Bika Lab Systems

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Location	South Africa

Bika Lab Systems provides full LIMS implementation life cycle services - requirement analysis, design, customisation and development, project management and quality control, documentation, systems integration, administration, hosting, customer training and support. Innovative designs, reliable systems, superior support. For all laboratories big and small. Developers of the Bika LIMS, based on Plone, Bika Lab Systems also offers standard Plone web portal services.

Bika combines web content management and workflow processing for a one-stop web-based LIMS. Bika is an open source solution, there is no vendor lock-in and the LIMS can be extended and tailored to exact requirement. Robust and proven FOSS industry-standard platforms reduce the cost of LIMS ownership.

Bika systems are assembled from standard and optional functional modules, then customised to specific individual lab requirements. Bika branches provide solutions enhanced for recognised laboratory disciplines.

Bika's LIMSs are available as both on-site servers or hosted service provision at a fraction of the cost normally associated with LIMS acquisition.

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Deployed Sites

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BBK Laboratory (South Africa)

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Bio-Systems SA (South Africa)

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Perishable Products Export Control Board (South Africa)

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