Laboratory Software - Customer Stories

Thanks to out-of-the-box clinical modules, and the support of the local team, STARLIMS was up and running within a few months, enabling this large CRO to dramatically shorten turnaround times.

This article from International Clinical Trials, authored by STARLIMS’s Ed Krasovec, explains how the right LIMS can help clinical labs to be as agile as they need to be, while also enhancing efficiency and accuracy levels.

As STARLIMS’s Ed Krasovec discusses in this article from The Journal for Clinical Studies, web-based LIMS offer organizations the flexibility and global access they need in order to make effective use of clinical lab operations in emerging countries.

at 10 UK NHS Clinical Genetics LaboratoriesThe STARLIMS Genetics solution, implemented across 10 UK Genetic Testing Network laboratories, helps create a synergistic network of complementary labs. The solution is flexible enough to cope with even the most complex testing, agile enough to address changing regulatory requirements and powerful enough to enable secure web-based information sharing across the country.

Carl Rothenbacher discusses how STARLIMS assisted the Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories in responding to the H1N1 outbreak.

A government law enforcement agency in the Pacific Rim is implementing STARLIMS to automate and manage the entire lifecycle of the agency’s forensic samples, exhibits and seized properties. Replacing several legacy and paper-based systems, STARLIMS will enable remote data entry in a standards-compliant fashion, web-based information sharing across the department’s multiple sites, and single-search data mining across numerous forensic disciplines.

ISP Chemicals, a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals, is using STARLIMS in twelve facilities. Using STARLIMS V10, tests, calculations, sample descriptions, sample lifecycle events (login, delivery, receipt, testing, approval) and more integrated have been into a single web-based system.

The GuangDong Institute for Drug Control (GDIDC), a provincial pharmaceutical regulatory body, has been using STARLIMS since January 2007. The result has been improved traceability, integrity, validity and accuracy of tests, as well as a 21% reduction in turnaround time. In addition, the laboratories have become as paperless as possible, reducing paper use by an estimated 450,000 pages per year.

STARLIMS’s Web-based LIMS is used for evidence intake and maintenance in a wide range of disciplines, to help monitor employee training and performance, and to oversee equipment and materials. STARLIMS has helped accelerate turnaround times, while adhering to regulatory and quality assurance requirements.

STARLIMS is being implemented in ten regional molecular genetics centers (RMGC) in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. STARLIMS has been instrumental in getting the relevant information to the relevant person at the right time. In addition to minimizing manual data re-entry of sample details, STARLIMS has also helped streamline information sharing among the various laboratories, which operate using different workflows and processes. The project has been “a huge success in getting labs talking with each other.”.

Jeremy Colson, Project Manager at the Air Force Petroleum Agency, talked about the implementation of STARLIMS, which encompasses six labs nationwide, and provides instant online access to 3,000 customers worldwide. “I am amazed at how enthusiastic people have been,” he said. “They sometimes call to ask me if I am ready to deploy at their lab.".

Campa Biodiesel is using STARLIMS to ensure the high quality levels of their operations-including manufacturing, in-process control and quality control. Traceability and sample verification have been dramatically streamlined. The STARLIMS solution was implemented in seven months, quickly paying off the effort of implementing a LIMS.

STARLIMS Version 10 web-based LIMS solution will be implemented in four pharmaceutical sites in North America and Europe.

STARLIMS Selected by Schiff, a Leading Nutritional Supplement Manufacturer

STARLIMS’s web-based LIMS is ideal for ensuring compliance with new FDA regulations, and is backed by extensive domain expertise.

STARLIMS Announces $1.1 Million Contract with Global Energy Company

Web-based LIMS selected for two U.S. facilities of global enterprise, underscoring STARLIMS’s flexibility and efficacy in distributed organizations.

Jamaica Government Selects STARLIMS for Nationwide LIMS

Ministry of Health will implement STARLIMS to create public health information network for various laboratories, the nationwide blood bank and health center.

STARLIMS at Singapore Health Sciences Authority

NCS will provide a complete Laboratory Integrated Administration System by integrating STARLIMS and Agilent's Cerity SDMS.

STARLIMS Selected by IWW, a Leading German Water Research Institute

Implementing the entirely web-based STARLIMS laboratory software system will enable IWW to comply with stringent water quality regulations, including German, ISO and European standards

STARLIMS at the VITENS Water Lab in the Netherlands

At Vitens' state-of-the-art labs, STARLIMS interfaces with lab devices, route planning software, accounting software, PDAs, a  Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

The US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center Uses STARLIMS in the Relentless Fight Against Crime and Terrorism

A Scientific Computing and Instrumentation report describes how STARLIMS has helped the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center to meet accreditation requirements while increasing productivity.

Review of STARLIMS in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
The reviewers concluded that, "The efficiency of a laboratory can be enhanced by such a computer-aided case information handling system—especially for forensic laboratories which handle large amounts of case information."

DCLS Wins Award for On-time, On-budget LIMS Project
The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) of the Commonwealth of Virginia received a “Teamwork Award” for its on-time on-budget LIMS implementation of a STARLIMS solution.

Robert Wiseman Diaries Make a Wise Move
Deploying STARLIMS enterprise-wide has helped Robert Wiseman Diaries to continue expanding, while guaranteeing that its products meet the most stringent quality standards in the dairy industry.

CDHS Wins Best of California Award for STARLIMS Project
The California Department of Health Services received the “Demonstrated Excellence in Project Delivery– Best of California Award” for its new STARLIMS implementation.

International Forensic LIMS Projects Showcased at IAFS 2005
The17th Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences (IAFS), in Hong Kong, highlighted STARLIMS involvement in international forensics.  STARLIMS a co-sponsor of the event showcased two case studies: a DNA database laboratory and a comprehensive forensic operation covering multiple-labs.

New LIMS at California Animal Health Lab

STARLIMS implementation at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Labs (CAHFS) at the University of California, Davis, will cover 200 users across 5 different sites. The LIMS system will address key IT needs with standards based messaging (PHIN-MS, HL7) and standardization of data (LOINC, SNOMED).

Securing Urban Water Supply and Treatment Facilities
U.S. water supplies face barriers between silos of information with technology gaps creating risks that cannot be mitigated merely with physical surveillance and premise monitoring. Establishing secure and seamless interoperability between laboratories and governing bodies with harmonized standards and protocols for exchanging data via a LIMS can overcome many of these gaps. Today’s highly flexible and full-featured commercial LIMS can provide complete traceability leading to regulatory compliance without compromising the process versatility of a dynamic urban water laboratory.

A Decade of Multi-Facility STARLIMS Experience at Baxter Healthcare
For more than ten years, five of Baxter Healthcare’s plants specializing in IV bags and solutions have relied upon STARLIMS for integrating a wide rage of multi-facility, system–wide, LIMS functionalities to escalate the company’s adherence to FDA regulatory compliant business rules.

The ROI of LIMS Standardization

As a large organization with multi-laboratory facilities, ChevronTexaco recognized the need and potential benefits of adapting an integrated approach in selecting a LIMS.  Since December 2003, the five refining sites across North America run STARLIMS. With 2,500 users it is an essential component of the enterprises IT strategy.  

Global Mining Leader Implements LIMS to Support ISO 17025
At Anglo American Research Labs (AARL) in South Africa, STARLIMS automates the lab to conform to ISO 17025 certification standards. STARLIMS flexibility has been central to the success of the implementation. AARL are able to accommodate five individual laboratories procedures and create an overall streamlined process enhancing competitiveness, reducing operating costs and allowing productivity to be more efficiently and effectively monitored.

STARLIMS Customers Discuss Enterprise Traceability and Integration
STARLIMS Corporation recently held their 2005 Users Group Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The conference focused on the importance of standardization, traceability and integration across the enterprise. Topic presentations were augmented with STARLIMS User Presentations on anticipated, active, and completed implementations covering a range of industries and business environments.

US Air Force Centralizing Control with STARLIMS

STARLIMS has been selected by the US Air Force Petroleum Office to employ its extensive knowledge of LIMS in the petroleum industry and fulfill the US Air Force's vision of providing worldwide laboratory information management support.

STARLIMS Joins the Fight against Tuberculosis

STARLIMS unveils a joint effort with Lilly MDR-TB partnership in the battle against the expanding crisis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The CDC have begun the implementation of STARLIMS as a platform for extensive  laboratory–based electronic surveillance of patients resistance to drugs used for treating MDR-TB, in clinics throughout Russia and Kazakhstan.

LIMS Streamlines Diagnostic Testing

An article appearing in the December, 2004 issue of ELab demonstrates how a LIMS is applied successfully at Altrix Healthcare plc.STARLIMS provides reductions in operating costs and increased efficiency by automating and streamlining existing business processes.

Assisting cGMP Expansion at PCAS

PCAS a leader in fine and specialty chemicals selects STARLIMS for its Villeneuve-la-Garenne (VLG-CHEM) cGMP site operated in cooperation with Aventis. STARLIMS has been supporting PCAS’ growth into cGMP production since 1992 and is already deployed at the two other PCAS cGMP production sites in France.

STARLIMS Supports California’s BSE Testing Program

California Animal Health and Food Safety Labs (CAHFS) at the University of California, Davis implement STARLIMS to support the acceleration in the nation’s BSE testing program. The solution was established within a tight time frame of two months enabling CAHFS to start processing samples submitted by USDA personnel from regional sampling facilities and slaughterhouses.

Time to Replace your LIMS?

Owing to global consolidation, stricter regulatory environments and maturity of LIMS technology, companies are opting to replace their existing legacy systems with leading Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) LIMS solutions. Replacement drivers include: loss of key personnel, vendor refocus on other industries and high maintenance costs. STARLIMS has a record for straightforward conversions of legacy knowledge  and information systems.

Legacy LIMS Replaced at Thai Refinery

The Alliance Refining Co Ltd (ARC) based in Rayong, Thailand, replaces its 8 years old legacy system with STARLIMS.

Helping NutraSweet Sweeten the World

STARLIMS migrates NutraSweet’s legacy LIMS to a modern solution, easily adaptable to NutraSweet’s dynamic requirements while securing accumulated knowledge and cloning established workflow processes.

Minimizing Compliance Risk at Regulated Nutrient Manufacturer

STARLIMS automatic data entry saves 1-2 hours per day, per chemist The STARLIMS interface with Waters Millennium minimizes compliance risk.

Replacing a Legacy LIMS at the Pacific Environmental Science Centre

Migrating 25 years of database programming within 117 days.

Forensics Institute Improves Performance with LIMS

STARLIMS minimizes transcription errors and reduces processing time while assisting in the management of evidence and analytical work and assuring the security of information.

Preserving Water Quality at the Rijnland Water Board

By purchasing an advanced Laboratory Information Management System the Rijnland Water Board were awarded greater flexibility in its work.

LIMS System Installed to Improve Quality Control for Dairy Products

The COKZ (Centraal Orgaan voor de Kwaliteitscontrole in de Zuivel) is the Central Authority for Quality Control of Dairy Products in The Netherlands. The institute monitors and controls the quality processes in the 6 Billion Euros Dutch dairy industry.

A National LIMS for the Environment Agency of England and Wales

The multiple site STARLIMS implementation has provided the National Laboratory Service a harmonized LIMS across the organization.

USGS Lab’s System is Good to the Last Drop

USGS' National Water Quality Lab runs STARLIMS over a network of 300 computers with over 100 instruments

Using LIMS to Save Babies

The STARLIMS implementation provides dramatic improvements in productivity and data integrity by integrating a number of previously isolated activities including, sample receipt, demographic data entry, sample preparation, results entry and QA/QC functions.

STARLIMS Cost Benefits - The Dutch Perspective

In a Project initiated by the Dutch Magazine Chemisch Weekblad , Freek Rooze of ISYS Marketing interviews Seven Dutch laboratories on their experiences with STARLIMS from the cost benefit point of view. In a phone interview with lab executives Mr. Rooze verifies improvements in productivity, quality, tracking, planning, customer orientation, reporting, control and especially efficiency.

Statewide LIS at the Ohio Corrections Medical Center

STARLIMS serves the Ohio Corrections medical labs as a  fully scalable and configurable LIS , allowing easy adaptation for growth and changes in business needs.

SAP/STARLIMS Integration at Novozymes

Novozymes is a leading manufacturer of enzymes that are shipped to over 120 countries around the world. The company wanted to integrate the STARLIMS solution into their ERP system from SAP so either system could be utilized depending on where they were in the testing process. Novozymes registers samples in SAP and performs operations such as sample receipt, results entry, and validation in STARLIMS. Batch values are then and posts batch values to SAP. Integration of the two systems enables Novozymes to inspect over 1,000 lots and perform 8,000 tests per month, with an uptime of 99.8 percent.

Environmental Data Analysis for Amsterdam

Omegam is Amsterdam’s 230 strong environment and soil mechanics research service. The STER LAB certified laboratory  manages approximately 16,000 analyses  per week

Forensic Solutions for the Norwegian National Institute

The flexibility of the system, security aspects, ease of use and reporting facilities received our special attention.

Real World Control at PDVSA

The RealWorld interface surpassed PDVSA’s need for ease of use and accessibility of users at all technical levels.

STARLIMS at Provimi's Agricultural Laboratories

Selecting, installing and implementing a LIMS within a large modern laboratory is no small task. Freek Rooze describes such a process undertaken by the Provimi laboratory in the Netherlands.

STARLIMS at the National Dutch Phytopathological Service

The implemented LIMS records data and information related to the inspection of plant material in the Netherlands as well as plant material destined for importation or exportation. In addition, the software registers diagnostic data

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