The Formule setting and logic to automate the calculation of the tests results or of Uncertainty value, is useful and powerful in speed and secure and traceable calculations.
Sometimes, the formulas may be also useful for the determination of the list price starting from costs, or to select and combine the values of variables that come from Raw-Data from Tools.
On some occasions, a logic to support a process of calculation (Ex. Emissions) is handled through spreadsheets rather than being “embedded” in the software, in order to provide transparency and flexibility.
But how many labs exploit really this potentiality ?
Formulas and the Logic, in regulated environment, must also be Validated (See UNI CEI EN ISO-IEC 17025 for. 5.4.7.2); you can facilitate or entrust in outsourcing these activities?
The daya “Formulas in LIMS” will answer those questions and provide useful knowledge to users of LIMS.