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==History==
==History==
 
Disillusioned with existing [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) options, Two Fold Software Limited was founded in 2008 with the focus of developing, selling, and supporting a LIMS offering that was flexible and feature-rich.<ref name="TFAboutUs">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/about/the-company/ |title=The Company |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref> Since its founding, the company has and continues to work with a variety of global partners in numerous countries.<ref name="TFRescentPart">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003204622/http://rescentris.com/company/partners/ |url=http://rescentris.com/company/partners/ |title=Rescentris Partners |publisher=Rescentris, Inc |archivedate=03 October 2011 |accessdate=06 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="TwoFoldLabAlly">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/partners/twofold/ |title=Twofold Software |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC |date=07 May 2014 |accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="TFPart">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/about/partners/ |title=Our Partners |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref> Among such partnerships is Two Fold's joining with Denmark's OBI Medical to create middleware v-TAC Connect to support OBI's v-TAC, which converts venous blood sample results to accurate arterial blood sample results.<ref name="TFNewTech16">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/2016/03/new-technological-partnership/ |title=New Technological Partnership |author=admin |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |date=24 March 2016 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref> This partnership resulted in the two companies forming a consortium and achieving EuroStars funding for the project in 2016.<ref name="TFEurostars16">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/2016/05/eurostars-funding/ |title=Eurostars Funding |author=admin |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |date=07 May 2016 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
Two Fold partnered with [[Rescentris, Inc.]] to help distribute the developer's CERF electronic laboratory notebook software<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003204622/http://rescentris.com/company/partners/ |url=http://rescentris.com/company/partners/ |title=Rescentris Partners |publisher=Rescentris, Inc |archivedate=03 October 2011 |accessdate=06 January 2014}}</ref> until changes occurred at Rescentris in 2012 and 2013.
 
In May 2014, [[Lab-Ally LLC]] announced a partnership with Two Fold to distribute their Qualoupe LIMS in the U.S.<ref name="TwoFold">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/partners/twofold/ |title=Twofold Software |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC |date=07 May 2014 |accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>


==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==
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===Qualoupe LIMS===
===Qualoupe LIMS===


Qualoupe LIMS is a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) "for all types of organisations both large and small."<ref name="TFQual">{{cite web |url=http://www.twofold-software.com/site/qualoupe/ |title=Qualoupe LIMS |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref>
Qualoupe LIMS is a LIMS "built from the ground up to meet the requirements of modern laboratories."<ref name="TFQual">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/ |title=Qualoupe |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref> The software features more than 30 applications or modules and is advertised as being suitable for laboratories of all sizes.


====Features====
====Features====
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   ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.twofold-software.com/site/qualoupe/ Qualoupe LIMS]
   ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/ Qualoupe LIMS]
  |-
  |-
   ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
   | style="background-color:white; border-style:none;"| {{Databox LIMSfeature
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| sample_login_man   = Y<ref name="TFSampMan">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/sample-and-batch/ |title=Sample and Batch Management |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
   | Sample login and management?
| sample_track      = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct">{{cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120921101445/http://www.twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/qualoupe-functionality/ |url=http://www.twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/qualoupe-functionality/ |title=Functionality |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |archivedate=21 September 2012 |accessdate=01 June 2013}}</ref>
| sample_batch      = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
|-
| task_event_sched   = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
  | Sample tracking?
| manual_entry      = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| multiple_view      =
|-
| data_analysis      = Y<ref name="TFStatistic">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/spc/ |title=Statistical Process Control |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | Sample and/or result batching?
| data_sharing      = Y<ref name="TFOilGas">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/applications/oil-and-gas/ |title=Qualoupe for the Oil and Gas Industry |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
   | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| custom_fields      = Y<ref name="TFUserInter">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/user-interface/ |title=User Interface |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| query              = Y<ref name="TFUserInter" />
  | Task and event scheduling?
| import_data        =
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| data_linking_int  =
|-
| data_linking_ext   =
  | Option for manual result entry?
| eln_support        =
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| export_msexcel    =  
|-
| export_raw        =
  | Multiple data viewing methods?
| data_warehouse    =
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| deadline_control   =
|-
| production_control = Y<ref name="TFMethodMaterial">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/method_materials/ |title=Method and Materials Management |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | Data and trend analysis?
| project_task_man  = Y<ref name="TFClarity">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/2011/04/pr-april-2011/ |title=Clarity and flexibility defines Two Fold Software’s next generation of LIMS |author=admin |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |date=01 April 2011 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| inventory_man      = Y<ref name="TFStock">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/stock-control/ |title=Stock Control |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
|-  
| document_man      =
  | Data and equipment sharing?
| case_man          =
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| workflow_man      = Y<ref name="TFStatistic" />
|-
| spec_man          = Y<ref name="TFMethodMaterial" />
  | Customizable fields and/or interface?
| customer_man      = Y<ref name="TFFinancial">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/financial-control/ |title=Financial Control |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="TFQual" />
| billing_man        = Y<ref name="TFFinancial" />
|-
 
  | Query capability?
| reg_compliance    = Y<ref name="TFIntro">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/2010/06/introducing_qualoupe_lims/ |title=Introducing Qualoupe LIMS |author=admin |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |date=01 June 2010 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| qa_qc              = Y<ref name="TFStatistic" />
|-  
| performance_eval   =
  | Import data?
| audit_trail        = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| chain_custody      =
|-
| roles_security    = Y<ref name="TFUserInter" />
  | Internal file or data linking?
| data_norm          =
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| data_val          = Y<ref name="TFStatistic" />
|-
| data_encrypt      =
   | External file or data linking?
| version_control    = Y<ref name="TFStatistic" />
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| data_backup        =
|-
| enviro_monitoring  =  
   | [[ELN]] support or integration?
 
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| custom_reporting   = Y<ref name="TFReporting">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/reporting/ |title=Reporting |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| report_printing    = Y<ref name="TFReporting" />
  | Export data to MS Excel?
| label_support      = Y<ref name="TFKB0014">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/2011/12/kb0014-label-printing-fails-reporting-invalid-printer-specified/ |title=KB0014: Label Printing fails reporting – “Invalid printer specified” |author=markc |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| barcode_support    =
|-  
| export_pdf        = Y<ref name="TFSampMan" />
  | Export raw date?
| export_msword      =
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| export_htmlxml    =  
|-
| fax_integration    =
  | Data warehouse?
| email_integration =
  | style="background-color:white;"|
 
|-  
| admin_manage      = Y<ref name="TFTrace">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/traceability/ |title=Traceability |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
  | Deadline control?
| modular            = Y<ref name="TFQual" />
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| instrument_inter  = Y<ref name="TFInstrument">{{cite web |url=http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/interfacing/ |title=Instrument and Systems Interface |publisher=Two Fold Software Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| mobile_device      =
  | Production control?
| alarms_alerts      = Y<ref name="TFStatistic" />
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| work_timetrack    =
|-
| voice_rec          =
  | Project and/or task management?
| external_monitor   = Y<ref name="TFReporting" />
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| messaging          =
|-
| multilingual      =
  | Inventory management?
| network            =
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| web_client        = Y<ref name="TFReporting" />
|-  
| online_help        =
  | Document creation and/or management?
| saas_model        =
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
| usage_cost        =  
|-
 
  | Case management?
| industries        = chemical, contract services, cosmetics, energy, food and beverage, general, geology and mining, manufacturing and R&D, petrochemical, pharmaceutical
  | style="background-color:white;"|
}}
|-
  | [[Workflow]] management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-  
  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
|-
  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="TFQual" />
|-
   | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | 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;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-  
  | Data normalization?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Data validation?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-  
  | 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;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
|-
  | Custom reporting?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Report printing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-  
  | Label support?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Barcode support?
   | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
|-
  | 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;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
|-
  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | 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;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | Network-capable?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="TFQual" />
|-
  | Online or integrated help?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name="QualFunct" />
|-
  | [[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;"| chemical, contract services, cosmetics,<br />energy, food and beverage, general,<br />geology and mining, manufacturing<br />and R&D, petrochemical, pharmaceutical
  |-
  |-
|}
|}

Revision as of 16:22, 12 April 2018

Two Fold Software Limited
Type Limited company
Industry Software development
Headquarters Dodwell House
Chilton Business Centre
Chilton, Aylesbury, Bucks
, U.K.
Number of locations 3
Area served Worldwide
Products Qualoupe LIMS
Website Twofold-Software.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1148917

Two Fold Software Limited develops and distributes business and laboratory management software solutions.

History

Disillusioned with existing laboratory information management system (LIMS) options, Two Fold Software Limited was founded in 2008 with the focus of developing, selling, and supporting a LIMS offering that was flexible and feature-rich.[1] Since its founding, the company has and continues to work with a variety of global partners in numerous countries.[2][3][4] Among such partnerships is Two Fold's joining with Denmark's OBI Medical to create middleware v-TAC Connect to support OBI's v-TAC, which converts venous blood sample results to accurate arterial blood sample results.[5] This partnership resulted in the two companies forming a consortium and achieving EuroStars funding for the project in 2016.[6]

Technology and products

Qualoupe LIMS

Qualoupe LIMS is a LIMS "built from the ground up to meet the requirements of modern laboratories."[7] The software features more than 30 applications or modules and is advertised as being suitable for laboratories of all sizes.

Features


Product: Qualoupe LIMS
Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?Y[8]
Sample tracking?Y[8]
Sample and/or result batching?Y[8]
Task and event scheduling?Y[8]
Option for manual result entry?Y[8]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?Y[9]
Data and equipment sharing?Y[10]
Customizable fields and/or interface?Y[11]
Query capability?Y[11]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?Y[12]
Project and/or task management?Y[13]
Inventory management?Y[14]
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?Y[9]
Specification management?Y[12]
Customer and supplier management?Y[15]
Billing management?Y[15]
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?Y[16]
QA / QC functions?Y[9]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[8]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?Y[11]
Data normalization?
Data validation?Y[9]
Data encryption?
Version control?Y[9]
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?Y[17]
Report printing?Y[17]
Label support?Y[18]
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?Y[8]
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[19]
Modular?Y[7]
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[20]
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?Y[9]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?Y[17]
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?Y[17]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
chemical, contract services, cosmetics, energy, food and beverage, general, geology and mining, manufacturing and R&D, petrochemical, pharmaceutical

Pricing

Source for pricing information comes directly from Two Fold Software, which was then published in the LIMS Buyer's Guide. As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.

(End-user price excludes tax; all prices in £.)

Rent: £590 per month for 5 concurrent users, including support
Buy: £14,600 for 5 concurrent users excluding support

Rental Cost (monthly licenses):
QLR-SERV-LS Qualoupe server license, incl. support: £266
QLR-CUSER-LS Additional concurrent user licenses, incl. support: £81
QLR-WREP-LS Web reporting, incl. support, 10 licenses: £40
QLR-CSAMP-LS Five remote sample login licenses, incl. support: £20
QLR-SINST-LI Instrument connection, single: £33
QLR-DINST-LI Instrument connect, bi-directional (separate quoted @ day rate, one-off cost): £700

Purchase Cost:
QLR-SERV-LS Qualoupe server license: £6600
QLR-CUSER-LS Additional concurrent user licenses: £2000
QLR-WREP-LS Web reporting, 10 licenses: £1150
QLP-SUPP-SS Annual support: 15%
QLR-SINST-LI Instrument connection, single: £700
QLR-DINST-LI Instrument connect, bi-directional (separate quoted @ day rate, one-off cost): £700

Demonstration videos and other media

The following demonstration videos are available for Qualoupe LIMS:

Additional information

External links

References

  1. "The Company". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/about/the-company/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  2. "Rescentris Partners". Rescentris, Inc. Archived from the original on 03 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003204622/http://rescentris.com/company/partners/. Retrieved 06 January 2014. 
  3. "Twofold Software". Lab-Ally LLC. 7 May 2014. http://lab-ally.com/partners/twofold/. Retrieved 23 December 2016. 
  4. "Our Partners". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/about/partners/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  5. admin (24 March 2016). "New Technological Partnership". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/2016/03/new-technological-partnership/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  6. admin (7 May 2016). "Eurostars Funding". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/2016/05/eurostars-funding/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Qualoupe". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "Sample and Batch Management". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/sample-and-batch/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Statistical Process Control". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/spc/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  10. "Qualoupe for the Oil and Gas Industry". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/applications/oil-and-gas/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "User Interface". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/user-interface/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Method and Materials Management". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/method_materials/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  13. admin (1 April 2011). "Clarity and flexibility defines Two Fold Software’s next generation of LIMS". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/2011/04/pr-april-2011/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  14. "Stock Control". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/stock-control/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Financial Control". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/financial-control/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  16. admin (1 June 2010). "Introducing Qualoupe LIMS". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/2010/06/introducing_qualoupe_lims/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "Reporting". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/reporting/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  18. markc (14 December 2011). "KB0014: Label Printing fails reporting – “Invalid printer specified”". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/2011/12/kb0014-label-printing-fails-reporting-invalid-printer-specified/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  19. "Traceability". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/traceability/. Retrieved 12 April 2018. 
  20. "Instrument and Systems Interface". Two Fold Software Limited. http://twofold-software.com/site/products/qualoupe/functionality/interfacing/. Retrieved 12 April 2018.