From QSIUK
WinLims Rental from as little as £165 per month
“WinLims Rental allows you to get a full LIMS for a low monthly fee”
WinLims Rental is a new approach to owning a LIMS. Rather than requiring a large capital outlay, WinLims Rental instead allows you to get a full LIMS for a low monthly fee, with very little up-front cost. Despite this, you're not buying a "cut down" or "light" version of the software: WinLims Rental is identical to our full WinLims system, and comes bundled with an installation program and tutorials to get you up and running as quickly and easily as possible. Of course Rental agreements can be converted to a Subscription Contract or full purchase at any time, keeping your options open for the future — or just letting you use it as a "try before you buy" system.
The monthly rental fee includes WinLIMS software licenses, a 5-incident support pack and a copy of Microsoft SQLServer 2005 Express edition (in case you don’t have an existing SQL database). A minimal one-time cost is charged to cover QSI’s administration fees and one copy of Business Objects Crystal Reports Design license. Despite these low costs, we're so confident that WinLims will meet your requirements that there is no contractual lock-in and no minimum rental period — you can cancel your rental at any time with only a month's notice.
“WinLims Rental is not a hosted solution, the application and your companies data is secure on your own hardware at your site”
Benefits of Software Rental
- Low monthly Cost.
- No-risk solution.
- Monthly fee is totally tax deductable.
- No long-term contract commitment.
- Short setup time.
- Faster return on investment.
- Funded from revenue not capital.
- Preserves capital.
Rental Cost Justification
The value of laboratory information compels companies to spend thousands of pounds implementing LIMS. Although some benefits can be directly measured using time/motion studies, immeasurable benefits are derived by the immediate availability of useful information to your manufacturing and management staff allowing informed decisions to be made which reduce both wasted time and product, and provide better service to your customers. You can now reap these benefits at a small fraction of the cost - with no risk - with the WinLims Rental. Your payback will be enormous!
The following are actual figures from a small laboratory that has just implemented WinLims:
- The company has 250 Product Specifications
- On average, ships 20 lots of product per day
- Customers require SQC reports for their products
- Management requires monthly productivity & summary reports
- The lab uses 20 instruments that are scheduled for calibration & maintenance with continuous control charts
- The average compensation package for a lab professional (total of salary & benefits) is £23,000 per year
- Their WinLims monthly rental fee is £265
Look at the payback from one WinLims function: automated reporting. These time/motion numbers were directly calculated by replacing an error-prone and time-consuming Excel-based system.
| Report Type | Quantity | Average Time | Days/Yr | Savings/Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COA | 20/day | 5 mins each | 250 | £25,000 min |
| SQC | 250/year | 10 mins each | 1 | £2,500 min |
| Management | 5/month | 15 mins each | 12 | £900 min |
| Off-Spec | 1/day | 10 mins each | 250 | £2,500 min |
| Instrument | 20/month | 15 mins each | 12 | £3,600 min |
The realised savings for automated reporting alone is £536 per month for a £265 per month WinLims investment!
Note that this doesn’t include improvements to production efficiency and customer service, or the immediate access to information which is the REAL benefit of WinLims!
WinLims Rental Functionality
WinLims Rental contains all the functionality of our standard product, this includes:-
- Sample login.
- Sample receipt and barcoding.
- Results Entry.
- Validation and approval.
- Invoicing and Quotations.
- Reporting.
- Security.
- Work Resourcing.
For a full list of the available functionality see WinLims Standard Functionality
