Data has become one of the most valuable assets for any organisation, and laboratory data is no exception. However, accessing laboratory data has been difficult so far due to the use of outdated applications and architectures that underpin many LIMS applications.

Business intelligence (BI) and artificial intelligence (AI) are now supporting the field of data science, making data analysis tools more accessible. QLIMS has traditionally managed all laboratory data to become the source of truth.

Tools such as QLIMS BI can help organisations visualise this data and convert it into knowledge, which can take their organization to the next level.

Continuous Development and Agile Methodology

QLIMS is under continuous development, driven by agile methodology. Our full-time software engineers prioritise high-value feature additions through agile sprints, ensuring responsiveness to evolving customer needs. 

Our team follows a sprint-based approach to work, which means that we break down our work into two-week cycles. This helps us stay responsive to any changing customer needs and priorities. Also, before we deploy any code to clients, we ensure that it undergoes rigorous manual and automated testing for both new functionality and regression issues.

Ready to embark on a journey of enhanced laboratory efficiency and data-driven decision-making? Explore the transformative capabilities of QLIMS Business Intelligence today. Contact our team to schedule a personalised demonstration and learn how QLIMS can unlock the full potential of your laboratory data. Empower your scientists, streamline operations, and revolutionise your laboratory management with QLIMS.

Are you on the hunt for the perfect Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for your business? Look no further. Here are three compelling reasons why QLIMS stands out from the crowd. 

1. SaaS as a Solution

QLIMS is not just a traditional LIMS; it’s a state-of-the-art Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. What does this mean for you? This means that you no longer have to deal with the challenges of on-premise installations and can enjoy the benefits of cloud-based accessibility. With QLIMS, you can effortlessly manage your laboratory data from anywhere and at any time.

Traditional software installations can be a lengthy process. SaaS QLIMS changes the game with fast deployment, getting your lab up and running within a few weeks. It streamlines laboratory work by offering efficient workflows for sample preparation, validation, approval, and reporting activities.

2. Best-in-class Interface and Visualization Focus

QLIMS prides itself on delivering an unparalleled user experience. Our user interface is not just good; it’s best-in-class. With QLIMS, you can ensure that users can effortlessly manage and visualize data. The focus on visualization sets QLIMS apart by providing an efficient and visually engaging data presentation.

In addition, configurable options further enhance user interaction, allowing the system to be tailored to meet the specific needs of your laboratory. QLIMS is not just a data management system; it ensures that your data is presented in a way that promotes quick and informed decision-making.

3. Flexible Configuration

One of QLIMS’s defining features is its flexibility – a characteristic achieved through a configuration-centric approach. Unlike systems that require extensive customization through complex coding, QLIMS provides a non-code, configuration-based solution. This allows users to shape QLIMS to fit their business needs seamlessly.

The difference lies in giving users tools for configuration, not complex customisations. QLIMS grows hand-in-hand with your business, adapting to changing industry standards and evolving workflows without the need for extensive coding efforts. The power is in your hands, making QLIMS an ideal partner for laboratories seeking not just a solution, but a growth enabler.

Essentially, QLIMS goes beyond the traditional to offer a comprehensive solution to suit the needs of the modern laboratory. With its SaaS architecture, user-friendly interface and unparalleled flexibility through configuration, QLIMS is a testament to innovation in the field of Laboratory Information Management Systems. 

Choose QLIMS today and take your laboratory operations to new heights! 

Adopting Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) in the modern laboratory landscape is no longer a luxury but a necessity. LIMS can transform your laboratory operations and elevate your productivity.  If you’re unsure whether LIMS is right for your laboratory, here are 5 reasons why LIMS:

1. Streamlined Data Management:

LIMS streamlines manual data entry and paperwork. A centralised digital hub ensures accuracy, accessibility, and data integrity, eliminating the need to search through stacks of paperwork.

One of our dairy industry trailblazers shared their experience:  “QLIMS has been a real time-saver for us, giving us an extra 3 hours every day! Instead of spending time on data management and manual work, we now focus on what truly matters – production and innovation.”

2. Enhanced Efficiency:

Laboratory processes can be intricate and time-consuming. LIMS automates routine tasks, reduces human error, and optimises workflows. The result? Faster turnaround times, increased productivity, and efficient operation.

3. Unparalleled Quality Control:

LIMS offers real-time monitoring and quality control checks throughout the testing process. It helps detect deviations and ensures consistent accuracy and reliability in your results.

Yet, the story doesn’t end there. Have you ever explored the insightful narratives showcased in our QLIMS case studies? These detailed accounts shed light on how QLIMS has revolutionised quality control by simplifying data-driven decision-making, resulting in an impressive 20% increase in quality assurance productivity, read more here. 

4. Regulatory Compliance:

Meeting industry regulations and standards is non-negotiable. LIMS simplifies regulatory compliance with audit trails, electronic signatures, and documentation to meet stringent requirements. You can face inspections with confidence.

For instance, QLIMS is used in a wide range of laboratories and industries standing up and supporting:

• 21 CFR Part 11/Annex 11 conformance for auditing, e-signature and security for manufactured items under GMP.
• ISO 17025
• Industry standards such as GAMP.
• Security and data privacy to meet HIPAA, GDPR, CAP, CLIA, Privacy Shield and others
• Support for Right of Access and Right to be Forgotten requests under GDPR.

5. Enhanced Sample Traceability:

Track your samples from the moment they enter the lab to the moment you report the results. LIMS offers complete traceability, helping you manage and locate samples with ease.

In conclusion, LIMS isn’t just a tool; it’s a game-changer for laboratory operations. It revolutionizes data management, boosts efficiency, ensures quality control, aids regulatory compliance and encourages collaboration. The investment in LIMS leads to long-term cost savings and enhanced laboratory performance.

Ready to unlock the potential of LIMS for your laboratory? Contact us today to explore how LIMS can reshape your operations and drive your laboratory to new heights.

The discipline of materials science requires the study of the properties, composition, and structural properties of solid materials. Materials science laboratories play a crucial role in the development and modification of materials to achieve desired properties and improved performance characteristics. Within this context, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) emerge as invaluable tools, supporting material science laboratories in their critical roles.

Material Science laboratories are data-rich environments where vast amounts of information and numerous samples are generated and managed regularly. Researchers conduct experiments, collect data on material properties, compositions, and structures, and store various samples for analysis and future reference. This data and sample management can quickly become overwhelming without the right tools and systems in place.

LIMS Supporting Material Science

At this stage, LIMS comes on the scene, providing invaluable support to Material Science Labs as they struggle with the data and sample management challenges. LIMS efficiently organize data from experiments, making it easily searchable.

Additionally, it streamlines the management of sample inventories, ensuring proper storage and tracking of materials. With LIMS, Material Scientists can maintain data integrity, streamline workflows, and optimise their research efforts, ultimately accelerating progress in the field of material science.

However, the journey of material science labs doesn’t stop at data and sample management. Material Science labs must also ensure that they comply with regulations and standards. LIMS helps laboratories to meet these standards, and streamline reporting. As an example, the ISO 17025 standard encompasses fundamental criteria for the proficiency of laboratories involved in testing. Given the complex nature of many materials characterization studies, ensuring the precision and accuracy of results is extremely important.

In conclusion, LIMS revolutionises the world of material science laboratories by simplifying data and sample management, ensuring compliance with rigorous standards, and fostering the acceleration of research and innovation. With LIMS as their trusted partner, material scientists can focus on what they do best—pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery and advancing our understanding of the materials that shape our world.

Feel free to reach out to our dedicated team to discover how QLIMS can transform your material science laboratory.

In this LIMS case study, we delve into how Comvita faced the challenges of rapid growth and evolving regulations head-on. Let’s discover how QLIMS revolutionized their processes, making data-driven decisions a breeze and boosting productivity by 20%. 

About Comvita

Comvita is a natural health products company, based primarily around bee products. Since it was founded over 40 years ago, the company has a strong emphasis on science and research, with a focus on natural products with known benefits, such as Manuka honey, Propolis, and Olive Leaf Extract.

With over 40,000 hives in New Zealand and an 800,000 olive tree farm in Australia, they control their supply chain from source to shelf, setting a high standard for traceability. The company has expanded its reach to global markets, including China, Asia, the US, and the UK, each with unique regulations and governance procedures. Comvita has divided its operations into two crucial teams, the analysis and Quality Control team.

The Challenge 

Facing rapid growth and increasing data demands, Comvita’s lab and quality control teams were hampered by manual processes, relying on Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. The Lab Manager explains, “For us, the catalyst very simply was scale.”

With new regulatory MPI requirements for Manuka Honey, adopting a new solution became imperative. He notes, “The business went through a very rapid growth curve which meant the amount of data entry and testing required became so large it was difficult to support.”

The Solution

Comvita began by reviewing the business’ requirements and evaluating software solutions, under Project Manager. Being able to prove the traceability of all ingredients from end to end was key.

QLIMS cloud hosted with:

• Worklist Module
• CAPA Module
• Sample Splitting and Collation Module
• QLIMS Bridge for instrument integration
• Custom Comvita Quality Control Module

The Results

The big win for Comvita since the introduction of the QLIMS has been the speed and decision-making benefits provided by greater data availability, with information from the lab instruments imported straight to the database, and into BI reporting.

The lab manager says, “The biggest improvement we’ve noticed has been in productivity. We believe that QLIMS has contributed a time saving of 20% for our lab technicians.”

“We’ve also linked QLIMS to our ERP system via the cloud, allowing us to run Business Intelligence dashboards. This means people are able to slice the data as they need to make decisions in real-time, – You can’t do that if the data is in a spreadsheet.”

Your path to streamlined lab operations begins with a simple click, so don’t hesitate to contact us today.

Data has become an invaluable asset for organisations, including laboratory data.  However, accessing laboratory data has been a challenge so far because many LIMS applications rely on outdated technologies and systems. But with the advent of modern data analysis tools like Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the field of data science has become more accessible. The primary function of QLIMS is to serve as a comprehensive tool to manage all laboratory data, serving as the single source of truth. In this blog article, we will explore QLIMS Business Intelligence which helps organisations to visualise the data and convert it into knowledge. This is the first part of our series on QLIMS BI. Stay tuned for the second part.

Dashboards and Visualisations 

QLIMS offers Business Intelligence dashboards and visualisations that are powered by Kibana, an open-source data visualisation and exploration platform. Kibana is capable of analysing and presenting data in various forms such as charts, graphs, maps, and tables. It will take your laboratory data to the next level in line with our core philosophy of empowering scientists.

No need to include your IT department for extracting data in an understandable format, these in-built tools help you to become the owner of your knowledge.

Also, dashboards can be used to analyse live data and give direct insights into laboratory operations. Enterprise customers can set up their own dashboards and visualisations. A short training will empower you to become more data-driven. 

For more information you can access our QLIMS Business Intelligence brochure and contact our friendly team.

      The food and beverage industry is a highly regulated industry that requires strict quality control measures to ensure the safety and quality of products. This is where Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) come into play. LIMS is a software-based solution that helps food and beverage companies manage their laboratory data, automate their workflows, and ensure compliance with industry regulations. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of LIMS in the food and beverage industry and how it can help companies streamline their operations and improve their overall product quality.


     LIMS can help food and beverage companies comply with ISO 17025, FSMA, HACCP, and ISO 22000 by managing their laboratory data and automating their workflows. LIMS also supports GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and multiple disciplines such as microbiology and chemistry in the food and beverage process. Sample planning and scheduling of environmental swabs as well as integration of instruments ensures large sample volumes are kept under control.

       If you’re interested in learning about how QLIMS is implemented in the food industry, we invite you to read our case study.

       Implementing a LIMS system in the food and beverage industry can bring significant benefits beyond improving compliance and product quality. These benefits include:

• Increasing laboratory efficiency
• Improving data accuracy
• Streamlining laboratory processes
• Monitoring and controlling the safety and quality of raw materials
• Capturing traceability information such as test results, equipment records, and analyst certifications
• Managing and tracking samples
• Integrating with laboratory instruments
• Tracking and managing test results
• Providing fully auditable track records of laboratory resources involved in specific analyses, including scientists, instruments, standards, and SOPs
• Enabling chain-of-custody support for laboratory materials from sample receipt to final disposition.

     By taking advantage of these capabilities, food and beverage companies can better manage their laboratory operations, ensure compliance with industry regulations, and maintain the highest standards of product quality and safety.

     To learn more about how QLIMS can benefit your company contact us, or request a demo now! 

In this blog article, we will explore how QLIMS helped the laboratory in the food industry and overcame the challenges. Baiada is the force behind familiar names like Lilydale Free Range Chicken and Steggles. Baiada has been around for more than a century, and its dedication to providing reliable poultry products has remained constant throughout the years.

In order to deliver safe and consistent products, the company has stringent flock monitoring standards that rely on accurate serological and bacterial analysis on cooked and raw products, along with feed testing. With over 250,000 samples tested every year, speed, accuracy, and traceability are key for Baiada’s state-of-the-art quality assurance lab.

The challenge

Managing increased record keeping, especially when it involves large volumes of data, can be a daunting task for laboratories. As testing requirements become more complex, laboratories need to find new ways to handle the growing amount of data generated from testing activities. This can include everything from ensuring data accuracy to maintaining data privacy and security.

Baiada’s lab had traditionally managed its testing records using a Microsoft Access database developed internally. While this was sufficient for basic record keeping, the type and volume of flock monitoring analysis the team needed to conduct was becoming more complex and more resource intensive.

The solution

After looking at the various solutions on offer the team quickly determined that the QLIMS solution would be able to provide what Baiada needed in terms of custom build but for a reasonable price.

Rather than trying to integrate QLIMS into their existing database, the decision was made to start fresh with a brand-new system in order to give the team a solution that would be able to scale.

The process

Expecting a long and involved implementation process, the team was pleased with how rapidly they were able to get up and running.

“The move to QLIMS was pretty quick. We had 2 weeks to play around with it, then we went live – that was it. We felt very confident in the system, and the team we had to support us. They are honestly good people, and they also know their stuff.”

The results

The biggest benefit, according to Anne-Marie Curle, Food Technologist and QS management at Baiada,

“Definitely saving time! In the old world, we received hundreds of handwritten QA testing submissions every week, which needed to be manually entered into our database. Now our processing plants are able to book their submissions directly into the QLIMS system. That’s freed up a staff member to be more hands-on on the bench, rather than tied up with paperwork.”

“We process anywhere from 500 samples a week – QLIMS has effectively freed up one and a half full-time staff members who we can now reallocate to more important jobs around the lab.”

To learn more about data migration, click here. To learn how QLIMS can benefit your laboratory, contact us.

Advanced stability management plays a crucial role in LIMS by ensuring product quality and safety. Companies in industries such as food and beverage and pharmaceuticals must conduct thorough stability studies to determine the shelf life and optimal storage conditions of their products. However, managing these studies can be a complex and time-consuming process, requiring a high level of organization and attention to detail.

Fortunately, the latest update to QLIMS’ Stability Manager offers a powerful solution that helps customers stay ahead of future needs. With enhanced stability management features, modern LIMS platforms provide laboratories with the ability to manage stability testing and storage with greater efficiency, accuracy, and control. In this blog post, we will explore how QLIMS provides advanced stability management.

A completely new Stability Dashboard keeps track of all activities and gives the users and lab management an inside view of the active studies, all on one screen.

QLIMS’ latest update to its Stability Manager keeps our customers ahead of future needs.

• Different protocols can be set up to be used within stability schedules.
• Once approved, samples are scheduled to be pulled.
• Resource planning can be made as QLIMS automatically sets up calendar events for the scheduled workload.
• Once the scheduled date arrives the samples become active for result entry.

If you’re interested in learning more about how LIMS can benefit your laboratory or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our team of experts would be happy to assist you in finding the best solution for your laboratory needs.