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Published 27 Jul 2023
Free version: Available for teams of up to 10
Pricing: Premium plan $24/month (with a free 30-day trial period)
Platforms supported: Available on mobile app (iOS and Android) or a web-based software
Why use SafetyCulture?
A quality management platform that has perfected mobile-based inspections and audits, SafetyCulture would work incredibly well for laboratory inventories as it digitizes the facility’s registry of equipment and supplies and automates the various workflows such as stock tracking and re-ordering and routine machine calibration, parts replacement, and repair. With this software, healthcare services, research centers, and testing facilities ensure laboratory best practices that benefit their company, the people they serve, and other stakeholders.
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Why use Quartzy?
This comprehensive laboratory management solution streamlines all workflows, from supply inventory to tracking client requests. Quartzy also organizes salient data in a centralized dashboard, which all team members can view and access at real-time. Because of its customizability, this is used by organizations of different sizes, from start-up biotech firms to large academic institutions.
Free version: None
Pricing: Starter pack costs $159 per month for five users, billed annually (free demo available upon registration)
Platforms supported: Web, iOS, Android
Why use LabCollector?
This all-in-one cloud-based laboratory management solution offers various products, including LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) for handling samples, ELNs (Electronic Lab Notebooks) for protocols and observations, and inventory tracking with barcoding and labeling.
Free version: Yes, for up to three users
Pricing: Academic license plan costs $3,900 for five users (with a 30-day free trial)
Platforms supported: Web, On-premise, iOS, Android
Why use BIOVIA CISPro?
Created by Dassault Systemes, BIOVIA CISPro is a chemical and material inventory management tool that enables laboratory facilities to maintain a detailed listing of all their supplies in a secure and centralized registry. With the software, technicians can use the right chemicals whenever needed.
Pricing: Pricing and demo available upon registration
Platforms supported: Web, PC
Why use LabWare?
Backed by over three decades of practical and software expertise in the industry, this comprehensive management platform specifically made for laboratories is considered a leader in LIMS and ELN. LabWare automates various workflows, particularly inventory tasks, improving the organization’s productivity and efficiency.
Pricing: Customized quote and demo available upon registration
Why use Labguru?
This unified, cloud-based laboratory management solution incorporates facility must-haves like LIMS, ELNs, process automation, and inventory monitoring and tracking. With Labguru, companies don’t have to worry about idle times during operations because supplies needed are always available.
Pricing: Starting cost and demo available upon registration
Why use LabVantage?
This all-inclusive laboratory management solution helps facilities manage their workflows, ensuring they adhere to industry best practices. LabVantage is deployed via the cloud, helping secure your company’s data, scale up or down quickly, and be available to users all over the globe.
Pricing: Available upon registration
Why use eLabInventory?
Created by the Eppendorf Group, eLabInventory is part of the eLabNext platform. This digital solution allows employees of laboratories and other related research and healthcare facilities visualize their operations, organize their supplies, and maintain a complete audit trail of documents for compliance.
Pricing: Academic plan costs €14.50 (≈$16) per user per month, available up to 50 seats (with a 30-day free trial)
Why use Benchling?
Specifically designed for biotechnology research and development, Benchling helps streamline the R&D processes by ensuring accurate data collection, supply and equipment management, and full collaboration among teams.
Free version: Yes. academics can use the core capabilities of the platform at no cost.
Platforms supported: Web, Desktop, iOS, Android
Why use LabSuit?
This inventory management system for research facilities ensures that all supplies and requirements, from chemical reagents to samples are available when needed. LabSuit also offers vendor catalogues that host numerous manufacturers of products which laboratories can shop from.
Free version: Yes
Pricing: LabSuit is completely free of charge
Platforms supported: Web
Laboratory inventory management software is a digital tool specifically designed to efficiently track, monitor, and manage the laboratory’s assets and supplies. With the help of digitization and automation, routine tasks like reviewing expiration dates, ordering, and re-stocking are streamlined. The system is advantageous to healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical businesses, and testing laboratories in optimizing their resources, minimizing wastage, ensuring regulatory compliance, and ultimately enhancing the efficiency of their workflows.
Before digital solutions, laboratories would make manual inventory logs of every piece of a test tube, a bottle of reagent, or a microscope, taking note of specific chemical names, quantities, expiration dates, last maintenance or calibration work, and so on. Aside from being time-consuming, the practice was also prone to human error.
Laboratory inventory management software streamlines all these processes with the help of features like digital templates, barcode scanning, and GPS location tracking, detailing salient inventory information. Full visibility into the operations helps managers forecast demands, prevent excess and utilize resources better. Collaboration is also enhanced as notifications and alerts are sent to all relevant personnel when supply restocking or machine calibration is due.
There is no need to review paper trails when regulatory bodies request the submission of compliance documents. Thanks to automated reports generated from the digital inspection templates, technicians can efficiently accomplish the task and send complete reports with media attachments.
Best of all, laboratories can adhere to best practices like FIFO (First In, First Out) or JIT (Just-In-Time) inventory management systems, controlling costs and guaranteeing top-notch results every single time.
There are digital solutions with laboratory-specific applications. There are also generic management platforms with functionalities that reinforce your current inventory methodology. Whichever you go for, make sure it has the essentials:
The digital solutions described above are all highly recommended, enabling your personnel to accomplish their supplies and equipment inventory tasks efficiently. Below is a table of all ten options for a quick review:
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Eunice Arcilla Caburao
Eunice is a content contributor for SafetyCulture. A registered nurse, theater stage manager, Ultimate Frisbee athlete, and mother, Eunice has written a multitude of topics for over a decade now.
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