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3. Why equip yourself with a LIMS?
In this section, we will describe the various reasons for purchasing a LIMS. In any investment project, this justification will systematically be imposed by management or the CFO. Very often, a return on investment (ROI) is requested even before the scope of requirements has been defined, and the project manager is therefore in a position to give a first approximation of the investment envelope.
3.1 Improving communication
Switching from paper registers to electronic data
It's much simpler and more efficient to run searches (also known as queries) in a database than it is to do so on a paper medium, usually registers or notebooks. The use of notebooks too often requires a large number of time-consuming...
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Why equip yourself with a LIMS?
Standards
ISO, 21 CFR Part 11 (FDA) Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations: Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures. March 2000. FDA Food and Drug Administration
Organizations
ISO International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.ch/
COFRAC Comité français d'accréditation http://www.cofrac.fr/
AFSSAPS Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé http://www.afssaps.sante.fr/
Suppliers – Distributors
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Altik
Applied Biosystems
Dipôle
LabWare
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Perkin Elmer
Siemens
SpL LabVantage Group
Thermo Electron
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