Vendor:Autoscribe Ltd.

**Autoscribe Ltd.**
Type	Limited
Industry	Business software; Laboratory informatics; Scientific software
Headquarters	Wellington House, Riseley Business Park, Basingstoke Road, Riseley, Reading, Berkshire, U.K.
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Products list Matrix Express; ; Matrix Gemini; ; Matrix Tracker;
Subsidiaries	Autoscribe Informatics Inc.
Website	Autoscribe.co.uk

Autoscribe Ltd. develops and distributes business, scientific, and laboratory informatics software solutions.

The North American distribution and support team for Matrix Gemini was Zumatrix, Inc., but Zumatrix was absorbed into a new Autoscribe subsidiary "Autoscribe Informatics Inc." at the beginning of 2012, giving Autoscribe a presence in the U.S.^[1]

History

Technology and products

Matrix Gemini, Matrix Express, and Matrix Tracker

Matrix Gemini is a configurable laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution that "can be used in a wide variety of laboratories, both in size and application."^[2]

Matrix Express is a slimmer version of Matrix Gemini, one that "requires minimal resources to implement."^[3]

Matrix Tracker is a tracking application "that can be configured to meet the precise requirements of your application by configuring the core software."^[4]

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: Matrix Gemini
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management?
Sample tracking?
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?	Y^[5]
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?	Y^[2]
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?	Y^[2]
Query capability?
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?	Y^[6]
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?	Y^[7]
Export raw date?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?	Y^[8]
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?	Y^[8]
Specification management?
Customer management?
Billing management?
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance?	Y^[7]
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?	Y^[2]
Chain of custody?	Y^[2]
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?	Y^[2]
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting?
Report printing?
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^[2]
Modular?	Y^[2]
Instrument interfacing and management?	Y^[7]
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?	Y^[8]
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?	Y^[2]
Web client or portal?	Y^[2]
Online or integrated help?
SaaS delivery option?
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
chemical, environmental, food and beverage, general, health care, pharmaceutical, veterinary

Product: Matrix Express
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management?	Y^[3]
Sample tracking?	Y^[3]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?	Y^[3]
Option for manual result entry?	Y^[3]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?	Y^[3]
Query capability?
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Export raw date?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?	Y^[3]
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer management?
Billing management?
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance?	Y^[3]
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?	Y^[3]
Audit trail?	Y^[3]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?	Y^[3]
Data normalization?
Data validation?	Y^[3]
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting?	Y^[3]
Report printing?	Y^[3]
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?
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
SaaS delivery option?
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
chemical, environmental, food and beverage, general, health care, pharmaceutical, veterinary

Product: Matrix Tracker
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management?
Sample tracking?	Y^[4]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?	Y^[4]
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?	Y^[4]
Query capability?
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Export raw date?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?	Y^[4]
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer management?
Billing management?
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance?	Y^[4]
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?	Y^[4]
Chain of custody?	Y^[4]
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting?	Y^[4]
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode support?	Y^[4]
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?
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
SaaS delivery option?
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
chemical, environmental, food and beverage, general, health care, pharmaceutical, veterinary

Pricing

Source for pricing information is the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide.^[9] As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.

Note 1: For reference, an "n" at the end of a part should be replaced with the number of users. The part number for a 10-user license of Matrix Gemini, for example, would be converted to "MG1012/10".

Note 2: Options are priced per system. Price for starter configurations is in addition to the price of the product license.

Matrix Gemini Price List
Part number	Description	1-user price	5-user price	10-user price	20-user price	50-user price	100-user price
MG1012/n	Matrix Gemini license	$9,600	$28,800	$52,800	$96,000	$208,000	$320,000
MG1012/EU/n	Matrix Gemini additional users	$5,280	$5,280	$5,280	$5,280	$5,280	$5,280
MG1012/RU/n	Matrix Gemini restricted users	$2,640	$2,640	$2,640	$2,640	$2,640	$2,640
Option 101	SPC module	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710
Option 102	ICMS	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910
Option 103	Competency tracking	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910	$8,910
Option 104	Frequency testing	$3,780	$3,780	$3,780	$3,780	$3,780	$3,780
Option 107	Scheduler	$4,725	$4,725	$4,725	$4,725	$4,725	$4,725
Option 108	Grading	$4,500	$4,500	$4,500	$4,500	$4,500	$4,500
SCVET/n	Starter config for vet labs	$28,800 (1–4 users)	$35,000 (5–9 users)	$40,000 (10–19 users)	$50,000	$50,000	$50,000
SCBIOB/n	Starter config for biobanks	$28,800 (1–4 users)	$35,000 (5–9 users)	$40,000 (10–19 users)	$50,000	$50,000	$50,000

Matrix Express Price List
Part number	Description	1-user price	5-user price
ME1012/n	Matrix Express license	$5,780	$17,280
ME1012/EU/n	Matrix Express additional users	$3,860	$3,860
MEUP1012/n	Matrix Express addition of config tools	$4,480	$20,000

Matrix Tracker Price List
Part number	Description	1-user price	5-user price	10-user price	20-user price	50-user price	100-user price
MT1012/n	Matrix Tracker license	$4,800	$14,400	$26,400	$48,000	$104,000	$160,000
MT1012/EU/n	Matrix Tracker additional users	$2,560	$2,560	$2,560	$2,560	$2,560	$2,560
MTUP1012/n	Matrix Tracker addition of config tools	$4,480	$20,000	$24,000	$30,000	$40,000	$50,000
SCBIOB/n	Starter config for biobanks	$28,800 (1–4 users)	$35,000 (5–9 users)	$40,000 (10–19 users)	$50,000	$50,000	$50,000