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[[File:Businessman working and writing notes in office (Unsplash).jpg|right|250px]]When considering a LIMS, its implementation must be thoroughly considered. It is easy to get carried away with the look and feel of the LIMS’ user interface (UI), its fancy features and its promises of pain-free workflows. However, there’s more to a LIMS than its functionality and appearance. You also want to consider how your future LIMS will be implemented.
If the ideal LIMS is in part defined by the implementation process, it’s important to examine the level of expertise a vendor has with implementing a LIMS in your industry. If a vendor doesn’t quite fit the bill, you may have to resort to using third-party service providers to fill the gaps. When that responsibility is spread across multiple entities, it can lead to a disjointed implementation and disaster. This requires clear vendor expertise and experience, as well as exceptional project management, requirements gathering, and documentation efforts. If these three implementation aspects are conducted well, your LIMS will be poised to remedy laboratory workflows and provide quality return on investment (ROI).
 
You don’t have to look far to find lab professionals with horror stories of software implementations that were unnecessarily complicated, ultimately being abandoned due to cost overrides or the realization that the system would never meet the lab’s needs. The good news is that doesn’t have to be the case. A LIMS can be flexible and adaptable without requiring extensive configuration or customization, ready to go live if properly pre-optimized for your specific lab type. Coupled with clear vendor expertise and a full complement of vendor services and support, the implementation process can be short, within budget and meet all expectations successfully. This chapter explores how to achieve that.

Revision as of 21:12, 9 March 2022

If the ideal LIMS is in part defined by the implementation process, it’s important to examine the level of expertise a vendor has with implementing a LIMS in your industry. If a vendor doesn’t quite fit the bill, you may have to resort to using third-party service providers to fill the gaps. When that responsibility is spread across multiple entities, it can lead to a disjointed implementation and disaster. This requires clear vendor expertise and experience, as well as exceptional project management, requirements gathering, and documentation efforts. If these three implementation aspects are conducted well, your LIMS will be poised to remedy laboratory workflows and provide quality return on investment (ROI).

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