MSC-LIMS Laboratory Information Management System

MSC-LIMS Benefits

Efficiency
Productivity
Accuracy
Security
Client Satisfaction

Efficiency

Enter Data Once

Enter analytical results into MSC-LIMS' screens or into calculating Excel spreadsheets for import into MSC-LIMS. In either case, the data is only entered once and is instantly available for queries, reports, and data exports.

Retrieve Data Quickly

Retrieve very specific information from vast amounts of data swiftly and simply, using the extensive queries available in MSC-LIMS. Users select criteria from a system-wide list of possibilities presented in the query selection criteria. The selection accesses data stored throughout the entire system.

Eliminate Lost Data

Eliminate a significant amount of paper records, and you will eliminate the occurrence of lost or misfiled data, worksheets and files. Save time previously spent searching for data or retrieving lost information.

Generate and Send Reports

Rapidly generate routine reports with a click or two of the mouse. Easily produce non-routine reports by specifying data and report features. Instantly fax or email reports to clients.

Generate Invoices

Prepare detailed invoices simply by activating the flexible invoicing system.

Access Archived Data

Prepare trend studies, reports, and historical analysis using easily accessed archived data. Access archived data using the full complement of screens, queries and reports available with the production database.

Add New Configuration Data

Easily add new analytes, units of measure, customers, sampling locations, etc. This task is simple, particularly when compared to revising rigid spreadsheet-type architectures.

Productivity

Increase Throughput

Increase the quantity of samples analyzed and tracked, without hiring additional lab personnel.

Track Productivity

Generate productivity reports which allow lab managers to track turn around times, number of samples or analyses completed per unit of time, expired samples, and exceptions.

Schedule Routine Tasks

Increase efficiency by using MSC-LIMS' scheduling features to control routine sampling, analysis, instrument calibration and maintenance tasks to adjust for peak sample volume.

Spend Time Effectively

Eliminate many tedious paper-handling tasks, so technicians may spend more productive time at the bench.

Adapt MSC-LIMS to YOUR Lab Routine

Avoid wholesale changes to lab operations to fit a LIMS. Instead, easily configure MSC-LIMS' to existing lab procedures, thus providing quicker implementation and training while minimizing disruption of established practices.

Customize MSC-LIMS to Suit YOUR Lab

Labs purchasing an MSC-LIMS Full System license may choose to customize the source code to suit their needs.

Document Lab Output

Realize increased levels of documentation without an increased level of effort.

Provide Access to Data by Outside Personnel

Establish read-only access for personnel outside the lab. This feature allows authorized personnel to directly pursue their own questions dynamically, effectively eliminating nonproductive data search, retrieval, and copying time.

Interact Directly with MSC-LIMS System Developer

Insure prompt and accurate responses to technical support questions by interacting directly with the system developer. MSC's exemplary customer support effectively eliminates downtime normally experienced with other vendors' support policies.

Accuracy

Reduce Errors

Significantly reduce data transcription error, since manual data entry is limited to specific sample characteristics at login and to those results not available from direct data import. Virtually all other data entry is done using selections from predefined pull-down lists and menus.

Verify Data at Input

MSC-LIMS enforces validation protocols on many fields, allowing technicians to catch data input errors before they are entered.

Enhance Quality Control

Document your data's accuracy and precision by using the QC facility. Lab managers set QC limits for both individual analytical methodologies and instrument calibration. Associated control charts can be maintained and updated as necessary.

Avoid Missed Deadlines

Use the automated scheduling prompts to notify personnel in advance of sampling events and sample expiration.

Avoid the Embarrassment of False Results

Screen your data thoroughly through validation protocols to eliminate illogical data conditions prior to generating your report.

Security

Establish Secured Access

Maintain security by establishing individual login accounts with tiered access privileges, controlled by your lab's LIMS administrator.

Track Database Revisions

Permanently record all revisions to the database through MSC-LIMS' audit trail, including initial and revised values, who made the change, when, and why.

Protect your System During Customizations

While customizing your MSC-LIMS software, protect on-going lab operations by isolating programming changes on a single workstation devoted to programming and testing.

Client Satisfaction

Configure Reports to Meet Customer Needs

Easily customize analytical reports and electronic data deliverables to conform to your clients' individual needs.

Notify Customers Electronically

Use MSC-LIMS Messaging's automated email and fax messages to notify your customers when samples are received, analyses are completed, and reports are available.

Invoice Customers for a Job Well Done

MSC-LIMS helps complete analyses accurately, and deliver clear and concise reports and timely invoices.