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Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) for Mining - Mining
Meeting the Needs of Your Mining Laboratory
Confience eLIMS is equipped to accommodate virtually all of the needs of laboratories within the Mining industry right out-of-the-box. The system’s powerful functionality, configurable nature, the system’s accessibility and simplified management and statistical evaluation tools makes it an ideal tool which is why so many labs within this industry sector have selected Confience eLIMS over all others.
The configurable tools that interface to 3rd party ERP (e.g. SAP, JDE, Prism, etc.), Process Control (Aspen Tech, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, etc.) and other commercial and custom systems provide seamless integration to provide the efficiency enhancements required to add to your company’s overall quality and bottom line.
Confience’s experience within the Mining industry is unmatched by any other LIMS supplier. This is due to the incredible functionality that is provided and the value received. Here’s a short list of Confience LIMS users within the Mining industry:
- Graymont Mining
- Akzo Nobel
- American Electrical Power
- Mine Safety & Health Admin.
- Asbury Carbons
- PQ Corporation
Confience eLIMS provides all of the functionality that is required to run a modern laboratory right ‘out-of-the-box’ so you can start using your Confience eLIMS software within hours of installation.
Confience eLIMS role-based security system can be integrated with Active Directory to limit users to only the information and functionality that is associated with their role within the laboratory to ensure the integrity of your data.
Product specifications, test methods and other information that is subject to re-versioning is managed within Confience eLIMS ensure data accuracy and product quality with a full audit trail of all changes that are made.
Samples can be manually created individually or in batches via PC or handheld device to accommodate the workflow of your operation. Creation of samples can also be initiated via interface to 3rd party applications (e.g., ERP systems) to eliminate duplication of effort and user error.
Laboratory and product workflow status are automatically assigned by Confience eLIMS to guide samples to and through the laboratory. Dashboard web parts allow instant access to this information to efficiently monitor lab work and your facility’s production process.
A variety of manual and automated results entry screens and tools allow results to be entered into Confience eLIMS in a manner that is natural to your work environment. All data entry provides instantaneous feedback that indicates the quality of the product being tested to allow rapid management decisions.
Multiple levels of peer and management review of test, sample and product information is provided to ensure that the release of information conforms with your organization’s policies. If appropriate, release of information can be automated as long as all data conforms to product specification limits to add efficiency.
Confience eLIMS includes a powerful calculation engine that allow both simple and complex calculations to be performed based on the entry of raw data. The use of automated and validated calculations simplifies the entry of result while ensuring that all calculations are accurately and consistently performed.
Documents that represent product specifications and testing methods can be attached to their associated Confience eLIMS records to provide instant access during the testing process. In addition, Confience eLIMS includes a full document management system that can be used to manage all of your organization’s documents in a controlled manner.
Confience eLIMS includes an instrument/equipment management module that inventories all instruments to automatically schedule maintenance. In addition, all calibration and control information is captured and provides on-going statistical information to ensure the integrity of data that is obtained.
Statistical evaluation of data using the Western Electric rules is immediately available at the time of results entry that allows process information to be evaluated to avoid production problems. On-line SQC charts can be issued with the click of a button to efficiently monitor historical information.
A variety of site-specific reports are issued by passing information from any page or query to the report by the click of a single button. Reports can be saved in a variety of formats (e.g., PDF, Excel, Word, etc.) to simplify the sharing of information to consumers and allows them to receive the data in the format that is germane to their needs.
A Portal website can be added to Confience eLIMS to allow external customers to create samples, monitor testing progress, and receive reports without disrupting the laboratory.
Confience LIMS menus and pages are inherently multi-lingual. This allows users within multi-national laboratories to see the menus, pages, messages, etc. in local language for more comfortable use. In addition, the software automatically offsets time zone differences and presents dates and numbers based on the culture of the local country adding to the ease of use.
Configurable, user-specific dashboards enhance user productivity by providing quick access to critical information and graphics and allow decision-making in a rapid and convenient manner.
Instrument data can be directly passed from the instrument to Confience eLIMS to eliminate data transcription errors while enhancing the productivity by eliminating manual data entry.
Barcodes can be generated by Confience eLIMS within reports and labels and used to positively identify samples via barcode scanner. Barcoding is most frequently used to confirm receipt of samples, transfer samples from department-to-department, load samples into auto sampler trays, and retrieve information on the Confience eLIMS pages.