LabWare

LabWare is a company that develops and implements Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN). The company is based in Wilmington, DE, and uses Smalltalk to develop both its LIMS and ELN.

LabWare
IndustrySoftware
FoundedWilmington, DE (1987 (1987))
FounderVance Kershner
ProductsLIMS, ELN
Websitewww.labware.com/en

Company

LabWare was founded in 1987 by Vance Kershner, who is the company's current president and CEO.[1] It has offices in fifteen countries with customers in ninety.[2][3][4] The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE, with a training facility at Oberod Estate, a French-style Chateau in Centreville, DE built for Jane du Pont Lunger.[5][6] LabWare pharmaceutical clients include Wyeth, Teva, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.[7] They also produce software for other industries, such as food and beverage, forensics, nuclear power, environmental and water testing.[8] Their software is used to test for water, soil, food and air quality in the US, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa.[9][10]

LabWare uses Visual Smalltalk Enterprise to develop its products. In October 2014, LabWare joined the Pharo Consortium.[11]

LIMS

LabWare LIMS automates laboratory processes and logs samples, tests, and results. It was created to automate clerical activities involved in processing analytical results in a lab environment and other lab processes.[12] Lab settings in which LabWare LIMS has been used include forensics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage testing, and chemical manufacturing laboratories.

ELN

LabWare also develops Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN), a digital version of paper lab notebooks.[13] Their ELN include search capabilities, a duplication function, and collaboration applications[14] Labware ELN also make it possible to add images and multimedia observations directly to the notebook.[15] LabWare ELN also supports Laboratory Execution through the implementation of capabilities that enforce Guided Method Execution for improved data integrity and regulatory compliance.

Awards

LabWare won the Scientific Computing and Instrumentation’s Readers’ Choice Award in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) category each year between 2000 and 2008.[16][17] LabWare LIMS won a Frost & Sullivan Product Quality Leadership Award in 2004, and the company won Frost and Sullivan's European Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Company of the Year Award in 2008.[18][19]

References
  1. Natoli, Cori Anne (January 13, 2013). "Centreville's LabWare now global leader in software for laboratory work". Delaware Online. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  2. "LabWare, Inc". LIMSWiki. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. "Contact Us". LabWare. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  4. "Centreville's LabWare | Delaware Technology Park". Deltechpark.org. 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
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  6. "Mane Event for Reins of Life at former duPont estate". Dailylocal.com. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  7. "LabWare begins to reap the rewards for five years of investment in India - Express Pharma". Pharma.financialexpress.com. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  8. "A taste for LIMS - DATA MANAGEMENT: FOOD AND BEVERAGE - Scientific Computing World". Scientific-computing.com. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  9. "A clean bill of health - ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - Scientific Computing World". Scientific-computing.com. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  10. "The World Bank Regional Health Systems Strengthening TB and Laboratory Support Project: Report of Assessment Mission to Kenya, April 13-17, 2009" (PDF). Health Systems for Outcomes. April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  11. "New Gold Member LabWare". Pharo Smalltalk Developers. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  12. McLelland, Alan. "What is a LIMS - a laboratory toy, or a critical IT component?" (PDF). Institute of Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  13. Giles, Jim (2012-01-25). "Going paperless: The digital lab : Nature News & Comment". Nature.com. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  14. "What is an ELN?". Irisnote.com. 2011-10-31. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  15. Bedford, Erin (2013-08-22). "Electronic Lab Notebooks". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  16. Johnson, Celia (2007-07-24). "LabWare wins award | Food Magazine". Foodmag.com.au. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  17. "LabWare wins Gold Lims award for ninth time | Product Story". Laboratorytalk. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  18. "Frost & Sullivan Identifies LabWare's Product Quality Leadership in LIMS". Frost.com. 2004-03-29. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  19. "LabWare LIMS Wins Prestigious Award From Frost and Sullivan - May 11, 2009 06:50 PM - LabWare LIMS". Labmate Online. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
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