Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Workflow Configurable LIMS for Advanced Mining at EXPOSIBRAM 2013

Mining industry managers and laboratory technicians can improve laboratory process mapping, management and automation with new Thermo Scientific SampleManager 11 tools and user-interface enhancements. The newest, most configurable version of one of the world’s most widely deployed laboratory information management systems (LIMS) is featured within booth H15 at the Centro de Feiras e Convenções de Minas Gerais during EXPOSIBRAM 2013, being held September 23-26, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

SampleManager 11 empowers users by giving control to personnel at the point of decision, from exploration to extraction to processing, enabling them to:

• Connect quality and product data from the lab to enterprise systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and process information management systems (PIMS), achieving a paperless operations management infrastructure
• Build workflows to reflect individual laboratory processes without an IT specialist
• Automate the logical decisions driving laboratory activities, improving throughput by saving time and simplifying user interactions
• Configure and deploy more easily, giving a lower cost of ownership to the business
• Track aliquots and composites, enabling finer control over samples and more reliable data for decision-making and compliance

“To enable today’s mining laboratories to be more flexible, efficient and compliant than ever, software must empower users to create a paperless operations management framework across the connected enterprise,” said Kim Shah, director of marketing and new business development, informatics, for Thermo Fisher Scientific. “All lab data comes with an associated cost, but it also has significant value to the business. SampleManager 11 integrates lab and production data and makes them available, accurately and rapidly, to ensure a business maximizes its return on investment. Today’s most advanced labs aren’t only paperless; they are powerful drivers for business performance transformation.”

SampleManager 11 is one of many Thermo Fisher Scientific offerings that are advancing mining by helping customers take intelligent actions to improve the efficiency, productivity, environmental impact, safety and cost-effectiveness of their mining operations. The LIMS delivers workflow configurability, user-intuitive multiple sample login, point-and-click extensibility and enhanced data analysis and tracking capabilities to benefit the mining industry, where product quality, process efficiency and compliance must be in constant balance, even as requirements shift.