OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS / CAMBRIDGESHIRE
WHAT IS INCLUDED
WHY CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge organisations often sit in an awkward middle. A company of thirty scientists has outgrown spreadsheets but isn't ready for an expensive enterprise LIMS or ERP. A college has specialist needs that big packages ignore. We build focused operational tools for that gap: sample and reagent registers, equipment maintenance and calibration schedules, freezer inventories, purchase request flows and onboarding checklists for new starters.
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS / CAMBRIDGE
The design principle is to record things once, at the point of work, and connect them. A sample registered at the bench links to its storage location, the experiment it's used in and the resulting data file. A purchase request links to the grant it's charged against. Equipment calibration links to the results produced on that instrument. That connected record is what makes audits, investor diligence and eventual migration to bigger systems straightforward.
IN PRACTICE / CAMBRIDGE
A cell therapy start-up could register samples with barcodes, record freezer and box positions, track freeze-thaw history and see at a glance which samples belong to which project, replacing a shared spreadsheet that no one fully trusts.
A lab-based company might schedule calibration and servicing for every instrument, record engineer visits and certificates, and block bookings on equipment that is overdue, supporting quality standards ahead of customer audits.
A college office could manage student rooms, visiting academic accommodation and summer conference lettings in one system, reducing double bookings and the manual handover between term time and vacation.
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS ACROSS CAMBRIDGE
DELIVERY / CAMBRIDGE
Agree the opportunity and evidence of success.
Make direction tangible before delivery expands.
Build in visible, testable releases.
Use real performance to shape what follows.
QUESTION / CAMBRIDGE
It depends on your size, regulation and likely direction. If you're heading toward GxP work or already need validated software, a commercial LIMS is usually right. For earlier-stage teams, a lightweight custom register can bridge the gap and keep data well structured for later migration. We'll give an honest recommendation, even if it means not building anything.
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