Sample Master LIMS has significant flexibility that has allowed Farmers Edge to fully customize the LIMS system to our specific needs. The LIMS system has allowed us to fully integrate our laboratory instrumentation where workloads are presented by the LIMS to the instrument software. The LIMS ingests test data directly from the instruments, eliminating data handling workload and data handling errors. Sample Master LIMS has also allowed Farmers Edge to realize automation in sample receiving and registration and the LIMS system allows us to register thousands of tests per hour with a minimal sample receiving staff. In all - consistent, scalable and reliable laboratory productivity can be attributed to Sample Master LIMS, an outstanding product backed by service and support which is second to none.

Farmers Edge benefits greatly from a well designed and flexible LIMS solution that provides a high performance to cost benefit. Farmers Edge has used this software for ten years in two high volume soil nutrient analysis laboratories. Accelerated Technology Laboratories' Sample Master LIMS has exceeded our expectations in managing our analysis workflow from sample registration through to reporting to many internal and external information services partners. Farmers Edge uses Sample Master LIMS in both of our high volume soil test laboratories where the LIMS handles thousands of samples per day and tens of thousands of tests per day.

Farmers Edge is satisfied with Sample Master LIMS.

We took our 70+ data spreadsheets and consolidated them into one Sample Master database while also automating the necessary data collection that was required from operations to meet our NPDES permit process. Along with those tasks, we also took the entire NPDES reporting process and submittal from a several day ordeal to a mere few hour task. We also worked directly with our contract Laboratory to provide seamless integration of their reports into our Sample Master. The overall improvement of this key function of our facility has relieved a very heavy burden from the facility and its worth is priceless.

The sample schedule and Task Manager save our laboratory a lot of time. The master query allow for easy data access for Operational and Engineering Staff of our facility. Parser integration from Laboratory instrumentation removed transcription errors and improved our upkeep of control charts, QA and QC.

When Sample Master is demoed, SWAP, CEDEN, WRITE-ON, and CWIQS are all told to be viable and proper reporting options. From two facilities, this was not the case. Both times (each facility, separate times) it was told that these functions would be customization. The current CWIQS reporting format is not designed for 2019+ California CWIQS submittal. Their are easy fixes around this but it should be know. QC reports include all run QC batch data. This results in a QC report that could be 10 pages long with a 1 page sample results report. To get a streamlined report that only includes the QC data directly related to the reported Sample is a customization.

I love how it integrates the scanner, printer and label maker into the program. It can keep late amounts of data attached to a specific project. And it saves automatically.

It can be troublesome learning the minute details of how to work it. Not very intuitive at all. It can also crash whenever it feels like.

My overall experience with Sample Master has been excellent. The main function of my laboratory is to produce environmental water quality data in support of my wastewater treatment facility and industrial pretreatment department. Sample Master has enabled me to collect, store, and organize this data easily while providing a means of quality assurance verification that gives me the confidence as a Laboratory Manager that the data we report is of a known level of accuracy, precision, is of high quality and is defensible (if necessary). With some help (I do not know coding or Microsoft Access) I have been able to set up Sample Master and produce reports for my internal and external customers that quickly provides them the data they need to do their jobs.

The Master query form allows me and my team to use one form whether we are searching for results, preparing preparation batches, preparing QC batches, work lists, backlogs, etc. Having a single query form for all these functions makes the software very user friendly. I like the ease at which I can set up and configure tests, methods, parameters, QC, control limits, etc. I like that I can easily set up employees to use the software and grant or limit their access to the software based on their position and duties in the laboratory. From an administration point of view this a great security feature.

Some of the canned reports that come with the software, like the Backlog report, don't provide a lot of information. In terms of determining in real time which specific samples had tests that were pending I had to create a custom report. Producing control charts is easy, but through Sample Master you have to do them one test, method, and QC parameter at a time and you cannot save a preset list of control charts that you may wish to view on an ongoing basis. There is a way to do this through an external "Dashboard", but it would be nice to do it within Sample Master.

We have been using Sample Master over 20 years now and the product has grown tremendously during that time to become the outstanding LIMS that it is today. We are using iMobile to enter data from the field and it is a HUGE time saver. The biggest asset ATL has is their staff and support. We have gold support and there was never a time that they have failed to help us solve any problem. They are wonderful to work with. Fantastic support for a great product.

The best feature is the ability to customize the software to fit your needs. Sample Master is very easy to use and comes with tons of features, but it is easily tweaked to make customized forms, reports and functions.

Due to the software being Microsoft Access based, additional precautions must be taken to lock down the database.