Features
Web based
Clients request analyses, track and query results in the lab's web portal
NB. Not Web enabled. Built in modern framework Plone
Security 
Role based security trusted by the FBI and CIA
Any of Clients, Samplers, Lab clerks, Analysts, Verifiers, Managers and Regulatory Inspectors. LDAP friendly
Instrument Interfaces
LIMS · Health care and Veterinary. Bidirectional
Instrument Calibration and Maintenance
Worksheets exports, auto results imports
Quality Control
Method, Analysis and Instrument integrity
Reference Analyses and Control charts. Alerts, corrective action workflow
Product Specifications, Detection limits
Full Audit trail
COA
Digitally signed Single and Multi Sample results reports by email, PDF, CSV. SMS
Provisional COAs and re-issues
ERP Interface
RESTful API for up and downstream system integration
Sample, Aliquot management
Batching, Bulk Imports, Chain of Custody
 New: Aliquots and improved Partitioning
Prioritisation, Rejection workflow, Storage
Billing & Management
Invoices prints and exports
Price lists, per Analysis or Panel. Discounting
Management and efficiency reports
Automation
Configurable Calculations, Unit Conversion, Results after drying and as received
Editable Templates for
- Analysis Profiles
- Analysis Requests
- Worksheets
- Reference Specifications
- Sampling Rounds and Hygiene Surveys
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Benefits
Highly robust and secure - benefiting from the speed, reliability and power of Linux
Low Cost of Ownership
Full ownership. Installed program code and customisations belongs to the lab, free to dissect, adapt and share
No license fees, vendor lock-in or on-site IT skills
Unlimited users, unlimited servers
Low benchtop hardware requirement
Improved Turnaround
TAT is sliced by 2/3rds moving from spreadsheets to web based LIMS, bar coding and instrument interfacing
Accurate
Eliminate human error
Customisation
The code is yours
Ease of use
High client and staff satisfaction
No desktop disruption. Distributed multilingual browser access
Reduced administration
Data at your finger tips. Easy Accreditation
Document Management
Full document management and version control for SOPs, Methods, Accreditation and marketing material
Lab Web Portal
Easy browser based editing of training material, SOPs, promotions, news and events
CMS Framework. 
Bika is built in unrivalled enterprise content management system Plone, and benefits from its
- Role based security
- Flexible workflow engine
- Audit trails
- Object version control
- Live search
- Integrated alerts
- Document Management
- Clean design by usability experts
- Easy browser base site editing
- Easy translation and localisation
- Free Add-ons
Trusted by commercial and scientific organisations, governments and their security. Amnesty International, NASA, Fermilab,groups Yale, Harvard, the New Zealand Treasury, Spanish Sports Council, Brazilian government, CIA, FBI
Plone.org Plone.com
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Bika Branches
Apart from generic Bika LIMS, configurations and customisations in specialised branches
Inherits Bika LIMS functionality and adds Patients, Cases, Doctors, Clinics. Demo
Open Source LIMS customised and configured for laboratories in Environmental Management. Demo
Fulfils requirements for labs handling regulated material, Client licensing, State Limits ,Sample chain of custody, COA etc. Demo
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