Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS) are either custom-built or off-the-shelf solutions to the problems of controlling the flow of data through laboratories. This book demonstrates by example successful application of this technology. It provides an overview of this intensely competitive field.

Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS) are either custom-built or off-the-shelf solutions to the problems of controlling the flow of data through laboratories. In this book commercial relevance is ensured by authors from major industrial organizations who demonstrate by example successful application of the technology. This book provides an excellent up-to-date overview of this intensely competitive field.

LIMS - an automating or informating technology, J.E.H. Stafford
a model for a comprehensive LIMS, R.D. McDowall
LIMS in a forensic laboratory, T. De Silva
applications of a LIMS in a pharmaceutical drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics laboratory, D.J.M. Graham
use of protocol-synchronous LIMS structures to expand the role of the centralized clinical tria laboratory in pharmaceutical research, F.D. Morrow
medical laboratory information systems (LIS), K.E. Blick
EPA's relational laboratory information management system - development and implementation, W.M. Shackelford
LIMS to robotics interface - a practical approach, R. Yuille
interfacing the real world to LIMS, M.J. Crook
replacement LIMS - moving forward or maintaining the status quo, T.V. Iorns
the promise of client server LIMS application, I.R. Storr
standards for analytical laboraory data communications, storage and archival, R.S. Lysakowski.