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About LABLynx

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Who We Are
LABLynx, Inc. is a privately owned, funded and managed company, based in Atlanta, GA. Our flagship product is the ELab Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), which is web browser-based and highly configurable to individual laboratory needs. Our software is a product of the fact that we come from a combination of IT professionals, and Laboratory professionals, with experience as chemists, lab project managers, laboratory QA/QC officers, commercial laboratory managers, and Chemical and Process Engineers. Additionally, LABLynx has been the leader in establishing the paradigm of the LIMS as a total laboratory solution, rather than just a means to track samples. The result is that LABLynx, Incorporated, is about you and your information and workload management…and how we can make life better for you.
 
The combination of our experienced Team, our state-of-the-art Products and our expert professional Services has proved itself to be the Ideal Solution for laboratories and enterprises in a wide range of industries, including Water/Wastewater, Forensics, Agriculture, Federal, State and Local Government Departments of various types (we're listed on the GSA Schedule), Manufacturing, Environmental, Food & Beverage, Life Sciences and more (see Industry Solutions ).

We offer a strong set of attributes that add up to an overall unmatched value proposition , including:

You can also view a detailed presentation on the web that provides more information in our Company Overview .

Where We Came From
LABLynx, Inc. was the first Laboratory Informatics provider to deliver a true browser-based Laboratory Information Management Solution in 1997. LABLynx, Inc. was incorporated as an independently owned and operated software company in July 2000. LABLynx was once a product division of a diversified IT consulting company purchased by a group of investors experienced in both LIMS and Information Technology Management. The core LABLynx team has combined software development and laboratory management experience of over 75 man years invested in the initial release of the LABLynx ELab LIMS.
   
 
 

Where We're Going


LABLynx knows that the technology foundation that is chosen for our customers' Informatics Solution, will directly impact its usefulness both now and in the future. That is why the LABLynx Informatics Server architecture and technology foundation protects our customers' investments in the present and as time progresses. LABLynx is built using industry standard tools and readily available components. It is an integration of multiple applications and components into a single cohesive framework. This offers our customers the flexibility to easily update or change their system as they see fit.

Based on recognition of the fact that web-based applications are the future, our head-start as the first web browser-based LIMS has put us in the position of industry leadership, allowing us to conceive and implement the next logical innovations ahead of any competitors. But more importantly, we are uniquely tuned to the informational needs of the laboratory industry, since our company comprises mainly people with a chemistry/laboratory background. The direction of LABLynx, Inc. is one that is focused on those needs. There are many projects in process that address those informational and service objectives.

The future is now at LABLynx, and includes these offerings:
  • Services to help the laboratory industry access and use information from a wide range of sources, easily, and in a format customized to individual needs and preferences: The LABLynx Journal and The Laboratory Informatics Institute (see “Why We’re Different”, below).
  • LIMS Application and/or Database hosting
  • General web services
  • Turnkey industry-specific packaged information management systems, fully customizable
  • Training programs, aids and certifications

  


 

 
Why We're Different
LABLynx is a champion of the open marketplace, believing that in an environment where all information is available, the consumer can make the best choice, companies must deliver or fail, and those who offer a genuine value -- along with the customers who choose them -- are the winners. We are believers in the web browser format as the way of the future. We believe in an open architecture as key to meeting individual needs of a laboratory, rather than forcing clients to twist their practices into a shape that fits an inflexible LIMS. We believe in solid value, service and personal attention. Radical concepts, we know...

From the beginning, like Charles Babbage with his Difference Engine (shown), LABLynx has taken a different approach to building our company. To better understand our customers' needs, we built a team of laboratory, engineering, and business professionals to help design and develop LIMS solutions that are used by laboratory professionals from all industries. Our team includes laboratory professionals with experience as chemists, lab project managers, laboratory QA/QC officers, commercial laboratory managers, and Chemical and Process Engineers.

This experience allows us to better understand the processes, workflows, and mandatory regulatory requirements that all laboratories must observe.

There are over 100 LIMS companies out there, what makes us different?
  • We are believers in the web browser format as the way of the future. We were the first to introduce it and in the six or eight years other companies have been gradually coming round to recognizing its superiority, we’ve been steadily refining and improving the initial version they are just starting with.
  • We believe in an open architecture as key to meeting individual needs of a laboratory. The Informatics Server basis for the ELab LIMS means it can be whatever your laboratory requires. No longer do you have to worry about contorting your procedures and approaches to fit a static and inflexible LIMS, you can fit our LIMS to your own notion of just how a laboratory management system should perform for you.
  • Optimal company size and structure. LABLynx, Inc. is just the right size. Not so big that it becomes sluggish, complacent, unimaginative and unresponsive to you as a customer, yet with our professional network we are not so small that we lack resources to accomplish whatever we need to. We are the company that passes the “Goldilocks” test: we’re just right.
  • Vision. LABLynx has consistently proved it sees things differently than the standard issue corporate jack-boot. We stepped out with the first Web-Browser based LIMS before anyone else understood the direction. We contributed to the creation of the premier laboratory information web publication, LIMSFinder, to serve the industry, which provides a central, accessible source for industry news, editorials, jobs, bid opportunities, grant opportunities, supplier directories, surveys and so much more – including advertising and blogs open to all, including our competitors. LABLynx is a believer in the free marketplace of ideas, so that laboratory professionals are the winners, benefiting from the delivery of all information, all opportunity and all the functionality available today. To this end, LABLynx has recently established yet another first in the industry, the
  • Laboratory Informatics Institute. Founded in 2006, the Institute is the one of the latest in a series of unprecedented examples of leadership, taking the Laboratory Industry to new levels, as part of LABLynx President John Jones’ vision for the industry as a whole. The Institute is, as stated in the recent announcement of its founding, “a laboratory industry trade association for the education, standardization and promotion of the functional and professional areas of Laboratory Informatics”. While the Institute is not a part of LABLynx, we are proud to have been the founders of this milestone for the Laboratory Industry. For further information about the Institute, click here: Laboratory Informatics Institute Established
  • The LABLynx Journal. The LABLynx Journal was recently announced in the LIMSFinder laboratory industry newsletter. Built on Informatics Portal technology, the Journal harnesses RSS feeds from thousands of sources throughout the World Wide Web to bring you the very latest information in the science and technology arenas. The Journal, as it moves forward, will offer these links in categorized form specific to your areas of interest (laboratory technology, biological science, chemistry, etc.), as well as allowing you to customize your own personal journal – publishing instantly whatever you want to, while keeping other materials for your own access only. More here: LABLynx Journal Announced

 


 

  
Experience & Diversity
Not every experience is pleasant, but they all help us to grow and become better people and better companies. In the nearly 10 years we’ve been around we've taken our share of licks along with the successes, and we think that makes us stronger and more able to meet your needs. We've been in business long enough to know where the snags can be and how to avoid them. Winners don't make the same mistake twice...

We have found that our approach gives us the best chance for success, combining a large network of over a hundred Informatics professionals and solution providers with a small and efficient core business model. This powerful combination gives us the agility, versatility, and ability to provide personal service that being a small business affords, yet it also allows us to leverage the skills, knowledge and many other resources our network provides.

Additionally, LABLynx, Inc. has not limited itself to one or two industries or types of labs. No more than 8-10% of our customer base is in any one given marketplace. Some of the environments the LABLynx LIMS is implemented in include the manufacturing, agricultural, water/wastewater, forensics, food & beverage, environmental, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries This experience across a number of types of environments means that both the LABLynx LIMS and our personnel have become more robust and versatile over time, minimizing the potential new issues we may encounter as each has been addressed. And there is value in the synergy of an issue in one environment speaking to another area in a completely different install, and as the one is solved, so the overall product and associated services are improved exponentially.

LABLynx is the Total Solution

Whether you are a single user, a global entity or somewhere in between, we hope you agree that the LABLynx ELab LIMS Suite is the right choice for you. In a LIMS that is a product of thoughtful design based on the latest technology, constructed to offer the greatest possible degree of configurability, flexibility, scalability and functionality, you receive the only real solution able to offer you the confidence that it can fit your individual needs, and will continue to be useful for many years, regardless of the growth or diversification of your business.

To learn more, discuss your needs or to arrange for a free online demonstration, contact us at:

 
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