NucleoLIS is a laboratory information system for molecular and genetic labs, including DNA Sequencing, PCR, FISH, Karotyping, Immunology, and Pharmacogenomics, from Psyche Systems.
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Thermo Fisher Watson LIMS
Score 5.0 out of 10
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Thermo Fisher Scientific offers Watson LIMS, a laboratory information management system designed to support bioanalytic studies and research.
NucleoLIS has the flexibility to build workflows for any type of clinical test. I experienced all of the positives that Psyche systems and NucleoLIS had to offer when I was tasked with building a workflow for COVID-19 testing. We were able to establish a LIMS workflow for COVID-19 testing in a matter of weeks in order to ramp up our testing to serve our community when we were one of the only testing sites available.
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.
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.
I have used multiple LIMS systems in my career and have also developed internal systems for specific testing. NucleoLIS provides a great balance of developing a personalized system in a well-established and functional existing framework to build out each individual lab's workflows. This can be done without the need to have an entire IT department which I could not say for the previous systems I used.
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.
