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Few children stop to think about the compression rating of the cardboard wrapping around the action figure they just received for their birthday. Rarely does the hungry teenager give consideration to the puncture resistance of the bag when they tear into the chips. And few mothers reflect on the impact resistance of the plastic bottle when their toddler is screaming…

Download PDF Product safety is one of the driving factors in government oversight, as applied to the consumer. Whether it is concerned with medications, food, transportation, or housing, product safety drives the development of regulations for manufacturing and production across industries. As a result, the consumer is better assured of their purchase or medical treatment, feeling more secure that something…

In an era when computing and electronic communications should be reducing the number of paper materials society uses, the reverse has happened – some paper products are seeing a surge in demand. How we use paper has also changed, though what hasn’t changed is how we work; for many, documents often don’t feel “real” unless we can touch them. Today,…

Set-it-and-forget-it is a poor strategy. Everything changes. Whether you run an internal department or an independent business, your lab must adapt to those changes. How well you adapt depends on the agility of your lab’s systems. We published the article LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works to describe the configurability and customizability of the LabLynx…

As a woman of a certain age, I’ve often tried to convince myself that I’ve gotten better as I have gotten older. My intellect and life experiences are vastly greater than when I was 20, as is the balance in my bank account. Certain things arguably get better with age: cheese, wine, denim jeans, cast-iron skillets, and a staple in…

Laboratory quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) are essential in highly regulated industries, including food, cosmetics, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Even while the term “quality” has a wide range of applications, in a laboratory setting, it frequently refers to the accuracy and dependability of results. Systems that dependably deliver highly accurate results are acceptable, but they can be maximized with…

Laboratory information management systems (LIMS) are essential for managing data and information in modern laboratories. These software platforms help laboratories streamline their workflows, improve data accuracy, and enhance the efficiency of their operations. However, LIMS doesn’t work in isolation in today’s interconnected world. It needs to communicate with other systems, such as laboratory instruments, manufacturing and production systems, electronic health…

During the workday, laboratory personnel generate data and information. That intellectual material forms the basis of decisions about product quality, research directions, someone’s health, and other matters. Data and information must be entered into reports, computer systems, databases, and software packages to be useful. While that seems like a trivial task, it isn’t, not because typing a few keystrokes is…

As discussed in a previous LabLynx blog, “Automation in Farming Can Forever Change the Agriculture Industry,”1 demand for food production may need to increase by as much as 70 percent to feed the world’s estimated 9.7 billion people by 2050. While feeding the world is an obvious priority, many also believe there is an equally important need to reduce the world’s…

LabLynx recently published the article LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works to explain how you can make your laboratory information management system (LIMS) reflect—and improve—your lab’s operations. One of the most common requests from our clients is to configure their management structure into their LabLynx ELab LIMS solution. LIMS user profiles for supervisors and managers…