Environmental Data Repository and Laboratory Information Management System
Thames Water is responsible for protecting public health by ensuring that standards of sewage and drinking water treatment meet regulatory guidelines. To this end Thames Water operates a 24-hour laboratory service which is constantly testing samples taken from both networks. Sampling is performed in line with a pre-defined annual schedule that is agreed with the regulator.
Thames Water commissioned SciSys to replace a suite of existing applications with a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and Environmental Data Repository (EDR).
SciSys replaced the existing LIMS with Thermo Electron Corporation's SampleManager to give substantial savings in support costs and efficiency improvements to enable future business growth.
SciSys developed a data warehouse to support ad-hoc and regulatory reporting, including a suite of reports using Business Objects, replacing a system based on old technology.
SciSys delivered the Business Change, including business process change and process-based training to over 600 users.
The main benefits of this SciSys solution are:
- Reduced operating costs and operational efficiencies.
- Three hundred users able to access EDR & LIMS from forty-nine sites, including laboratories.
- Improved reporting capabilities through Business Objects.
- Access to information from a variety of sources such as: water cycle, water resources, drinking water, sewage treatment, trade effluent, Environment Agency data, analytical quality control (AQC), sample data and sampling programme.
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