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| |industry = [[Laboratory informatics]] | | |industry = [[Laboratory informatics]] |
| |genre = | | |genre = |
| |fate = | | |fate = Closed |
| |predecessor = | | |predecessor = |
| |successor = | | |successor = |
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| |foundation = | | |foundation = |
| |founder = | | |founder = |
| |defunct = | | |defunct = End of 2014 |
| |location_city = 360 Harvey Rd, Manchester, New Hampshire | | |location_city = 360 Harvey Rd, Manchester, New Hampshire |
| |location_country = U.S. | | |location_country = U.S. |
| |locations = | | |locations = |
| |area_served = U.S. | | |area_served = U.S. |
| |key_people = | | |key_people = Jon DiPietro |
| |products = {{Collapsible list | | |products = {{Collapsible list |
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| |divisions = | | |divisions = |
| |subsid = | | |subsid = |
| |homepage = [http://www.bridge-soft.com Bridge-Soft.com] | | |homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110115062859/http://www.bridge-soft.com/ Bridge-Soft.com] |
| |footnotes = | | |footnotes = |
| |intl = No | | |intl = No |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Bridge-Soft, LLC''' develops and distributes [[laboratory informatics]] software, with a strong focus on the environmental sciences. | | '''Bridge-Soft, LLC''' developed and distributed [[laboratory informatics]] software, with a strong focus on the environmental sciences. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| | | Owner Jon DiPietro indicated in January 2014 "the company is no longer offering its LIMS product" and that he "will be closing it down at the end of 2014." |
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| ==Technology and products== | | ==Technology and products== |
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| ===QMS and VDP=== | | ===QMS and VDP=== |
| | QMS was a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) aimed at the water, wastewater, and environmental laboratory industries. |
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| QMS is a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) aimed at the water, wastewater, and environmental laboratory industries.
| | The Virtual Delivery Platform or VDP was a customer service add-on for QMS; the company website didn't make it clear. |
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| The Virtual Delivery Platform or VDP appears to be a customer service add-on for QMS; the company website doesn't make it clear. | |
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| ====Features====
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| ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/QMS.aspx QMS]
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
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| | Sample login and management?
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| | Sample tracking?
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| | Sample and/or result batching?
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| | Task and event scheduling?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/QMS.aspx |title=Data Management Tools for Water & Wastewater Utilities - QMS |publisher=Bridge-Soft, LLC |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref>
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| | Option for manual result entry?
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| | Multiple data viewing methods?
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| | Data and trend analysis?
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| | Data and equipment sharing?
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| | Customizable fields and/or interface?
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| | Query capability?
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| | Import data?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSWater>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/Solutions.aspx |title=Water and Wastewater Solutions |publisher=Bridge-Soft, LLC |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref>
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| | Internal file or data linking?
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| | External file or data linking?
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| | [[ELN]] support or integration?
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| | Export data to MS Excel?
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| | Export raw date?
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| | Data warehouse?
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| | Deadline control?
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| | Production control?
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| | Project and/or task management?
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| | Inventory management?
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| | Document creation and/or management?
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| | Case management?
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| | [[Workflow]] management?
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| | Specification management?
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| | Customer management?
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| | Billing management?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
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| | Regulatory compliance?
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| | QA / QC functions?
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| | Performance evaluation?
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| | [[Audit trail]]?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSHome />
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| | [[Chain of custody]]?
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| | Configurable roles and security?
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| | Data normalization?
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| | Data validation?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSWater />
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| | Data encryption?
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| | Version control?
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| | Automatic data backup?
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| | Environmental monitoring?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
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| | Custom reporting?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSHome />
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| | Report printing?
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| | Label support?
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| | Barcode support?
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| | Export to PDF?
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| | Export to MS Word?
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| | Export to HTML and/or XML?
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| | Fax integration?
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| | Email integration?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
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| | Administrator management?
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| | Modular?
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| | Instrument interfacing and management?
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| | Mobile device integration?
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| | Alarms and/or alerts?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSWater />
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| | Work-related time tracking?
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| | Voice recognition system?
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| | External monitoring?
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| | Messaging?
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| | Multilingual?
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| | Network-capable?
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| | Web client or portal?
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| | Online or integrated help?
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| | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
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| | Usage-based cost?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
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| |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
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| ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx VDP]
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
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| | Sample login and management?
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| | Sample tracking?
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| | Sample and/or result batching?
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| | Task and event scheduling?
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| | Option for manual result entry?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Multiple data viewing methods?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Data and trend analysis?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Data and equipment sharing?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Customizable fields and/or interface?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Query capability?
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| | Import data?
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| | Internal file or data linking?
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| | External file or data linking?
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| | [[ELN]] support or integration?
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| | Export data to MS Excel?
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| | Export raw date?
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| | Data warehouse?
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| | Deadline control?
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| | Production control?
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| | Project and/or task management?
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| | Inventory management?
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| | Document creation and/or management?
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| | Case management?
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| | [[Workflow]] management?
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| | Specification management?
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| | Customer management?
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| | Billing management?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
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| | Regulatory compliance?
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| | QA / QC functions?
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| | Performance evaluation?
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| | [[Audit trail]]?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | [[Chain of custody]]?
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| | Configurable roles and security?
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| | style="background-color:white;"|
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| | Data normalization?
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| | Data validation?
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| | Data encryption?
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| | Version control?
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| | Automatic data backup?
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| | Environmental monitoring?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
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| | Custom reporting?
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| | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=VDPHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx |title=Data Management Tools for Environmental Labs - VDP |publisher=Bridge-Soft, LLC |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref>
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| | Report printing?
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| | Label support?
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| | Barcode support?
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| | Export to PDF?
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| | Export to MS Word?
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| | Export to HTML and/or XML?
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| | Fax integration?
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| | Email integration?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
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| | Administrator management?
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| | Modular?
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| | Instrument interfacing and management?
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| | Mobile device integration?
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| | Alarms and/or alerts?
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| | Work-related time tracking?
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| | Voice recognition system?
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| | External monitoring?
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| | Messaging?
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| | Multilingual?
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| | Network-capable?
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| | Web client or portal?
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| | Online or integrated help?
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| | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
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| | Usage-based cost?
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| ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
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| |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
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| ====Pricing====
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| Pricing information for both QMS and VDP from the [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/Pricing.aspx Bridge-Soft website].
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| | colspan="3" | The QMS base price is $15,000, while the per node price is $2,500. Single licenses are purchased according to the appropriate volume discount level.
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| ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Package price
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| ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Price per node
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| | '''Single'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $2,500
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $2,500
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| | '''10 Pack'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $22,500
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $2,250
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| | '''25 Pack'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $50,000
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $2,000
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| | '''50 Pack'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $90,000
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $1,800
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| | '''100 Pack'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $162,000
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $1,620
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| | '''250 Pack'''
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $365,000
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| | style="background-color:white;" | $1,458
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| ! VDP Pricing List
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| ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Information
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| | style="background-color:white;" | The revenues for VDP services are collected through a simple, across the board surcharge for laboratory services. VDP automatically adds the surcharge to each test.<br />
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| '''License Fee''': $10,000
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| '''Transaction Fees''':<br />VDP Basic - 5% surcharge<br />VDP Advanced - 10% surcharge
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| ====Demonstration videos and other media====
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| [[Category:Environmental LIMS]] | | [[Category:Inactive LIMS vendor]] |
| [[Category:Geology and mining LIMS]]
| | [[Category:Inactive vendors]] |
| [[Category:LIMS vendor]]
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| [[Category:Power and utility LIMS]] | |
| [[Category:Vendors]]
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