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'''Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.''' develops and distributes [[laboratory informatics]] software solutions for numerous industries.
'''Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.''' develops and distributes open-source [[laboratory informatics]] software solutions for numerous industries. Like the majority of open-source businesses, Bika derives its income from support and other services, including a [[SaaS]]-hosted version of its flagship product [[Bika LIMS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod/asp |title=SaaS - Hosted LIMS Service |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=23 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="BikaServer">{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod/server |title=Standard Server - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=23 April 2012}}</ref>
 
The name "Bika" comes from the Zulu language, meaning "to report."<ref name="BL2.1">{{cite web |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html |title=Bika Lims 2.1 Inkosi open source release |publisher=Laboratorytalk |date=4 June 2008 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==


===Bika LIMS===
Bika LIMS is a free [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) solution released under a GNU general public license.  
 
[[Bika LIMS]] is a free [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) solution released under a GNU general public license. Bika Lab Systems sells customization, hosting, and support services for Bika LIMS users who wish more out of their LIMS.<ref name=BikaServer>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod/server |title=Standard Server - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref>
 
====Features====
 
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
  ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod Bika LIMS]
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
|-
  | Sample login and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Sample tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Sample and/or result batching?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Task and event scheduling?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Option for manual result entry?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Multiple data viewing methods?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data and trend analysis?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Data and equipment sharing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Customizable fields and/or interface?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=Bika30>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0 |title=Bika LIMS 3.0 - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
  | Query capability?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | 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;"| 
|-
  | Deadline control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Production control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Project and/or task management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Inventory management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Document creation and/or management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Case management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Workflow]] management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
|-
  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod |title=Bika LIMS Products - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
  | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Performance evaluation?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Audit trail]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | [[Chain of custody]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Configurable roles and security?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data normalization?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data validation?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Data encryption?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Version control?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=Bika30 />
|-
  | 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=BikaServer />
|-
  | Report printing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Label support?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Barcode support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Export to MS Word?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to HTML and/or XML?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Fax integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Email integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
|-
  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Mobile device integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Alarms and/or alerts?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Work-related time tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Voice recognition system?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Network-capable?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Online or integrated help?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Usage-based cost?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
|-
  |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| chemical, environmental, food and beverage,<br />public health and service
|-
|}
 
====Pricing====
 
Source for pricing information is the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.limsbook.com/ |title=LIMS Buyer's Guide |author=Jones, John; Alan Vaughan |publisher=Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. |year=2012}}</ref> As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.
 
Bika LIMS is a free open-source application. For more about Bika's general public license and free nature, please reference Bika's [http://www.bikalabs.com/gpllicense website].
 
Like the majority of open-source businesses, Bika derives its income from support and other services, which are currently not published. However, Bika LIMS is also available as a [[SaaS]] hosted subscription, with a one-time setup fee of around $3,000 and a monthly subscription starting at $450, increasing with more users, samples, etc. Pricing is primarily by number of analyses.
 
====Demonstration videos and other media====
 
The following demonstration videos are available for Bika Lab Systems software products:
 
'''Analysis requests'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/creating-analysis-request Creating an analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/receiving-mutliple-analysis-requests Receiving multiple analysis requests]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/receiving-single-ar-s Receiving single analysis requests]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/editing-an-analysis-request Editing an analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/entering-single-ar-data Entering analysis results on an analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/retracting-analysis-request Retracting an analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/verifying-a-single-analysis-request Verifying a single analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/verifying-bulk-analysis-requests Verifying multiple analysis requests]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/publishing-a-single-ar Publishing a single analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/publishing-multiple-analysis-requests Publishing multiple analysis requests]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/query-analysis-requests Query analysis requests]
 
'''Job cards'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/csvfileupload Interface CSV file upload]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/creating-a-job-card Creating a job card]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/job-card-manual-data-entry Job card - Manual data entry]
 
'''Orders'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/query-orders Query orders]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/ordering-products Ordering products]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/dispatching-orders Dispatching orders]
 
'''Monthly statements'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/creating-monthly-statements Creating monthly statements]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/query-statements Query statements]
 
'''Pricelists'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/creating-price-lists Create pricelists]
 
'''Logs'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/show-audit-logs View analysis request logs]
 
'''Reports'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/reporting-analysis-totals Reporting analysis totals]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/movies/reporting-analysis-requests-per-client Reporting analysis requests per client]
 
'''Training videos for Bika LIMS 2.x'''
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/inkosivideos/inkosisimplear Creating a simple analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/inkosivideos/inkosiadvancedar Advanced analysis request creation]
 
====Additional information====
 
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre Bika manuals and documentation]
 
==See also==


* [[Bika LIMS]]
For more information, please see the [[Bika LIMS]] page.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:55, 23 April 2012

Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.
Type Proprietary Limited
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 10 Constantia Rd., Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Area served Africa
Products
Website BikaLabs.com

Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. develops and distributes open-source laboratory informatics software solutions for numerous industries. Like the majority of open-source businesses, Bika derives its income from support and other services, including a SaaS-hosted version of its flagship product Bika LIMS.[1][2]

The name "Bika" comes from the Zulu language, meaning "to report."[3]

History

Technology and products

Bika LIMS is a free laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution released under a GNU general public license.

For more information, please see the Bika LIMS page.

References

  1. ↑ "SaaS - Hosted LIMS Service". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.. http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod/asp. Retrieved 23 April 2012. 
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Bika Lims 2.1 Inkosi open source release". Laboratorytalk. 4 June 2008. http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
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