Vendor:Siemens AG

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Siemens AG
Type Aktiengesellschaft
Industry Business optimization
Headquarters Wittelsbacherplatz 2
Munich, Germany
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website Siemens.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1043

Siemens AG is a German engineering conglomerate that focuses on the energy, health care, and industry sectors.


History

Cerner acquisition of Health Services

On August 5, 2014, Cerner Corporation announced it had acquired Siemens' Health Services division for $1.3 billion U.S. The company stated "[f]ollowing the acquisition, support for Siemens Health Services core platforms will remain in place" and that "[c]urrent implementations will continue."[1] The acquisition was finalized in February 2015.[2] Affected products may include Siemens' Servolab and TD-Synergy LISs, though they're fate is still not clear. The acquisition notice indicated "[a] unique feature of this acquisition is we’ll continue working with Siemens AG in a R&D capacity, in order to advance the interoperability of electronic health records with medical devices." The transition period was expected to last three years.[2]

Acquisition of IBS AG

In February 2012, Siemens AG made a second attempt at taking over IBS AG, the first attempt five years before.[3] Siemens announced in April that it had acquired 80.69 percent of IBS shares and therefore reached the 75 percent threshold for the takeover, including IBS subsidiary IBS America.[4][5] Siemens finalized the acquisition sometime in 2014.[6]

Sometime after late May, Siemens transferred the IBS AG web content to the Siemens website.[7] The former LIMS product CAQ=QSYS LIMS QPM doesn't appear to have been part of the transition to Siemens and is presumed to no longer be offered.

Technology and products

Servolab, SIMATIC IT R&D, SIMATIC IT Unilab, and TD-Synergy

Servolab is a laboratory information system (LIS) "that adapts to any lab workflow model as well as each lab's unique needs."[8] The company states the product is not available in the United States.

"SIMATIC IT R&D Suite is a scalable software platform to cover typical R&D activities such as development of new products, product maintenance, product enhancement."[9] This suite includes the LIMS SIMATIC IT Unilab and electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) functionality.

"SIMATIC IT Unilab is a multi-lab, multi-language enterprise LIMS for QC, service and R&D labs."[10] It is also a component of the SIMATIC IT R&D Suite.[11]

TD-Synergy is a LIS that "centralizes control of lab processes ... helping labs reduce costs, optimize workflow, and deliver better physician support."[12] The company states the product is not available in the United States. Siemens is the distributor for the product, which is developed by Technidata SAS.

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: Servolab
Experiment, patient, and data management
Sample login and management?
Sample tracking?
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Configurable templates and forms?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Data mining?
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?
Project and/or task management?
Test, experiment, and/or trial management?
Inventory management?
Document and/or image management?
Patient and case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer and physician management?
Billing and revenue management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions?Y[8]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?
Synoptic reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode and/or RFID support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[8]
Mobile device integration?
Third-party software integration?Y[8]
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Commenting?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
industry-neutral
Product: SIMATIC IT R&D
Experiment, collaboration,
and data management
Chemical and/or mathematical drawing and calculation?Y[11]
Chemical and/or spectrum file support?
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?Y[11]
Data and trend analysis?Y[11]
Data and equipment sharing?Y[11]
Customizable fields and/or interface?
Configurable templates and forms?
Query capability?Y[11]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?Y[11]
External file or data linking?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?Y[11]
Project and/or task management?Y[9]
Inventory management?Y[9]
Document creation and/or management?Y[11]
Lab and/or group management?
Experiment management?Y[9]
Workflow management?Y[9]
Customer and supplier management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions?Y[9]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[11]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?Y[11]
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Electronic signatures?
Version control?Y[11]
Automatic data backup?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?Y[11]
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?
Modular?Y[9]
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Third-party software integration?Y[11]
Alarms and/or alerts?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Bookmarking?
Commenting?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?Y[11]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
manufacturing and R&D
Product: SIMATIC IT Unilab
Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?Y[13]
Sample tracking?Y[13]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?Y[13]
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?Y[13]
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?
Query capability?Y[13]
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?Y[13]
Deadline control?
Production control?Y[13]
Project and/or task management?Y[13]
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?Y[13]
Case management?
Workflow management?Y[10]
Specification management?
Customer and supplier management?Y[10]
Billing management?Y[13]
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?Y[10]
QA / QC functions?Y[13]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[10]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?Y[13]
Data normalization?
Data validation?Y[10]
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?Y[13]
Environmental monitoring?Y[13]
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?Y[10]
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode support?Y[10]
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[10]
Modular?Y[10]
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[10]
Mobile device integration?Y[13]
Alarms and/or alerts?Y[10]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?Y[13]
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?Y[10]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
environmental, manufacturing and R&D, power and utility, veterinary
Product: TD-Synergy
Experiment, patient, and data management
Sample login and management?Y[14]
Sample tracking?Y[12]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?Y[14]
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Configurable templates and forms?
Data and trend analysis?Y[12]
Data and equipment sharing?
Data mining?
Customizable fields and/or interface?Y[12]
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?
Project and/or task management?
Test, experiment, and/or trial management?Y[12]
Inventory management?
Document and/or image management?Y[14]
Patient and case management?Y[12]
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer and physician management?Y[14]
Billing and revenue management?Y[12]
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?Y[14]
QA / QC functions?Y[14]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[14]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?Y[14]
Data normalization?
Data validation?Y[14]
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?Y[14]
Synoptic reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode and/or RFID support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?Y[14]
Email integration?Y[14]
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[12]
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[12]
Mobile device integration?
Third-party software integration?Y[12]
Alarms and/or alerts?Y[14]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Commenting?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
clinical

Pricing

Additional information

References

  1. ↑ "Cerner to Acquire Siemens Health Services for $1.3 Billion" (PDF). Cerner Corporation. 5 August 2014. http://acquisitions.cernernews.com/pdfs/Press%20Release%20080514%20CERNER%20TO%20ACQUIRE%20SIEMENS%20HS.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cerner Completes Acquisition of Siemens Health Services". Cerner Corporation. 2 February 2015. http://www.cerner.com/Cerner_Completes_Acquisition_of_Siemens_Health_Services/. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  3. ↑ Kammel, B. (7 February 2012). "Siemens Makes Second Run for Control of IBS in $59 Million Bid". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-02-07/siemens-makes-second-run-for-control-of-ibs-in-59-million-bid. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  4. ↑ "Siemens has access to 80.69 percent of IBS AG shares". Siemens AG. 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413172034/http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/2012/corporate/axx20120421.htm. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  5. ↑ Philip, J. (10 December 2013). "IBS America: Solutions for Quality Control and Compliance Management Challenges". CIO Review. Archived from the original on 03 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151103163147/http://www.cioreview.com/magazine/IBS-America-Solutions-For-Quality-Control-And-Compliance-Management-Challenges-BEPC146406141.html. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  6. ↑ Webb, A. (7 October 2014). "Cambridge Startup Success Shows Challenge for Siemens CEO". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-07/cambridge-startup-success-shows-challenge-for-siemens-ceo. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  7. ↑ "IBS, A Siemens Business". IBS AG. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160527060332/http://www.ibs-ag.de/start/. Retrieved 05 October 2016. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Servolab Laboratory Information System". Siemens AG. https://www.healthcare.siemens.it/diagnostics-it/laboratory-information/servolab-lab-info-sys. Retrieved 10 September 2014. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "Innovation efficiency MES - SIMATIC IT R&D Suite". Siemens AG. http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/mes/en/mes_suites/rdsuite/Pages/SIMATIC-IT-RD-Suite.aspx. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 "SIMATIC IT Unilab". Siemens AG. http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/mes/en/mescomponents/simaticitlims/Pages/Unilab_next_generation_LIMS.aspx. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 "Innovation efficiency MES - SIMATIC IT R&D Suite - Product Details". Siemens AG. http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/mes/en/mes_suites/rdsuite/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx. Retrieved 04 October 2015. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 "TD-Synergy Laboratory Information System". Siemens AG. https://www.healthcare.siemens.it/diagnostics-it/laboratory-information/td-synergy-lab-info-sys. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15
  14. ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 "TD-Synergy Laboratory Information System - Features and Benefits". Siemens AG. http://www.healthcare.siemens.it/diagnostics-it/laboratory-information/td-synergy-lab-info-sys/features-benefits. Retrieved 10 September 2014. 
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