Streamlining Global LIMS Reporting for a Large Pharmaceutical Company
Over the years, the client’s decentralized governance led to the creation of numerous redundant and site-specific custom reports in their legacy LIMS system. The challenge was to identify redundancies, consolidate report specifications, and implement new reports while ensuring that they met the requirements of stakeholders across multiple sites.
Challenge
Approach
The client needed a LIMS solution tailored to their unique requirements and workflows, keeping in mind the costs and IT support available for customization. They required a comprehensive vendor selection process and a seamless implementation plan to ensure the system’s success.
Implementation
- Review all the reports to identify redundancies
- Identify areas or data points that could be combined into one report
- Interview stakeholders across five different sites to understand the requirements driving report designs
- Develop new report specifications that met the requirements of all the sites
- Oversee vendor's report design and implementation
- Validate and present new reports for UAT
Outcomes
As a result of this project, the number of reports was reduced from over 500 to just 50. This significant reduction led to increased efficiency, lower maintenance overhead, and reduced burden on training and change management.
Lessons Learned
Centralized governance and a thorough review process can help identify and eliminate redundancies in LIMS reporting. By consolidating report specifications and implementing a more streamlined set of reports, companies can improve efficiency, reduce maintenance overhead, and simplify training and change management.
What Our Clients Say
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The support was excellent. Sagax took the time to hear what we didn’t like about our current situation and offered alternative LIMS solutions that specifically addressed these pain points
Anthony Grilli
CEO Focus Labs
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Sr. Director IT, Growing Biotech
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Kent Johnson
Associate Director, Clinical Operations, Arcus Biosciences
We have used Sagax Team for staff augmentation as well as to support a LIMS migration. We have found their consultants to always be a near perfect fit for the task. Whether it is technical specialists, project managers, business analysts, master data specialists, they have always delivered.
Franky Choi
Head of PMO, Large Biotech Firm
Sagax Team are industry experts in the niche field of GMP IT support. Sagax team has delivered both large scale and smaller scale LIMS implementations. Their team are partners throughout the project lifecycle- from feasibility, business process mapping, implementation, project management and validation. They deliver a quality compliant system that work for end users. Their team listens to the needs of clients and can present industry best practices recommendations and solutions. I highly recommend Sagax Team for any GMP IT support project.
Kathy Zagaroli
Senior Director, Quality Control, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
Sagax Team is my go-to vendor for computerized systems validation, computer software assurance assessment, data integrity gap remediation, IT infrastructure engineering, and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Software Lifecycle (SLC) services: project management, business analysis, requirements specification, configuration, validation, administration, and data management. They have become my first-choice vendor because they have repeatedly achieved high-quality, efficient delivery, under aggressive timelines, no matter the circumstances. They provide industry-leading expertise, wise counsel, excellent partnership, and extremely positive, can-do attitudes. Their resources work well independently and integrate seamlessly with cross-functional business teams across all organizational levels. I unequivocally recommend them for regulated computer systems services and LIMS projects.
Gudrun Finn
Sr. IT Executive, Biotech




