Sample management
Good sample management processes are necessary to plan and execute sample testing. Automate sample point scheduling and view your sample plan via a calendar.
Drive regulatory compliance and ensure quality lab operations in the oil and gas industry
SampleManager LIMS software is relied upon by many petroleum companies around the world and scales from single site to multilingual global deployments for upstream and downstream operations. The complete solution is flexible and can be configured to support diverse workflows, lab types, and user communities across the enterprise. SampleManager LIMS software integrates easily with other applications and instruments in and out of the lab, building a connected ecosystem that provides complete visibility and operational awareness.
SampleManager LIMS software improves efficiency, productivity, compliance, and resource management by connecting your lab personnel, your IT and systems administrators, and your management.
- For lab managers— Manage specifications, test methods and procedures, sampling frequencies, operator training, and more through dashboards.
- For lab scientists and technicians – Execute laboratory testing quickly and easily or with step-by-step guidance in the Laboratory Execution System (LES) for more complex methods. Do your work in the lab, at your desk, or at a sampling point with the mobile app.
- For IT and systems administration—Deploy your laboratory infrastructure in the cloud or on premises and integrate with other laboratory or enterprise systems.
- For management—Track laboratory performance against key metrics through enterprise dashboards and data visualization tools.
The Oil and Gas Solution for SampleManager LIMS software is designed to manage all parts of your operations, from sample management to instrument collaboration and maintenance and all other aspects of compliance with ISO 17025 and ASTM regulatory standards. In addition, a LIMS will also help your lab cope with increasing sample volumes, applying automation and interconnectivity between different streams of the oil and gas supply chain.
Maximizing the potential of Analytical Quality Control
Analytical Quality Control (AQC) is vital in the Oil and Gas industry for ensuring precision, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. SampleManager LIMS software is an essential tool in this context, transforming a lab's quality control narrative into data-driven charts and dashboards. The software's integrated AQC functionality aligns with ASTM D6299-23a standards and provides real-time visualization of charts and data. It also offers comprehensive tools for a streamlined AQC workflow, enabling labs to manage QC sample log-ins efficiently, visualize AQC limits and trends directly within result entry, accommodate changes to QC material with a single chart workflow, configure trend rules to meet user-specific needs, and easily visualize pool statistics and comparisons to relevant limits with color-coded highlights. By leveraging SampleManager LIMS, organizations in the oil and gas sector can optimize their processes, achieving greater levels of efficiency and quality assurance.
- Efficiently manage QC sample log-ins with scheduling.
- Visualize AQC limits and trends from directly within result entry.
- Account for changes to QC material with a single chart workflow.
- Point and click to configure trend rules that meet users' specific needs.
- Easily visualize pool statistics and comparisons to relevant limits with color-coded highlights.
Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS Software
SampleManager LIMS designed to improve lab efficiency, speed turnaround time, and enable compliance with standards, such as ISO 17025. Standard ASTM methods are configured using the Laboratory Execution System (LES) to step analysts through procedures to ensure repeatable testing and quality results. Labs can rely on the LIMS security, electronic signature, and complete audit trail to enable compliance. Enterprise connectivity enables a holistic view of the organization, providing KPIs to decision makers to ensure quality, and automating actions to drive rapid product release.
Integration software
Flexible integration and data visualization capabilities are the foundation of the connected laboratory. Building a laboratory ecosystem that connects people, instruments, consumables, and software requires the right capabilities and tools. Thermo Fisher Scientific combines a complete suite of integration tools with expertise in connectivity, data visualization, e-commerce, services, and infrastructure, helping you uncover the hidden value of your data.
Upstream oil and gas
Revolutionize your upstream oil and gas processes with SampleManager LIMS software. This upstream solution streamlines the management of samples during exploration, allowing for efficient tracking, logging, and analysis of data associated with each sample. With centralized and standardized lab data, SampleManager LIMS provides effortless access, searchability, and transferability of information across multiple unconnected systems. This enables better decision-making during exploration by maximizing the utilization of time and resources, as well as facilitating compliance with regulatory standards and environmental guidelines. Real-time data collection and reporting enables quick composition data sharing with refineries, streamlining communication, and optimizing the delivery process.
Downstream oil and gas
Discover the power of the downstream oil and gas solution with SampleManager LIMS software. Streamline quality control processes, centralize data, and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations in refining operations. Efficiently manage samples, instruments, and inventory, gaining a comprehensive overview of operations for enhanced productivity. Experience seamless data sharing and collaboration between upstream labs and downstream facilities, enabling fast communication of vital composition data. By optimizing processes, improving data integrity, and promoting effective collaboration, SampleManager LIMS significantly enhances operational efficiency and supports the timely delivery of high-quality refined products to the market.
Instrument management
Insight into instrument usage and maintenance can increase lab efficiency. Monitor the status of the lab’s instruments, schedule work and maintenance. Connect data from instruments in the lab to production data. SampleManager LIMS software is tightly integrated with Thermo Scientific Chromeleon CDS software.
Inventory management
Inventory and storage management functions retain where items have been stored and for how long. LIMS software manages stock supplies and reagents and can assign automatic re-order alerts.
Laboratory management
Understanding the overhead and capacity that your team can support is key to determining timelines, reporting on turnaround times, and resourcing projects. See a complete overview of samples that are queued and their status.
Procedural execution
The Laboratory Execution System (LES) software guides analysts through each step of a method to ensure compliance to the SOP and captures the complete process history. Drive quality and compliance through repeatable execution of methods and processes.
Workflow capabilities
Users can quickly build workflows which map to actual laboratory processes, automating decisions and actions and reducing the need for user intervention. Labs can easily adapt to new methods and process changes.
Lab automation
Instrument control for laboratory robotics and sample preparation equipment including Thermo Fisher and other vendors.
Collaborative work environment
Collect and share data securely in real-time with collaborators in your lab or across the globe.
Integration and connectivity
LIMS software can connect to enterprise systems like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) as well as laboratory systems including electronic lab notebooks (ELN) and Chromatography Data Systems (CDS).
Cloud or on-premises deployment
The option to deploy using a Thermo Fisher managed infrastructure including servers, OS and database, backup, disaster recovery and information security monitoring, reducing initial hardware and ongoing IT costs.
Compliance
Secure system access and capabilities to comply with the latest environmental and industry regulations like ISO 17025 and ASTM methods.
Security
Cybersecurity is critical to ensure data integrity and business continuity. Ensure secure data and system access on premises or in the cloud.
Mobile LIMS
A mobile LIMS application makes features available via tablet in the lab or at a sampling point so you can take the LIMS with you to execute methods and collect and process samples. Record the GPS location of the sample and scan in the barcode using the device camera.
Dashboards and data visualization
Reports are accessible via dashboards which give an overview at a glance. Any information stored within LIMS software can be displayed pictorially or in a dashboard, providing a quick snapshot of relevant information and Key Performance Indicators.
Reporting and data analytics
Information in the LIMS can be reported on, shared, analyzed, and audited. Statistical quality control (SQC) relationships and metadata are captured, enabling users to work with data in context.
Streamlining AQC workflows
Centralize data management, seamlessly integrate with analytical instruments, and automate quality control processes in alignment with ASTM D6299-23a standard. This feature allows for real-time data collection, analysis, and faster decision-making.
Drive process compliance and enable electronic management and execution of SOPs
Drive process compliance and enable electronic management and execution of SOPs