Food and beverage manufacturer selects Nexxis sample tracker
Labtronics has been pleased to announce that a leading food and beverage manufacturer has selected its Nexxis sample tracker to upgrade their existing in-house sample tests and result tracking system.
Labtronics has been pleased to announce that a leading food and beverage manufacturer has selected its Nexxis sample tracker to upgrade their existing in-house sample tests and result tracking system.This organization, having concerns about its data management system running on an unsupported database platform, recognized the need for a more up-to-date solution that could be deployed on a fully-supported database system and that was also faster. They could thus keep pace with an increasing sample load without having to engage additional laboratory personnel. They went on to select Nexxis, which, whilst being a cost-effective and out-of-the-box solution, could still meet the need for samples to be logged in, assigned to tests, tracked and reported upon.The laboratory's productivity will be enhanced as analysts gain more flexibility, and will also benefit from additional Nexxis features such as a web client and audit trail. The project will be implemented in two phases, implementation and migration, followed by integration.
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