Electronic Laboratory Notebook

Nexxis ELN, a web-based electronic laboratory notebook, replaces paper-based systems with on-line electronic documents and forms that provide an unprecedented level of flexibility, automation, control and integration.

• Exclusive ReDI™ (Rapid eForm Development & Implementation) technology gets you right to the benefits of going paperless.
• Use your existing documents to speed up implementation and increase user acceptance.
• Create highly structured documents that automate and control workflow - ideal for electronic laboratory notebook implementation in QA/QC environments.
• Create "free form" documents on the fly, meeting the unstructured electronic laboratory notebook needs of R&D environments.
• Real-time integration with other informatics systems expands the possibilities for automation.

Go Paperless in Minutes

Nexxis ELN utilizes ReDI™ (Rapid eForm Development & Implementation), the fastest electronic laboratory notebook deployment technology available. ReDI delivers immediate benefits by taking existing paper worksheets, documents or SOPs and within minutes creating electronic documents that are managed by Nexxis ELN.

• No more illegible handwriting.
• No more looking for lost lab notebooks or worksheets.
• No more long-term storage costs.

Nexxis ELN with ReDI is the electronic laboratory notebook that provides instant relief from the headaches of paper management.

Get Started with Your Documents and SOPs

Nexxis ELN uses your existing documents and procedures to create the user interface for the electronic notebook.

• Analysts have a familiar and comfortable interface to work with.
• Analysts immediately recognize and understand the workflow in the new system.
• No special design work or SOP modifications are required.
• The interface and the automated process match exactly with the requirements of your applications and your analysts.

Basing the electronic laboratory notebook on existing documents and procedures increases user acceptance of the new system and reduces the overall cost and effort of deployment.

Eliminate Errors with Workflow Control and Automation

Paper-based processes suffer from two critical weaknesses - there is no control over the execution of the process and there is no way to automate the many manual actions that are part of the process.

An electronic laboratory notebook can overcome those weaknesses by providing step-by-step control over the execution of the process and by automating all of the manual activities that are the source of errors in paper-based systems.

Nexxis ELN electronic worksheets can provide a structured environment that delivers real workflow control and automation:

• Eliminate manual transcription errors by automatically collecting and recording all instrument data.
• Automate all calculation steps to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Automatically apply limit checks to all collected and calculated results.
• Make entry fields mandatory so critical information is always provided.
• Prevent analysts from proceeding to the next step of a process until the current step is successfully completed.

Nexxis ELN leverages the power of the electronic laboratory notebook to reduce the amount of time that is spent on manual processes, data review, investigation and re-work so laboratories can increase their sample handling capacity without increasing personnel costs.

"Free Form" Documents Meet the Needs of R&D

With minimal setup time, Nexxis ELN forms can also be created that provide the flexibility that is needed from an electronic laboratory notebook in R&D laboratories.

These forms can be as simple as a piece of paper with a header on it for entering basic information. As they work, scientists can simply drag and drop additional entry fields right onto the electronic worksheet entering observations, comments, sample results and more as they go.

• Insert images into the electronic worksheet.
• Add data from spreadsheets, other applications, etc.
• Perform calculations on collected data.

The completed electronic form is automatically saved as a PDF that can be readily accessed and reviewed on-line.

Real-Time Integration with Other Informatics Applications

Real-time integration between Nexxis ELN and your other informatics applications reduces work for analysts, technicians and scientists, eliminates errors due to manual data management and ensures that the systems are automatically kept accurate and up-to-date.

Integrating your electronic laboratory notebook with LIMS, inventory management, calibration management, training records and SDMS (Scientific Data Management System) opens up a world of automation possibilities for your laboratory:

• Automatically add sample information from LIMS into electronic forms.
• Automatically update chemical inventory in real-time, as materials are used or prepared, so inventory levels are always up-to-date.
• Automatically confirm that instruments are calibrated every time they are used.
• Automatically collect data directly from laboratory instruments, eliminating the possibility of transcription errors.
• Automatically confirm that analysts and technicians training is up-to-date, before they start to execute an analysis.
• Automatically transfer completed worksheet to SDMS, with consistent and accurate metadata, for easy search and retrieval.

Nexxis ELN provides a level of real-time systems integration that is second to none.


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