Web Links and Text Notes/Attachments for any entity available for inclusion in reports, ensuring compliance over the sample lifecycle.

SampleManager offers a highly-configurable instrument integration solution that doesn't require extensive custom coding. Data is automatically and securely captured from instruments, eliminating potential transcription errors and improving the flow and management of laboratory data. A standard interface is used within the lab and around the organization to integrate all the types and brands of instruments, simplifying and streamlining the operation, and offering all the benefits of increased automation.

• Full-featured for pharmaceutical QA/QC labs as well as industrial process labs
• Designed for organizations seeking to standardize a LIMS across all labs
• Easily configured and easy to use with proven, dependable technology at its core
• Can be implemented to support local and global lab deployments
• Scalable for a large user base
• Available in multiple languages
• Provides the foundation for a complete lab automation solution by integrating with instruments and laboratory and business systems, including PIMS, MES and ERP solutions

• For LIMS Users - Automated workflow guides users through lab processes, saving time and simplifying user interactions
• Lab personnel can rely on the LIMS workflow to automate the logical decisions driving their activities
• Simplified user interfaces allow users to create multiple daily toolbars, providing easy access to frequently used functions
• For Lab Managers and Users – Built-in functionality delivers improved efficiency, compliance and resource management
• Sample Point Scheduler, Label Designer, Report Designer, Instrument Templates, Location Hierarchy, Measurement Traceability, Operator Training, Stock Management, Multi-Lingual Support
• For IT and Systems Administration – Comprehensive  .NET development environment for rapid prototyping and easier integration
• Multiple localization overlays, sophisticated user interfaces using new Form Designer, Integration Manager support,
• For Management – State-of-the-art data visualization tools to monitor and measure performance against key metrics
• Dashboards to track energy usage, waste reduction, resource utilization, standards compliance, lot traceability, hot spot alerts, production levels, quality parameters, geographical mapping
• Adopts open standards with fully engineered Microsoft .NET architecture using C#
• Three-tier client/server solution operating with Microsoft inductive user interface
• Web-enabled with a Service Oriented Architecture
• Configurable solution to provide enhanced functionality for specific industries
• Integrates the lab with process plant, enterprise, and desktop applications
• Auditable for laboratories operating in regulated environments
• Designed, developed, sold, implemented and supported within an ISO 9001/2008 environment

• Architecture: N-tier architecture using Microsoft .NET and supporting industry standard database technology
• Configurability: Flexible for different lab types without timely and costly coding
• Functionality: Robust, stable and reliable to ensure smooth, large-scale deployments
• Integration: Web Services for integration with different instruments and enterprise applications
• Internationalization: Multi-lingual support for global systems
• Reporting: Flexible reporting, providing even casual users outside the lab access to pertinent data
• Scalability: Able to support a large, growing number of users and labs
• Security: Sophisticated access controls to ensure secure access to data across the organization
• Standards: Industry-standard tools, languages and databases
• Support: Offered across the world and in multiple languages
• User Access: Full web browser and desktop client access to all functionality

• SampleManager tracks, displays and reports samples by any criteria that are required by the user. A typical multi-criteria request would allow review of all the current day’s samples that have results entered, are within specification, have a high priority and require authorization.
• Entry of results into SampleManager can be fully automated from all leading laboratory instrumentation. The Incident Management functionality allows users to record, track, and manage the unforeseen events that inevitably occur in a busy laboratory.
• Reports in SampleManager can be configured to precisely reflect user requirements; report templates are built using a graphical environment and can include statistical calculations, graphs, pie charts, bit maps, or OLE objects. Additional reporting formats include Microsoft* applications, PDF, XML and CSV outputs