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===Primary business objectives===
===Sample registration and management===
Please describe the primary business objectives for your organization.
Please describe how your cannabis testing LIMS helps laboratories securely and efficiently facilitate the registration, tracking, and management of cannabis and other related sample types. Describe what metadata and identifiers are supported for registered samples, including lot number, field number, client demographics, sampling point, random selection process used, and other cannabis-specific identifiers. Additionally, briefly explain any other configurable sample registration preferences available, the level of chain-of-custody tracking provided (ideally at every single step), and sample statuses supported (e.g., does the LIMS manage sample weight reconciliation as sample material moves throughout the lab?).




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===Organization history===
===Core laboratory testing - Basics===
Please give some background on your organization's history, including how long it has been offering a cannabis testing LIMS.
Please describe how your cannabis testing LIMS facilitates the rapid and error-free testing of cannabis-related samples. Describe the types of pre-loaded state- and local-compliant cannabis testing protocols in the system, as well as their degree of configurable measurement units and substrates/matrices. Does the same level of configurability of pre-defined test protocols apply to any client-creatable test protocols? Verify that pre-loaded protocols include testing for acid and neutral forms of cannabinoids, potency testing, strain identification, water activity, moisture content, pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, microbiological contaminates, fungi, mycotoxins, and foreign matter.  




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===Financial stability===
===Core laboratory testing - Advanced===
Please provide information concerning the financial stability of your organization. If your organization is public, please include relevant documents such as annual reports and supporting financial statements. If private, please include documentation that supports the representation of your organization as a stable, profitable, and sustainable one. If not profitable, please provide details about your organization's path towards profitability.  
Please describe the level of support your cannabis testing LIMS provides in regards to unique forms of sampling and testing such as representative sampling, calibration testing, quality control testing, preventative maintenance testing, stability testing, sterility testing, compatibility testing, identity testing, proficiency testing, and service-event-related testing. Is retest workflow fully supported?




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===Software and services offered===
===Review, verification, approval, and rejection===
Please describe the primary LIMS solution(s) offered by your organization, particularly those which may be relevant based upon our company's stated cannabis testing needs. If the software is offered as a service or the software functionality is unlocked based upon subscriber tiers, explain the different tiers of service or functionality provided and any significant exceptions and differences separating the tier levels.
Please explain in brief the review, verification, approval, and rejection processes for test results built into your cannabis testing LIMS. Which of those processes can be automated and customized? Also address how flexible specification limits are within the system.




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===Details about those LIMS solutions and services===
===Reporting===
Please provide details about:
Keeping in mind the importance of accurate and timely results reporting for cannabis testing laboratories, please describe how your LIMS facilitates such reporting. Explain the level of customization reports, including certificates of analysis, have in the LIMS. Does the system come with pre-loaded report templates based on state and local regulations affecting the lab? Additionally, describe the level of automation applied to results reporting, including feeding results to customers via email or secure web portal. If additional reporting dashboard tools for benchmarking, variance reporting, visualization are available, highlight those as well.
 
* number of clients specifically using your organization's LIMS solution(s) and related services;
* how long each of those solutions and services has been offered;
* the growth rate of those solutions and services over the prior fiscal year;
* the average historical downtime, if the LIMS is offered as a cloud-based service;
* how those solutions and services or your organization overall is ranked by market researchers and media organizations; and
* any awards received for your organization's LIMS solution(s) and related services.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Vision and investment in those LIMS solutions and services===
Please provide details about the vision and future direction for choosing, developing, and implementing new technologies, development methods, and security protocols as part of your organization's product development and maintenance initiative. Additionally, discuss the level of investment made by your organization towards maintaining, updating, and upgrading those LIMS solutions and services going forward.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Experience and references===
Please provide details on:
 
* how many clients you provide (or have provided) LIMS solutions and services to in the cannabis testing industry;
* whether any of them are willing to act as references for your solutions and services;
* what experience your organization has in meeting the unique regulatory requirements of the cannabis testing industry;
* any examples of past issues and risks that were mitigated in prior LIMS implementation efforts;
* any examples of clients being a learning source for improving your solutions and services; and
* any whitepapers, reports, etc. authored by your organization that are relevant to clients in the cannabis testing industry.

Revision as of 13:53, 21 August 2021

Sample registration and management

Please describe how your cannabis testing LIMS helps laboratories securely and efficiently facilitate the registration, tracking, and management of cannabis and other related sample types. Describe what metadata and identifiers are supported for registered samples, including lot number, field number, client demographics, sampling point, random selection process used, and other cannabis-specific identifiers. Additionally, briefly explain any other configurable sample registration preferences available, the level of chain-of-custody tracking provided (ideally at every single step), and sample statuses supported (e.g., does the LIMS manage sample weight reconciliation as sample material moves throughout the lab?).




Core laboratory testing - Basics

Please describe how your cannabis testing LIMS facilitates the rapid and error-free testing of cannabis-related samples. Describe the types of pre-loaded state- and local-compliant cannabis testing protocols in the system, as well as their degree of configurable measurement units and substrates/matrices. Does the same level of configurability of pre-defined test protocols apply to any client-creatable test protocols? Verify that pre-loaded protocols include testing for acid and neutral forms of cannabinoids, potency testing, strain identification, water activity, moisture content, pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, microbiological contaminates, fungi, mycotoxins, and foreign matter.




Core laboratory testing - Advanced

Please describe the level of support your cannabis testing LIMS provides in regards to unique forms of sampling and testing such as representative sampling, calibration testing, quality control testing, preventative maintenance testing, stability testing, sterility testing, compatibility testing, identity testing, proficiency testing, and service-event-related testing. Is retest workflow fully supported?




Review, verification, approval, and rejection

Please explain in brief the review, verification, approval, and rejection processes for test results built into your cannabis testing LIMS. Which of those processes can be automated and customized? Also address how flexible specification limits are within the system.




Reporting

Keeping in mind the importance of accurate and timely results reporting for cannabis testing laboratories, please describe how your LIMS facilitates such reporting. Explain the level of customization reports, including certificates of analysis, have in the LIMS. Does the system come with pre-loaded report templates based on state and local regulations affecting the lab? Additionally, describe the level of automation applied to results reporting, including feeding results to customers via email or secure web portal. If additional reporting dashboard tools for benchmarking, variance reporting, visualization are available, highlight those as well.

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