Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.

**Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.**
Type	Proprietary Limited
Industry	Laboratory informatics
Headquarters	10 Constantia Rd., Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Area served	Africa
Products	Products list Bika Fire Assay; ; Bika Health; ; Bika Interlab; ; Bika LIMS; ; Bika Wine;
Website	BikaLabs.com

Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions for numerous industries.

History

Technology and products

Bika LIMS

Bika LIMS is a free laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution released under a GNU general public license. Bika Lab Systems sells customization, hosting, and support services for Bika LIMS users who wish more out of their LIMS.^[1]

Features

The following feature list(s) is/are derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides. A lack of a "Y" does not necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:

the vendor chose to not put relevant feature information online despite its existence in the product.
the vendor chooses to make the feature information available only to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
the feature information exists online to the public, but a URL could not be found to cite the existence of the feature.
the feature does not exist for the product.

A vendor's product may receive more confirmed features with the addition of more public information to the vendor's site and/or by providing a URL to a page or document that can act as a citation for the existence of the feature. Prospective buyers are highly recommended to contact the vendor directly to verify features as this list isn't authoritative, and product upgrades and changes happen rapidly in some cases.

Product: Bika LIMS
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management?	Y^[1]
Sample tracking?
Sample and/or result batching?	Y^[1]
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?	Y^[1]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?	Y^[1]
Data and equipment sharing?	Y^[1]
Customizable fields and/or interface?	Y^[2]
Query capability?	Y^[1]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Export raw date?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?	Y^[1]
Case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?	Y^[1]
Customer management?	Y^[1]
Billing management?
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance?	Y^[3]
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?	Y^[1]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?	Y^[1]
Data encryption?
Version control?	Y^[2]
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting?	Y^[1]
Report printing?	Y^[1]
Label support?	Y^[1]
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?	Y^[1]
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?	Y^[1]
Email integration?	Y^[1]
Base Functionality
Administrator management?	Y^[1]
Modular?	Y^[3]
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?	Y^[1]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?	Y^[1]
Messaging?	Y^[1]
Multilingual?
Network-capable?	Y^[3]
Web client or portal?	Y^[3]
Online or integrated help?	Y^[1]
SaaS delivery option?	Y^[3]
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
chemical, environmental, food and beverage, public health and service

Pricing

Source for pricing information is the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide.^[4] As prices may change at any time, always contact the vendor directly to obtain a price list or quote.

Bika LIMS is a free open-source application. For more about Bika's general public license and free nature, please reference Bika's website.

Like the majority of open-source businesses, Bika derives its income from support and other services, which are currently not published. However, Bika LIMS is also available as a SaaS hosted subscription, with a one-time setup fee of around $3,000 and a monthly subscription starting at $450, increasing with more users, samples, etc. Pricing is primarily by number of analyses.