Technological survey on LIMS and ELN in Life Sciences - Biogenouest

Appendix 4: Peer recommendations For academics:- Do not set-up solutions not suited to your needs because you will end-up notusing it.- Avoid complicating the system by adding a difficult process. Beforehand,define a clear workplan to adapt the tools to your needs (and not theopposite)- The data management system has to simplify the internal organization andlab management. If it is not the case, it is useless, inefficient and disruptive- Make the solution available to everyone and make it easy to use directlywhen the data is generated (avoid the reediting afterwards)- The paper laboratory notebook is not efficient for services using differentacquisition software, generating separated and heterogeneous data. Thepaper notebook can also lead to multiplying the tasks, with little time (?) tofollow the procedures- Need to homogenize inter-academic collaborations- Lack of qualified human resources so need to simplify the data management- Need to dedicate time to set-up the solutions, which is not always possible.Laboratory Heads are aware that they need solutions for data management,so they start dedicating a budget as well as the human resources- We need to let researchers do their research and stop hassling them withunrealistic administrative proceduresFor Biotechs and CRO- Define a well established, well thought through and process documentedworkplan in order to obtain a satisfying and sustainable solution and choosethe most adapted solution- Solutions need homologation to be recognized by authorities for use inprocedures and IP litigation- Multiplied data collection processes are time consuming and can become alimitation to adoption by users- Access to computer based solutions is difficult in confined areas/laboratories- In GLP and GMP environments, data management/validation process needsto be implemented at the very start of the project (by editing the users’ needs)in order to define more easily the risk analysis, validation plan and testsdatasheets51