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|founder          =   
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|defunct          =
|defunct          = End of 2014
|location_city    =  360 Harvey Rd, Manchester, New Hampshire
|location_city    =  360 Harvey Rd, Manchester, New Hampshire
|location_country  =  U.S.
|location_country  =  U.S.
|locations        =   
|locations        =   
|area_served      =  U.S.
|area_served      =  U.S.
|key_people        =  
|key_people        = Jon DiPietro
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|homepage          =  [http://www.bridge-soft.com Bridge-Soft.com]
|homepage          =  [https://web.archive.org/web/20110115062859/http://www.bridge-soft.com/ Bridge-Soft.com]
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'''Bridge-Soft, LLC''' develops and distributes [[laboratory informatics]] software, with a strong focus on the environmental sciences.
'''Bridge-Soft, LLC''' developed and distributed [[laboratory informatics]] software, with a strong focus on the environmental sciences.


==History==
==History==


 
Owner Jon DiPietro indicated in January 2014 "the company is no longer offering its LIMS product" and that he "will be closing it down at the end of 2014."


==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==
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===QMS and VDP===
===QMS and VDP===


QMS is a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) aimed at the water, wastewater, and environmental laboratory industries.
QMS was a [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) aimed at the water, wastewater, and environmental laboratory industries.


The Virtual Delivery Platform or VDP appears to be a customer service add-on for QMS; the company website doesn't make it clear.
The Virtual Delivery Platform or VDP was a customer service add-on for QMS; the company website didn't make it clear.


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  | Data and trend analysis?
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  | Data warehouse?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
 
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   | Deadline control?
| modular            =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| instrument_inter   =  
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| mobile_device      =  
  | Production control?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
| work_timetrack    =  
|-
| voice_rec          =  
  | Project and/or task management?
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   | style="background-color:white;"|
| messaging          =  
|-
| multilingual      =  
  | Inventory management?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
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|-
| online_help        =  
  | Document creation and/or management?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
| usage_cost        =  
|-
| industries        = environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
  | Case management?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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|-
  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Performance evaluation?
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  | Data normalization?
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  | Data encryption?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Version control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Automatic data backup?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Environmental monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
  |-
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|-
  | Custom reporting?
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Barcode support?
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|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to MS Word?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Export to HTML and/or XML?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Fax integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Email integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
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  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
   | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Mobile device integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Alarms and/or alerts?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=QMSWater />
|-
  | Work-related time tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Voice recognition system?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External monitoring?
   | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Usage-based cost?
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  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
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  |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
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   ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx VDP]
   ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx VDP]
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  |-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
   | style="background-color:white; border-style:none;"| {{Databox LIMSfeature
|-
| sample_login_man   =
  | Sample login and management?
| sample_track      =  
   | style="background-color:white;"|
| sample_batch      =  
|-  
| task_event_sched   =  
  | Sample tracking?
| manual_entry      =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
| multiple_view      =  
|-
| data_analysis      =  
   | Sample and/or result batching?
| data_sharing      =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| custom_fields      =  
|-
| query              =  
  | Task and event scheduling?
| import_data        =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| data_linking_int   =  
|-
| data_linking_ext   =  
  | Option for manual result entry?
| eln_support        =  
   | style="background-color:white;"|
| export_msexcel    =  
|-
| export_raw        =  
  | Multiple data viewing methods?
| data_warehouse    =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| deadline_control   =  
|-
| production_control =  
  | Data and trend analysis?
| project_task_man   =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| inventory_man      =  
|-
| document_man      =  
  | Data and equipment sharing?
| case_man          =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| workflow_man      =  
|-
| spec_man          =  
  | Customizable fields and/or interface?
| customer_man      =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| billing_man        =  
|-
 
  | Query capability?
| reg_compliance    =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| qa_qc              =  
|-
| performance_eval   =  
  | Import data?
| audit_trail        =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| chain_custody      =  
|-
| roles_security    =  
  | Internal file or data linking?
| data_norm          =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| data_val          =  
|-
| data_encrypt      =  
   | External file or data linking?
| version_control    =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| data_backup        =  
|-
| enviro_monitoring =
  | [[ELN]] support or integration?
 
   | style="background-color:white;"|
| custom_reporting   = Y<ref name="VDPHome">{{cite web |url=http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx |title=Data Management Tools for Environmental Labs - VDP |publisher=Bridge-Soft, LLC |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| report_printing    =  
  | Export data to MS Excel?
| label_support      =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| barcode_support    =  
|-
| export_pdf        =  
  | Export raw date?
| export_msword      =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| export_htmlxml    =  
|-
| fax_integration    =  
  | Data warehouse?
| email_integration =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
 
|-
| admin_manage      =  
  | Deadline control?
| modular            =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| instrument_inter   =  
|-
| mobile_device      =  
  | Production control?
| alarms_alerts      =  
   | style="background-color:white;"|
| work_timetrack    =  
|-
| voice_rec          =  
  | Project and/or task management?
| external_monitor   =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| messaging          =  
|-
| multilingual      =  
  | Inventory management?
| network            =  
   | style="background-color:white;"|
| web_client        =  
|-
| online_help        =  
  | Document creation and/or management?
| saas_model        =  
  | style="background-color:white;"|
| usage_cost        =  
|-
| industries        = environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
  | Case management?
}}
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Workflow]] management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
|-
  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Performance evaluation?
   | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Audit trail]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Chain of custody]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Configurable roles and security?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data normalization?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data validation?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data encryption?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Version control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Automatic data backup?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Environmental monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
  |-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
|-
  | Custom reporting?
   | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=VDPHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/VDP.aspx |title=Data Management Tools for Environmental Labs - VDP |publisher=Bridge-Soft, LLC |accessdate=19 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
  | Report printing?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Label support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Barcode support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to MS Word?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to HTML and/or XML?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Fax integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Email integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
  |-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
|-
  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
   | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Mobile device integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Alarms and/or alerts?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Work-related time tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Voice recognition system?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External monitoring?
   | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Network-capable?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Online or integrated help?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Usage-based cost?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
|-
  |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| environmental, geology and mining, power and utility
  |-
  |-
|}
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====Pricing====
====Pricing====


Pricing information for both QMS and VDP from the [http://www.bridge-soft.com/Products/Pricing.aspx Bridge-Soft website].


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  | colspan="3" | The QMS base price is $15,000, while the per node price is $2,500. Single licenses are purchased according to the appropriate volume discount level.
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  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quantity
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Package price
  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Price per node
|-
  | '''Single'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $2,500
  | style="background-color:white;" | $2,500
|-
  | '''10 Pack'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $22,500
  | style="background-color:white;" | $2,250
|-
  | '''25 Pack'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $50,000
  | style="background-color:white;" | $2,000
|-
  | '''50 Pack'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $90,000
  | style="background-color:white;" | $1,800
|-
  | '''100 Pack'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $162,000
  | style="background-color:white;" | $1,620
|-
| '''250 Pack'''
  | style="background-color:white;" | $365,000
  | style="background-color:white;" | $1,458
|-
|}
|}


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  ! style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Information
|-
  | style="background-color:white;" | The revenues for VDP services are collected through a simple, across the board surcharge for laboratory services. VDP automatically adds the surcharge to each test.<br />
'''License Fee''': $10,000


'''Transaction Fees''':<br />VDP Basic - 5% surcharge<br />VDP Advanced - 10% surcharge
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====Additional information====
====Additional information====
 
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:26, 10 January 2022

Bridge-Soft, LLC
Former type Limited Liability Company
Industry Laboratory informatics
Fate Closed
Defunct End of 2014
Headquarters 360 Harvey Rd, Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Area served U.S.
Key people Jon DiPietro
Products
Website Bridge-Soft.com

Bridge-Soft, LLC developed and distributed laboratory informatics software, with a strong focus on the environmental sciences.

History

Owner Jon DiPietro indicated in January 2014 "the company is no longer offering its LIMS product" and that he "will be closing it down at the end of 2014."

Technology and products

QMS and VDP

QMS was a laboratory information management system (LIMS) aimed at the water, wastewater, and environmental laboratory industries.

The Virtual Delivery Platform or VDP was a customer service add-on for QMS; the company website didn't make it clear.


References

Retrieved from "https://test.limswiki.org/index.php?title=Bridge-Soft,_LLC&oldid=45479"