Laboratory Information Management System

Current market overview of industry software, systems and software for laboratories. The laboratory software or laboratory information and management systems (LIMS) are aimed at laboratories in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine but also sleep laboratories, pharmaceutical laboratories, laboratories for quality testing. Building materials and concrete laboratories also benefit from the software listed here, as do investigation offices and environmental laboratories.

Laboratory software and LIMS usually include extensive sample management, data acquisition and analysis evaluation as well as test plan management and statistical evaluation and display options. In most cases, the laboratory management software includes report generation (laboratory diary) and possibly also an analysis device connection. The laboratory software also supports quality control and quality assurance.

A laboratory information and management system (LIMS) supports laboratory operations in terms of administrative and coordinative sample management as well as in the acquisition and evaluation of determined analytical data. LIM systems usually also include modules for electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN), scientific data management systems (SDMS) or middleware such as LES (Laboratory Execution System).