Laboratory Information Management System, also known as LIMS, are software solutions that handle the full sample and analysis life-cycle. It includes workflow management, data management, automation, reporting, instrument integration, and tools to manage regulatory compliance and certifcations for research and process laboratories in many different industries such as environment, water quality, manufacturing, health, life-science, mining, oil and gas exploration and production, food and beverage and many more. A LIMS effectively manages data and information critical to the work performed in the workflow, testing, and reporting procedures. Modern LIMS solutions include tools such as sample scheduling, sample collection, results entry, violation handling, QA/QC, approvals, invoicing, reporting, document management, regulatory or certification compliance, inventory management, instrument management, personnel management, elctronic laboratory notebooks (ELN), customer portals, barcode and labeling, etc. Other LIMS features included in custom software systems are configuration tools.