Vendor:HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC

**HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC**
Type	Incorporated
Industry	Laboratory informatics; Professional services
Headquarters	8601 Six Forks Road, Suite 160, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Number of locations	1
Area served	U.S.
Products	HORIZON LIMS
Employees	30+
Parent	Roper Technologies, Inc.
Website	horizonlims.com
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizonlabsystems/

HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions.

History

HORIZON Lab Systems was originally founded as ChemWare, Inc. in 1987, making its first commercial release of HORIZON LIMS in 1991.^[1] In early 2004, the company won the Technology Quality Leadership Award from market research and analysis firm Frost & Sullivan.^[2] ChemWare was acquired by New Resources Companies in early 2012, though ChemWare was allowed to continue to operate as an independent company.^[3]

ChemWare was acquired again in January 2014 by the Dohmen Company, which also acquired Red Arrow Labs and Clinical Path Consulting.^[4] ChemWare operated as a subsidiary of Dohmen (as ChemWare, LLC), though at some unknown point, ChemWare's HORIZON software was transferred to Dohmen's acquired Red Arrow Labs, LLC, which appeared to be developing it in the late 2010s.^[5]

In roughly 2019 (time frame isn't fully clear), Red Arrow Labs was dissolved, ChemWare resumed development of HORIZON LIMS, and ChemWare changed its name to HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC, though it still operated as an affiliate of Dohmen (source: personal communications, Robert Benz).

On January 5, 2022, CliniSys Group Limited announced that it was acquiring HORIZON and its laboratory information management system (LIMS), adding that "[t]he acquisition extends CliniSys’ laboratory testing, diagnostics, and management capabilities further into the public health sector and related markets, such as environmental, water quality testing, public health, toxicology, and agricultural testing."^[6] Nearly two weeks later, CliniSys announced it and HORIZON would combine with Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.^[7], which CliniSys parent Roper Technologies acquired in 2016.^[8] It was further reported that HORIZON LIMS may combine with Sunquest's LIS, Sunquest Laboratory. The same report suggested that "[t]he expanded firm will be known by the CliniSys name, although it’s possible that Sunquest will keep its branded product line."^[9] As of late March 2022, it's not clear how all three entities will combine their assets; each company's product website still operates independently.

On October 4, 2022, CliniSys Group Limited announced the completion of "the combination of Sunquest Information Systems, HORIZON Lab Systems, and Apollo LIMS under its singular brand."^[10] While the announcement indicated that the branding was affected, as of October 4 it is still not clear what happened to Sunquest, HORIZON, and Common Cents as legal entities (i.e., are they subsidiaries or separate entities doing business as Clinisys).

Technology and products

HORIZON LIMS

HORIZON LIMS is a LIMS described as "an efficient, configurable, secure and cost-effective solution to transform your lab."^[11] The software can be installed locally or hosted via the SaaS distribution model.^[12] The software is designed to adress the needs of multiple industries, including agriculture, cannabis, clinical diagnostics, environmental, public health, toxicology, and utilities fields.

Features

The following feature list(s) is/are 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.
the vendor chooses to make the feature information available only to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
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.

Product: HORIZON LIMS

Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?	Y^[11]
Sample tracking?	Y^[11]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?
Query capability?
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?
Project and/or task management?
Inventory management?	Y^[11]
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer and supplier management?
Billing management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?	Y^[11]
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody?	Y^[11]
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?	Y^[11]
Report printing?	Y^[11]
Label support?
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?	Y^[11]
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?	Y^[11]
Mobile device integration?	Y^[11]
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?	Y^[11]
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?	Y^[12]
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?	Y^[12]
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
agriculture, cannabis, clinical diagnostic, environmental, food and beverage, power and utility, public health and service, toxicology

Pricing

Source for pricing information is GSA Advantage, off the HORIZON Lab Systems contract, which still shows active. As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.

Note: These are U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) prices, and as such they represent the lowest possible negotiated price. These prices aren't available to any entity outside of the Federal Government, and thus prices for non-government entities will be higher. If anything, they represent the lowest possible negotiated price.

Products:

HORIZON LIMS Oracle 12c database, processor-based license: $14,850.00

provides the primary database and system infrastructure

HORIZON LIMS Central named user, Tier 1: $3,563.00

provides core LIMS features

HORIZON LIMS Report Manager processor-based license: $26,760.00

provides administrator access for report development and distribution and ad-hoc queries

HORIZON LabOnline named user: $8,250.00

provides access to client portal for data access, report viewing, and order entry

HORIZON Field named user: $1,658.00

provides access to portable field data collection devices

HORIZON Instrument instrument integration utility, named user: $1,650.00

allows users to develop and deploy LimsLink parsers for automated uploading and posting of results to HORIZON from interfaced instruments

HORIZON Logbooks processor-based license: $18,550.00

allows users electronic data capture that would normally be entered into physical logbooks

HORIZON OCR SimpleIndex barcode software: $1,020.00

allows end-users to convert external scanned documents into electronic data

Services:

Labor Category I – Senior Project Manager : $202/hr

consultation on automation and data management systems needs, formalization of requirements analysis and implementation plan

Labor Category Ii – Project Manager : $150/hr

provides direction and system implementation assistance, including configuring test methods, setting up clients/profiles, QC batch rules, analyte lists and developing reports

System Administrator Training : $3,137.00

training on general HORIZON operation and procedures for LIMS maintenance, configuration and optimization

Advanced System Administrator Training : $2,713.00

training on advanced HORIZON operation and procedures for LIMS maintenance, configuration and optimization

Report Writer Training : $5,713.00

Advanced report writer training on the HORIZON Report Manager option, for system administrators and power users who want to create their own reports or customize those provided by HORIZON