Solution Briefs

QC LIMS with Uncountable: Root Cause to Released Batch

In most QC labs, a result posts to a spreadsheet or a stats package, but the formulation revision, batch record, and raw-material lot it belongs to live in separate systems. When a result comes in out of spec, the investigation starts with a search: which revision was in production, which lot fed the batch, who signed off last time. SPC happens after the fact, on a monthly export, and by the time the trail is pieced together the deviation clock is already running.

Uncountable closes that gap by connecting the QC record to the same structured data used to build the formulation. Every result posts to a live control chart as it's entered, not on a monthly export, and every out-of-spec reading opens a deviation with the formulation revision, batch, and raw-material lot already attached. Root cause starts with the evidence in hand, not a document hunt.

Key Features

Live SPC, Connected to the Record

Results post to the control chart the moment they're entered, not after a monthly export to a stats package. Control limits and Cpk are computed from the stable, in-control baseline for that line, so an alert reflects your actual process, not a generic default. Every point on the chart traces back to the batch, the formulation revision, and the raw-material lot that produced it.

Deviations That Open Themselves

An out-of-spec reading raises an alert and opens a deviation automatically, rather than waiting for someone to notice the miss and start a ticket by hand. The deviation carries the formulation revision, batch record, and raw-material lot with it from the moment it opens, so the investigation starts with the evidence already attached instead of a search across systems.

Failures Tracked, Not Overwritten

An ERP-as-LIMS approach overwrites a retest with the latest value and loses the history behind it. Uncountable tracks every failure, not just the final result, so a pattern across retests, a raw-material lot, or a line stays visible instead of disappearing with the next entry.

Certificates of Analysis, Templated

A Certificate of Analysis is templated per product and auto-populated from qualified test data at batch release, instead of being assembled by hand. Formatting and required fields stay consistent release to release, pulled from the same test data already tied to the batch.

Uncountable connects R&D, quality, and product lifecycle data in one platform. Book a personalized demo and we'll show you how it applies to your lab.

FAQs

What does this brief cover?

How Uncountable's QC LIMS connects an out-of-spec result to the formulation, batch, and raw-material data behind it, live SPC on the control chart, automatic deviation creation, and how a spec change hands off for release.

How does a deviation stay connected to the batch and formulation data?

Every QC record links back to the formulation revision, the batch, and the raw-material lots that produced it, built in rather than looked up afterward. The link exists the moment the result posts, not reconstructed after someone opens an investigation.

How is this different from logging results in an ERP or a spreadsheet?

An ERP-as-LIMS approach overwrites a retest with the latest value and loses the history. Uncountable tracks every failure, not just the final result, so a pattern across retests stays visible instead of being replaced.

Can we set our own control limits and release specs per product line?

Yes. Control limits and Cpk are computed from your stable, in-control baseline for each line, and release specs are set per product, so an alert reflects your actual process rather than a generic default.

What happens when a result comes in out of spec?

An out-of-spec reading opens a deviation automatically, already linked to the batch record, the formulation revision, and the raw-material lot. CAPA and change control are then governed in Uncountable's QMS: QC LIMS references the CAPA and hands off, it does not own it.

See the Platform Behind the Guide

Uncountable connects R&D, quality, and product lifecycle data in one platform. Book a personalized demo and we'll show you how it applies to your lab.