Benchling’s cloud platform is used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies to analyze complex datasets, streamline research workflows, design DNA using CRISPR gene-editing technology and more.
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Thermo Fisher Watson LIMS
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Thermo Fisher Scientific offers Watson LIMS, a laboratory information management system designed to support bioanalytic studies and research.
Benchling is especially well suited to groups or contexts where there are many users who do not have a coding background but need a seamless and structured approach to data. Benchling is particularly useful in cases where there are data flows from instruments and other devices where the data can be deposited in an automated fashion. It is likely less appropriate or useful to users who are just looking for a general data warehouse solution.
Globally, the system is not very well suited. Lack of appropriate interfaces for instrument detectors is a good example. Watson lims can maintain sample traceability correctly however, it is clearly not designed for high throughput sample analysis. Our laboratory global efficiency significantly decreased upon Watson Lims implementation. New ''Analytical samples'' functionality was now well designed and have a lot of limitations. The Software validation provided and executed by the vendor is weak and showed major execution error also with poor documentation practice. Very disappointing.
Some of the integrations can be a bit spotty so it depends on what kind of data source you are integrating
Sometimes new users are not always aware of all the various functionality that Benchling has - can do better to provide more user awareness of more complex features
Watson have a lot of things to improve. The software has a old user interface absolutely not up to the current software standard. The backend is even worst.
The software has a old user interface absolutely not up to the current software standard. The backend is even worst. The system crash regularly.
The licensing service do not works properly, half of the time we need to restart the licensing server to provide access to new users.
The process that needs to be used to allow samples analysis a result reporting is rigid and clearly not enough flexible.
Multiple excel macro were internally created to cover aspect not supported by the software.
Interface between Thermo Fisher Watson Lims and Thermo Fisher Q Exactive instrument do not works. Watson Lims cannot interface neither with current version of WinNonLin software. This is a major lack.
Benchling was much more of a full stack solution and provide much more features that were relevant to the group. Airtable was more of a generic way to manage large amounts of data, but the complexity was still high for the types of data that would be need to be managed and there would need to be some workarounds. Overall Benchling was selected since it also had an electronic lab notebook feature which was very useful to associates in addition to its data workflows.
It had a positive ROI in terms of reducing the amount of time spent on data movement and curation by associates
It had a positive ROI in terms of increasing the number of insights from structured data
It reduced the number of data entry and analysis errors by associates which led to a positive ROI in terms of efficiency and reducing time wasted by tracking down errors in data
The only positive impact is for client facing. Watson lims is well known in the industry and the purchase of this software increase the credibility of our organization.
The ROI is a disaster. First: The cost of the software is significantly to high, the user licences cost also contribute in the ROI disaster. Second: The implementation of watson lims significantly decrease our laboratory efficiency.
