LIMS
LIMS Sample Intake Workflow: Steps and Receipt Checklist
Evaluate sample intake from delivery through identity, receipt, condition, exceptions, acceptance, assignment, labels, and the first work queue.
Friday Mercer
Friday Mercer writes source-grounded guidance for testing labs evaluating laboratory workflows, implementation, infrastructure, procurement, and long-term LIMS ownership.
ROI
Build a LIMS ROI Business Case with Your Laboratory’s Numbers
A buyer-supplied worksheet for estimating LIMS costs, time released, rework, capacity value, cash flow, payback, and sensitivity.
Infrastructure
Self-Hosted vs. Cloud LIMS: A Responsibility-First Decision Guide
Compare LIMS hosting models by control, operational responsibility, constraints, recovery, service terms, and exit readiness—not by labels alone.
ISO 17025
ISO/IEC 17025 Planning Checklist for Small Laboratories
Turn ISO/IEC 17025 planning into a scoped evidence map with owners, governing documents, technical records, internal checks, and software boundaries.
Chain of Custody
Chain of Custody in an Environmental LIMS: Evaluate the Record, Not the Demo
Use a sample-based evaluation to test whether a LIMS can preserve and reconstruct the custody record your environmental work requires.
LIMS
What Is a LIMS? A Practical Guide for Small Labs
A plain-language guide to what a LIMS manages, when a small lab should consider one, and how to evaluate fit without starting with a feature wish list.
Implementation
A LIMS Implementation Checklist for Environmental Laboratories
Turn a LIMS decision into a controlled rollout with named owners, clear scope, tested workflows, migration checks, training, and an operating handoff.
Environmental Testing
Method Detection Limits: Build a Traceable Sample-to-Report Workflow
A practical guide to separating MDLs from reporting limits and preserving the study, approval, effective date, and report context behind each value.
Environmental Testing
PFAS Testing Readiness Starts with the Method and Matrix
A method-first readiness guide for PFAS labs evaluating matrices, analyte lists, contamination controls, QC relationships, review, and reporting workflows.
Data Management
LIMS and EPA Reporting: An Interface and Evidence Checklist
A practical checklist for defining, mapping, testing, and maintaining environmental reporting interfaces from source records through receipts.
Open Source
Open-Source vs. Proprietary LIMS: Compare the Rights and Responsibilities
Compare open-source and proprietary LIMS options across license rights, implementation, support, upgrades, security, cost, and exit readiness.
LIMS
LIMS Selection Scorecard for Environmental and Testing Labs
A buyer-set scorecard for comparing LIMS workflow fit, interfaces, migration, implementation, support, cost boundaries, delivery evidence, and exit.