Lab-i: Your Laboratory Assistant

Today’s scientists are constantly seeking for ways to keep track of everything, from experimental details and results to data graphs. What scientists really need is a personal assistant, someone who can document everything that was done in the lab – how was what done and when? Visualise yourself walking up to this assistant, which you know is available every minute of the day, and asking for every detail of information on an experiment you did the week before.

This may be a role impossible for humans to fulfil, but laboratories are finding that laboratory information management systems (LIMS) turn out to be the perfect candidate for the job. Scientists’ attention are drawn towards LIMS because its basic function is to track what is done in the laboratory, by whom it was done and how it then stores that information to be retrieved later.

QBCon, a business solution provider, offers a customised LIMS called Lab-i. QBCon understands each laboratory’s unique approach to research. Unlike other LIMS vendors, QBCon customises the system according to the laboratory’s specific requirements and expectations. This is achieved through the user requirement specification process when QBCon and the client develop clarity on what the laboratory needs. Lab-i will then be trained for the lab assistant position. It will work exactly as you anticipated.

Implementing Lab-i will make everyone’s work easier, without being a frustrating challenge to learn to use. As soon as everyone is using the system, it will produce payback in greater efficiency, faster turnover, better resource scheduling and better support to your customers.

LIMS is an important investment for any laboratory. QBCon has implemented their Lab-i application in a number of well-known laboratories including the Agricultural Research Council, Bio Industrial and United National Breweries.