LIMS for R&D Resources

Case studies

From siloed systems to global R&D acceleration: Cabot Corporation's digital transformation story with Uncountable

A global specialty chemicals leader unlocks the power of connected data, machine learning, and cross-site collaboration to accelerate R&D and drive innovation across continents.

How Clariant is building a connected R&D data foundation for faster innovation

Clariant is using Uncountable to connect global R&D workflows, make scientific data easier to reuse, and build a foundation for analytics and AI across more than 1,000 users and 35+ sites.

Mitra Chem accelerates innovation in battery materials with Uncountable

Discover how Mitra Chem, a leader in next-gen battery materials, leverages Uncountable to unify lab workflows, streamline sample tracking, and accelerate time-to-discovery, from early-stage experiments to multi-million-dollar scale-up.

Novatech International improves data management & project efficiency

Explore how Uncountable’s R&D data management system helped Novatech improve efficiency and deliver faster, safer, and simpler adhesive and sealant products...

Customer spotlight: Covestro uses Uncountable for optical fiber coating product development

Covestro’s Fiber Optic Materials team, an industry leader in providing innovative solutions for optical fiber coating formulations, has partnered with Uncountable to be their core platform for managing and connecting information across the product...

How MEGGLE streamlined data management with Uncountable

This case study presents an in-depth exploration of MEGGLE, a global pharmaceutical ingredient leader, and the transformative journey of its Excipients Business Unit following the implementation of Uncountable's cutting-edge R&D platform.

How a global materials manufacturer uses Uncountable to increase productivity

In 2017, Uncountable partnered with an innovative global materials company to help them digitize their R&D data management process. They moved away from their static excel files that resided on individual hard drives and began using the Uncountable

Solution guides

Find it, trust it, reuse it: how to specify a LIMS for R&D

For R&D leaders, lab managers, and informatics teams writing a LIMS RFP or URS. Get requirements, supplier demo scenarios, and common mistakes for samples, search, DOE, reporting, and instrument integration, plus how to score responses.

Biobanking LIMS for R&D and testing labs: connect every sample to the science

Explore a biobanking LIMS that connects storage, sample lineage, custody, consent, requests, and test results. This guide shows how R&D and testing labs can find suitable aliquots, review sample history, and trace results to their source.

ISO/IEC 17025: the evidence chain behind every lab result

Learn how to build a traceable laboratory quality record for ISO/IEC 17025 assessments by connecting methods, personnel, equipment, technical records, results, and quality actions, without relying on manual evidence reconstruction.

The lab of the future: what leading R&D organizations are building now

The ELN, LIMS, and spreadsheet stack was built for a slower era. This guide sets out what leading R&D organizations are building instead, the five capabilities it enables, and the five things to evaluate before choosing a platform of your own.

ELN, LIMS, or unified platform: which does your R&D team actually need?

Three terms, three different jobs. This guide separates what an ELN, a LIMS, and a unified platform each do, where each falls short on its own, and the signals that mean it is time to consolidate. Includes a vendor evaluation checklist.

Labs of the future: how to choose a LIMS

A practical guide to evaluating LIMS software for your lab: what a modern laboratory information management system should do, six questions to ask any vendor, and how AI-enabled platforms are changing lab data management.

Solution briefs

Biobanking LIMS: every sample, connected to the science

See how Uncountable connects sample storage, lineage, signed custody, consent, requests, and test results in one biobanking LIMS. Explore the core capabilities for research sample banks in this concise solution brief.

ISO/IEC 17025: give your laboratory a more traceable quality record

See how a connected eQMS helps testing and calibration laboratories manage controlled methods, training, quality events, CAPA, change control, and audit evidence to support ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation readiness.

LIMS built on the whole recipe

See how Uncountable's LIMS for R&D keeps the formulation, method, and instrument data attached to every result, not just the number.

Instrument connectivity on the Uncountable platform

How Uncountable connects lab instruments directly to the platform via API, serial/USB, or file, so results and metadata flow in automatically and tie back to the sample that produced them.

Webinars

How to optimize R&D with a unified laboratory informatics software solution

In this webinar, we discuss the limitations of legacy data systems and the benefits of implementing a modern Unified Laboratory Informatics Solution. Discover how a structured data system can help streamline workflows, improve global collaboration...

Moving beyond basic entity registration in a unified laboratory informatics platform

Embark on a transformative journey with our latest webinar recording, as Noel Hollingsworth, Uncountable's CEO & Co-Founder, discusses the lab's potential through integrating a Unified Lab Informatics Platform.

Articles

Adhesive vs cohesive failure: why the failure mode belongs in every test result

A lap shear value without its failure mode is half a result. See what adhesive, cohesive and substrate failure tell formulators, and what to record with every bonded-joint test...

Freeze-thaw cycles, chain of custody and why sample history decides data quality

Explore how freeze-thaw cycles, temperature excursions, and custody records inform biobank sample suitability. Learn what handling history to capture, how to preserve aliquot lineage, and where automation can support better sample use decisions.

Mobile LIMS for test and material data

Unify formulation, raw material, sample, and test-result data with mobile quality control LIMS software. Give quality control laboratories connected workflows, complete traceability, and faster decisions from sample receipt through release.

Mobile lab data capture: where a phone actually helps

Mobile data capture can reduce the gap between lab work and lab records. Learn where information is lost, when mobile helps, and why scans, quantities, and photos must connect directly to the system of record.

LIMS vs. SDMS: which system manages raw instrument data?

LIMS manages samples, tests, and laboratory workflows. SDMS captures and preserves raw instrument files. Learn where each system fits, when LIMS alone is sufficient, and when laboratories need both.

CDS vs. SDMS: what is the difference?

CDS and SDMS both support laboratory data integrity, but they do different jobs. Learn where chromatography data is acquired and processed, where scientific records are retained, and when regulated labs need both systems.

How to choose the right LIMS for specialty chemicals QA and QC

A practical guide to choosing a LIMS for specialty chemicals QA and QC: the criteria that matter, platform categories to compare, demo scenarios to request, and how to build a shortlist.

What happens when a test method changes? The hidden risk to product and quality data

A changed test method can make historical quality data difficult to compare. Learn how method versions, instruments, specifications and validation evidence protect product decisions, trend analysis and audit readiness.

Your biobank runs on spreadsheets. Here's what that costs

Learn when spreadsheets stop supporting reliable biobank sample management. Explore the costs of missing records, five signs it’s time for a LIMS, and what to fix before migrating your inventory.

Customer news

Lesaffre selects Uncountable as global LIMS provider

Lesaffre, a key global player in fermentation for nearly 170 years, has selected Uncountable as the LIMS platform for its R&D teams worldwide. With a broad portfolio of products, ranging from baking yeast and ingredients to human, animal and vegetal

Interactive tools

Produkttour: LIMS für F&E

Klicken Sie sich durch eine Produkttour von Uncountable: ein Laborauftrag von der Anfrage über Geräteplanung und Messergebnisse bis zur Auswertung.

Videos

ANYinstrument data pipelines from one description to every next file

New tester, messy export, no saved pipeline. Watch a scientist describe the file to Bodie once, check the preview, and send every later export through the saved pipeline with no AI step.

Biopharma lot tracing: from release results to related experiments

A clinical drug product lot fails release, and the trace leads back to the drug substance lot it used. See how the team confirms which lots it affected.

Formulation screen to stability trend: biopharma formulation development

Eight formulation candidates for the mAb-204 drug product compete to move forward. See how the team compares recipes, checks targets and plots stability curves.

Gloss meter data to chart: upload measurements and check against spec

Four primer trials wait for gloss readings. One gloss meter file fills them all, and the same results go straight into a spec check and a chart.

LIMS audit trail: every change from draft to approved

A method change moves from Draft to Approved and its cure temperature changes from 140 °C to 180 °C. See how the event log keeps each change.

LIMS for R&D: from lab request to signed result

New experiments go to the lab in one request and come back as tested, spec-checked results that a scientist locks and signs.

Set up performance testing panels from a saved test group

One saved test group becomes the same tests at the same conditions on three trials. See how a scientist sets up performance testing once and applies it everywhere.

Trace a thicker run back to the resin lot in LIMS

A satin alkyd run reads thicker than its control. See how an R&D team reads the experiment's formulation and results, then compares past runs to find the resin lot.

Upload spectrophotometer files to LIMS: from export to experiment

See how a lab team picks an uploader, drops in a spectrophotometer file, checks the readings and finds them on the experiment next to its formulation.

Voice-based measurement entry in Uncountable

See how scientists enter measurements by voice in Uncountable.

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