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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
|company_name      =  '''AIS International, Ltd.'''
|company_name      =  '''BTLIMS Technologies'''
|company_logo      =   
|company_logo      =  [[File:BTLIMS.jpg|200px]]
|company_type      =  Limited
|company_type      =  Unknown
|traded_as        =  
|traded_as        =  
|industry          =  [[Laboratory informatics]]
|industry          =  [[Laboratory informatics]]
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|founder          =   
|founder          =   
|defunct          =
|defunct          =
|location_city    =  10100 East Freeway, Houston, Texas
|location_city    =  1801 Main Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas
|location_country  =  U.S.
|location_country  =  U.S.
|locations        =   
|locations        =  3
|area_served      =  U.S.
|area_served      =  Worldwide
|key_people        =   
|key_people        =   
|products          =  BTLIMS
|products          =  {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=<small>Products list</small>
  |1=<li>BTLIMS
  |2=<li>ALPACA Inventory
  |3=<li>ALPACA LIMS
  |4=<li>ALPACA Micro ELN
  |5=<li>ALPACA SDMS}}
|production        =
|production        =
|service          =
|service          =
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|subsid            =
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|homepage          =  [http://www.ais-technology.com/ AIS-Technology.com]
|homepage          =  [https://btsoft.com/ BTSoft.com]
|linkedin          =  [https://www.linkedin.com/company/btsofttech/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/btsofttech/]
|footnotes        =
|footnotes        =
|intl              =  No
|intl              =  No
}}
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'''AIS International, Ltd.''' is a software company that develops and distributes the [[laboratory information management system]] software [[BTLIMS]].
'''BTLIMS Technologies''' (doing business as '''BTSoft''') is a software company that develops and distributes the [[laboratory information management system]] software BTLIMS, among other [[laboratory informatics]] solutions.


==History==
==History==
Initial development of BTLIMS began in 2002, with the first version of the software released in 2006, strongly focusing on environmental laboratories.<ref name="BTHome">{{cite web |url=http://btlims.com/environmental.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221135949/http://btlims.com/environmental.php |title=BTLIMS - The Complete Lab Solution |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |archivedate=21 February 2016 |accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref>


 
In the spring of 2023, BTLIMS tweaked and rebranded some of their solutions under the "ALPACA" moniker.


==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==
===BTLIMS and ALPACA Inventory, LIMS, Micro ELN, and SDMS===
BTLIMS is a modular, desktop-based [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) "that can automate workflow, simplify processes, and strengthen productivity."<ref name="BTLIMSPage">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/btlims/ |title=BTLIMS |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>


===BTLIMS===
APLACA Inventory (formerly ICM or Inventory Control Manager<ref name="BTICM">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/inventory-control-manager/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321144036/https://btsoft.com/inventory-control-manager/ |title=Inventory Control Manager |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |archivedate=21 March 2023 |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>) is inventory management software for laboratories "that streamlines your inventory processes and gives you complete control over ordering your lab’s consumables, chemical reagents, and instruments."<ref name="BTALPACAInv">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/alpaca-inventory/ |title=ALPACA Inventory |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>


BTLIMS is a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) that's "capable of managing different industrial data entry and reporting requirements by integrating them into a single database system."<ref name=BTHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.btlims.com/btlims.asp |title=BTLIMS - BTLIMS Product |publisher=AIS International, Ltd. |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref>
ALPACA LIMS (formerly LDM or Lab Data Master<ref name="BTLDM">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/lab-data-master/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006131346/https://btsoft.com/lab-data-master/ |title=Lab Data Master |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |archivedate=-6 October 2022 |accessdate=03 June 2022}}</ref>) is a LIMS that "is easy to use, helps your lab maintain compliance, protects data, and automates workflows."<ref name="BTALPACALIMS">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/alpaca-lims/ |title=ALPACA LIMS |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>


====Features====
ALPACA Micro ELN is an [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) that empowers your organization "with improved research and development workflows, so you can make breakthroughs faster."<ref name="BTALPACAELN">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/alpaca-micro-eln/ |title=ALPACA Micro ELN |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>


{{ombox
ALPACA SDMS (formerly SDMS<ref name="BTSDMS">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/sample-data-management-system/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321142859/https://btsoft.com/sample-data-management-system/ |title=Sample Data Management System |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |archivedate=21 March 2023 |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>, though not to be confused with a [[scientific data management system]]) is described as a "sample data management system" that can inteface with a LIMS (or act alone), designed to provide "dynamic functionality to maintain traceability throughout the entire sample data management process."<ref name="BTALPACASDMS">{{cite web |url=https://btsoft.com/alpaca-sdms/ |title=ALPACA SDMS |publisher=BTLIMS Technologies |accessdate=03 June 2023}}</ref>
| type      = notice
| style    = width: 760px;
| text      = '''This feature list is derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides.''' A lack of a "Y" '''does not''' necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:


* the vendor chose to not put relevant feature information online despite its existence in the product.
====Pricing====
* the vendor chooses to make the feature information available ''only'' to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
Pricing information not made public.
* the feature information exists online to the public, but a URL could not be found to cite the existence of the feature.
* the feature does not exist for the product.
 
A vendor's product may receive more confirmed features with the addition of more public information to the vendor's site and/or by providing a URL to a page or document that can act as a citation for the existence of the feature. Prospective buyers are '''highly''' recommended to contact the vendor directly to verify features as this list isn't authoritative, and ''product upgrades and changes happen rapidly in some cases''.<br />
 
}}
 
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
  ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.btlims.com/btlims.asp BTLIMS]
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
|-
  | Sample login and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Sample tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Sample and/or result batching?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Task and event scheduling?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Option for manual result entry?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Multiple data viewing methods?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data and trend analysis?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data and equipment sharing?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Customizable fields and/or interface?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Query capability?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Import data?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Internal file or data linking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External file or data linking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[ELN]] support or integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export data to MS Excel?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export raw date?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data warehouse?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Deadline control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Production control?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Project and/or task management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Inventory management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Document creation and/or management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Case management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Workflow]] management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
|-
  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Performance evaluation?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Audit trail]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Chain of custody]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Configurable roles and security?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data normalization?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Data validation?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data encryption?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Version control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Automatic data backup?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Environmental monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
|-
  | Custom reporting?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Report printing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Label support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Barcode support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Export to MS Word?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to HTML and/or XML?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Fax integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Email integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
|-
  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTHome />
|-
  | Mobile device integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Alarms and/or alerts?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Work-related time tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Voice recognition system?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Network-capable?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BTIndex>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.btlims.com/index.asp |title=BTLIMS - The Complete Lab Solution |publisher=AIS International, Ltd. |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Online or integrated help?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Usage-based cost?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
|-
  |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical
|-
|}


====Pricing====
====Demonstration videos and other media====




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Latest revision as of 22:51, 22 May 2024

BTLIMS Technologies
Type Unknown
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 1801 Main Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations 3
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website BTSoft.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/btsofttech/

BTLIMS Technologies (doing business as BTSoft) is a software company that develops and distributes the laboratory information management system software BTLIMS, among other laboratory informatics solutions.

History

Initial development of BTLIMS began in 2002, with the first version of the software released in 2006, strongly focusing on environmental laboratories.[1]

In the spring of 2023, BTLIMS tweaked and rebranded some of their solutions under the "ALPACA" moniker.

Technology and products

BTLIMS and ALPACA Inventory, LIMS, Micro ELN, and SDMS

BTLIMS is a modular, desktop-based laboratory information management system (LIMS) "that can automate workflow, simplify processes, and strengthen productivity."[2]

APLACA Inventory (formerly ICM or Inventory Control Manager[3]) is inventory management software for laboratories "that streamlines your inventory processes and gives you complete control over ordering your lab’s consumables, chemical reagents, and instruments."[4]

ALPACA LIMS (formerly LDM or Lab Data Master[5]) is a LIMS that "is easy to use, helps your lab maintain compliance, protects data, and automates workflows."[6]

ALPACA Micro ELN is an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that empowers your organization "with improved research and development workflows, so you can make breakthroughs faster."[7]

ALPACA SDMS (formerly SDMS[8], though not to be confused with a scientific data management system) is described as a "sample data management system" that can inteface with a LIMS (or act alone), designed to provide "dynamic functionality to maintain traceability throughout the entire sample data management process."[9]

Pricing

Pricing information not made public.

Demonstration videos and other media

Additional information

References

  1. "BTLIMS - The Complete Lab Solution". BTLIMS Technologies. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160221135949/http://btlims.com/environmental.php. Retrieved 23 October 2020. 
  2. "BTLIMS". BTLIMS Technologies. https://btsoft.com/btlims/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  3. "Inventory Control Manager". BTLIMS Technologies. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321144036/https://btsoft.com/inventory-control-manager/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  4. "ALPACA Inventory". BTLIMS Technologies. https://btsoft.com/alpaca-inventory/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  5. "Lab Data Master". BTLIMS Technologies. Archived from the original on -6 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006131346/https://btsoft.com/lab-data-master/. Retrieved 03 June 2022. 
  6. "ALPACA LIMS". BTLIMS Technologies. https://btsoft.com/alpaca-lims/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  7. "ALPACA Micro ELN". BTLIMS Technologies. https://btsoft.com/alpaca-micro-eln/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  8. "Sample Data Management System". BTLIMS Technologies. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321142859/https://btsoft.com/sample-data-management-system/. Retrieved 03 June 2023. 
  9. "ALPACA SDMS". BTLIMS Technologies. https://btsoft.com/alpaca-sdms/. Retrieved 03 June 2023.