Vendor:LabVantage Solutions, Inc.

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LabVantage Solutions, Inc.
Type Incorporated
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 265 Davidson Avenue
Suite #220
Somerset, New Jersey
, U.S.
Number of locations 18
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website LabVantage.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/24333

LabVantage Solutions, Inc. develops and distributes enterprise laboratory informatics software solutions.

History

LabVantage started off as Axiom Systems, which in April 1997 acquired Laboratory MicroSystems from Instron Corp. and formed a new company LabVantage Solutions.[1][2] LabVantage made another acquisition later that year, absorbing Automated Compliance Systems into its portfolio. By 1999 the company had decided to replace or rebrand most of its products with the "Sapphire" product line, featuring a configurable PC-based client-server architecture.[2] In the summer of 2011, the company rebranded its Sapphire and SQL*LIMS products to its company namesake.[3]

The company had a change of leadership in June 2013 with the introduction of Peter Bailey as the new CEO.[4]

Sometime in March 2019, the company removed mention of its eNotebook electronic laboratory notebook (ELN).[5] Rather than be discontinued, it appears the ELN may have been integrated into its existing LabVantage 8 platform, describing it as "a combination of laboratory information management [system] (LIMS), electronic lab notebook (ELN), and lab execution system (LES)."[6]

In February 2020, the company announced it had integrated its scientific data management system (SDMS) solution into the LabVantage platform.[7] In March 2020, the company announced that its full LabVantage platform would be available under the software as a service (SaaS) distribution model: "customers pay a simple subscription fee to access the entire LabVantage platform – laboratory information management system (LIMS), electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), laboratory execution system (LES) and scientific data management system (SDMS)."[8]

Old technology

eNotebook was an ELN that "automates and expedites your data entry process and operations."[5]

Technology and products

LabVantage 8

LabVantage 8 is a combination LIMS, ELN, and LES designed to "help lab managers, scientists, and technicians better manage everything from instruments and materials to experiments and reports to regulatory and data integrity."[6] It can be hosted on your own equipment or hosted in the cloud with LabVantage.[9] The software comes in several editions[10]:

  • LabVantage Pharma, a pre-validated solution for the pharmaceutical industry
  • LabVantage Food & Beverage, for food and beverage testing and compliance
  • LabVantage Oil & Gas, for petrochemical testing and safety tracking
  • LabVantage Biobanking, for biorepository management and collection
  • LabVantage Diagnostics, for diagnostic labs handling numerous workflow types
  • LabVantage Quality, for "customers across industries looking to go live quickly"

Features

Base features of LabVantage 8 include:

  • information management and tracking for samples, reagents, compounds, specifications, experiments, tasks, projects, studies, subjects, protocols, etc.
  • integration with numerous third-party instruments and systems
  • graphical workflow design and process automation
  • compliance with government regulations and other standards

For more about the known features of LabVantage 8, see the table below.

Product: LabVantage 8
Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?Y[11]
Sample tracking?Y[11]
Sample and/or result batching?Y[11]
Task and event scheduling?Y[11]
Option for manual result entry?Y[12]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?Y[11]
Data and equipment sharing?Y[11]
Customizable fields and/or interface?Y[11]
Query capability?Y[11]
Import data?Y[12]
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?Y[6]
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?Y[12]
Data warehouse?Y[11]
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?Y[11]
Inventory management?Y[11]
Document creation and/or management?Y[11]
Case management?
Workflow management?Y[11]
Specification management?Y[11]
Customer and supplier management?Y[11]
Billing management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?Y[11]
QA / QC functions?Y[11]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[12]
Chain of custody?Y[11]
Configurable roles and security?Y[11]
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?Y[11]
Report printing?Y[11]
Label support?Y[12]
Barcode support?Y[12]
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[11]
Modular?Y[11]
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[11]
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?Y[11]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?Y[11]
Messaging?
Multilingual?Y[11]
Network-capable?Y[11]
Web client or portal?Y[11]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?Y[9]
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
biobanking, biotechnology, chemical, clinical diagnostics, clinical research, food and beverage, life sciences, material testing, petrochemical, pharmaceutical

Pricing

Source for pricing information is the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.

Note: These are GSA prices, and as such they represent the lowest possible negotiated price. These prices aren't available to any entity outside of the Federal Government, and thus prices for non-government entities will be higher. If anything, they represent the lowest possible negotiated price.

Products:

LABVANTAGE named, production environment full user license: $3,853.90

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users by individual name in a single application server production environment; Includes test and development environments plus LABVANTAGE Web Studio Designer Standard Edition

LABVANTAGE named, production environment virtual user license: $1,284.63

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users by individual name to conduct sample submission, tracking, and view-only reporting of information in a single application server production environment; Includes test and development environments plus LABVANTAGE Web Studio Designer Standard Edition

LABVANTAGE concurrent, production environment full user license: $7,707.81

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users at any given time in a single application server production environment; Includes test and development environments plus LABVANTAGE Web Studio Designer Standard Edition

LABVANTAGE concurrent, production environment virtual user license: $2,569.27

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users at any given time to conduct sample submission, tracking, and view-only reporting of information in a single application server production environment; Includes test and development environments plus LABVANTAGE Web Studio Designer Standard Edition

LABVANTAGE named, biobanking full user license: $5,138.54

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users by individual name in a production, test and development environment; Includes BioBanking

LABVANTAGE concurrent, biobanking full user license: $10,277.08

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users at any given time in a production, test and development environment; Includes BioBanking

LABVANTAGE concurrent, biobanking virtual user license: $3,425.69

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users at any given time to conduct sample submission, tracking and view only reporting of information in a production, test and development environment.; Includes BioBanking

LABVANTAGE named, advanced storage and logistics (ASL) full user license: $4,282.12

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users by individual name in a production, test and development environment; Includes ASL

LABVANTAGE concurrent, advanced storage and logistics (ASL) full user license: $8,564.23

  • provides role-based browser access to the software for the quantity of users at any given time in a production, test and development environment; Includes ASL

LABVANTAGE Web Designer Professional Module, Incremental User Edition: $4,282.12

  • provides a bundle of two (2) "developer" user licenses, usable at any given time, enabling users to create new configured pages in the software in addition to the functionality of the Standard Edition

LABVANTAGE Web Studio Designer, Professional Edition: $17,128.46

  • provides a bundle of ten (10) "developer" user licenses, usable at any given time, enabling users to create new configured pages in the software in addition to the functionality of the Standard Edition

Services:

First Annual Support & Maintenance Services: 15% of GSA discounted net software cost

  • maintenance and support beginning after expiration of the 90-day warranty period and ending one (1) year thereafter

INTRO 110 - Introduction to LABVANTAGE course: $2,052.27/student

  • three-day course, with optional certification exam, introduces the student to the components of LABVANTAGE and allows them to work in the out-of-the-box version of the software

INTRO 120 - Basic LABVANTAGE Administration course: $2,392.66/student

  • three-day course, with optional certification exam, introduces the student to the fundamental administrative issues of developing, implementing and maintaining the out-of-the-box version of LABVANTAGE

ADV 210 - Advanced LABVANTAGE course: $2,345.59/student

  • three-day course, with optional certification exam, introduces the LABVANTAGE developer to some of the more advanced configuration options available within LABVANTAGE’s Web Page Designer

Demonstration videos and other media

The following informational videos are available for LabVantage Solutions software products:

Additional information

References

  1. Orenstein, David (25 April 1997). "Troy's Laboratory Microsystems Is Sold for Second Time". Albany Times Union. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-156952644.html. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The LIMS Market and LVS". Strategic Directions International Inc. 30 September 2000. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+LIMS+Market+and+LVS.-a065854314. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  3. LABVANTAGE (2 July 2013). "Peter Bailey Joins LABVANTAGE as New CEO". Scientific Computing. Advantage Business Media. http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2013/07/peter-bailey-joins-labvantage-new-ceo. Retrieved 24 November 2015. 
  4. 5.0 5.1 "eNotebook". LabVantage Solutions, Inc. Archived from the original on 03 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190303105137/http://www.labvantage.com/lims/features/electronic-notebook/. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 
  5. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "The Most Modern LIMS Platform Available". LabVantage Solutions, Inc. https://www.labvantage.com/our-platform/. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 
  6. BusinessWire (28 February 2020). "LabVantage Solutions Adds First Fully Integrated Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) to Its Industry-Leading LIMS Platform". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/e3c9030d18cb41f18c7092710e79422c. Retrieved 22 May 2020. 
  7. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. (5 March 2020). "LabVantage Solutions announces SaaS option for its industry-leading LIMS platform". New Food. https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/news/106900/labvantage-solutions-announces-saas-option-for-its-industry-leading-lims-platform/. Retrieved 22 May 2020. 
  8. 9.0 9.1 "Virtualization and the Cloud". LabVantage Solutions, Inc. https://www.labvantage.com/our-services/labvantage-cloud/. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 
  9. "Pre-packaged Solutions". LabVantage Solutions, Inc. https://www.labvantage.com/our-platform/pre-packaged-solutions/. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 
  10. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 "LabVantage 8" (PDF). LabVantage Solutions, Inc. February 2016. https://www.labvantage.com/pdfs/knowledge-center/brochures/LabVantage-8-Features-and-Benefits-Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 10 October 2019. 
  11. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Capabilities". LabVantage Solutions, Inc. https://www.labvantage.com/our-platform/capabilities/. Retrieved 10 October 2019.