Case studies: Environmental & Water

No Lab Too Small for a LIMS

Solution: LIMS

Greenwood Met District Council

GMD logo

Matrix Express LIMS is ideal for a smaller lab that runs a wide variety of tests.

Autoscribe Informatics’ solutions fit any laboratory large or small! A great example is Greenwood Metropolitan District (GMD) which provides environmental water services to the community. GMD is a non-profit agency providing sewer and water services, where laboratory testing of water is essential. Although Greenwood Metropolitan District’s lab is small, Autoscribe’s Matrix Express LIMS provides the perfect solution for the needs of this agency laboratory allowing it to automate pre and post-treatment test records for efficient lab sample tracking.

Matrix Express LIMS is an ideal solution for small laboratories like Greenwood Metropolitan District. Matrix Express provides all of the required functionality of a regular LIMS system, allowing small labs and organizations to manage data in a similar way to much larger organizations. Autoscribe Informatics’ simple LIMS solution for smaller labs offers a user-friendly system, easy sample-tracking and functionality to suit most labs, no matter the industry or laboratory environment.

Matrix Express LIMS is a highly efficient system, ready to be adopted within your laboratory, replacing the spreadsheet method of tracking samples. Matrix Express provides your small lab with efficient sample tracking processes, through high-quality lab reports and audits, improving productivity levels within the lab. Matrix Express can also be extended as the needs and requirements of your lab grow and can be upgraded to a full Matrix Gemini LIMS solution.

CHALLENGES

  • Tests water for multiple organizations as well as its own treatment plants
  • Wanted a LIMS for small laboratories

SOLUTION

MATRIX EXPRESS

RESULTS

  • LIMS logs and records all testing, rather than using paper and spreadsheets

Autoscribe were extremely positive throughout. Their approach was ‘We’ll make a system work for your budget’.

Greenwood Met District Council

Greenwood Metropolitan District (GMD) is a public, non-profit agency providing sewer and reclaimed water services to the community in Greenwood, South Carolina. Laboratory testing of water before and after treatment is an essential part of the process. Although the laboratory is small, Autoscribe Informatics’ Matrix Express LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) has been adopted to replace the previously used paper and spreadsheet method of tracking samples and recording results.