How Quartz LIMS is Configured & Deployed

Quartz delivered the first version of our LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) technology back in 1997. We have continued to add features and functionality as well as improving the process that we use to work with our valuable LIMS customers.

Here is an overview of the typical process that we would go through with you and your colleagues.

1. Online web meeting(s) demo of Quartz LIMS with time for Q&A.
2. Quartz LIMS systems have been designed to be highly configurable so the version we deliver to you is specific to your terminology and desired workflow. It is valuable to exchange information to give Quartz an understanding of your lab’s workflow requirements. This could involve demonstrating your current system to Quartz and detailing the improvements you are seeking.
3. Quartz will provide you with a quotation including a budgetary estimate for configuration of your system based on what we understand as your desired workflow requirements.
4. Purchase order is submitted to Quartz.
5. We host a series of web meetings with you to explore and detail your final decisions on how you would like us to configure your Quartz LIMS system. We have been told that we really add value during this process as our goal is to have you get the most out of the power of our LIMS systems and not just map what you are currently doing into our system.
6. A Software Requirements Specification document is authored by Quartz and agreed upon by both parties. Please see a sample FA-LIMS SRS Table of Contents below. Your SRS could look quite different than this but it will give you sense of the level of detail that is documented. If needed, additional configuration time is ordered.
7. The Quartz team configures your system and once completed and tested we put your version up on a server for you to test drive it and see if any changes are desired.
8. The final version is deployed on your server and for FA-LIMS customers the PCI licenses are installed on your instruments and other PCs. It is important to note that the integration of PCI into our server based LIMS software provides value and an increase in productivity that home built or other LIMS system simply can’t deliver.
9. Watch your level of productivity increase by 20% or more!
10. Once it has been deployed and used it is quite common for LIMS customers to request ongoing changes.