Mountain States Consulting announced in June 2004 the release of MSC-Lims version 3.0, an affordable laboratory information management system (Lims), which it says lowers total cost of ownership
MSC-Lims version 3.0 lowers total cost of ownership through its Microsoft Office-independent installation software, customisation features, streamlined distribution of software updates, and XML configuration files.
Developed with Access 2002, the new version's installation software completely isolates MSC-Lims 3.0, preventing any conflicts with Microsoft Office installations.
It installs cleanly on any workstation regardless of which version of Office is already installed.
Future installs, reinstalls, uninstalls or upgrades of Office will have no affect on MSC-Lims 3.x, greatly simplifying system installation and administration.
Neither Microsoft Office nor Microsoft Access is required to run MSC-Lims 3.0.
Site-specific customisations are now easier to develop and maintain.
Version 3.0 isolates customisations and provides 'hooks' to add custom features, such as newly dedicated screen real estate for custom fields, replaceable system reports, and event models to alter standard system behavior or add unique business rules.
System administrators can use these streamlined capabilities to apply future MSC-Lims version updates without reapplying customisations.
Automatic updates allow system administrators to distribute updated MSC-Lims software to all Lims workstations.
To maintain workstation stability in environments with a locked down Windows registry and to enable user-specific roaming settings in Terminal Services or Citrix installations, workstation configuration settings are now saved in XML files instead of the problematic Windows registry.
MSC-Lims is a complete laboratory information management system designed for small to mid-sized labs.
