Cement specialists and laboratory technicians deal with a lot of laboratory data every day, which has to be evaluated, archived and analyzed. Nowadays, careful analyses and qualified data are the cornerstone of quality management. This laboratory data must be carefully collected, evaluated, managed and archived. Managing the amount of data as efficiently and economically as possible – this is one of the biggest challenges cement plants also face today. A cement LIMS can help to centrally and transparently manage and visualize the laboratory data that accumulates in a cement plant.
The Laboratory Information Management System [FP]-LIMS is a modern and highly practicable software solution for the collection, processing, management and evaluation of all data generated in the laboratory. On the one hand, this reduces the necessary manual work steps, and on the other hand, the LIMS allows better accuracy on the part of the test results. You benefit from great time and cost savings. Errors in incoming and outgoing goods can also be largely eliminated through the use of LIMS. With our LIMS software, we offer you a very practical, cost-effective and proven way to centrally manage your laboratory data. Our customers appreciate the LIMS solution especially for its high flexibility, because: It adapts completely to your individual requirements, not the other way around. Many steel mills worldwide have been successfully using the LIMS software for many years. Digitizing quality processes in cement plants has never been easier with [FP]-LIMS.
Do you need an overview of the functionalities of the LIMS software? We have summarized these for you below. Please feel free to arrange a free consultation in which we will give you an insight into the software. We will then analyze together how [FP]-LIMS can optimally organize the laboratory processes in your company.
Why does LIMS play a crucial role for your cement factory and in this industry?
The cement industry today has a rising demand for data quality and laboratory processes. Cement specialists and lab technicians deal with many measurement data every day, which needs to be evaluated, archived, and analyzed.
These days, accurate analyses are the basis of quality standards.
Which IT solution is still mostly used today? MS Excel is still frequently applied in laboratories nowadays. However, this program has reached its limits and is often no longer able to meet these requirements, as manual input implies errors.
What are the current solutions to this problem? The modern IT landscape offers a large number of new technologies. One of the market leaders is LIMS software. LIMS is an acronym that means “Laboratory Information Management System”.
As a practical extension to the laboratory, LIMS can support quality management processes and manage your data, analysis, and samples.
Cement is an inorganic and non-metallic building material produced by natural raw materials (limestone and clay) with chemical processes in a cement factory. Cement factories, therefore, work with a large amount of laboratory data and samples, which are also essential for various certifications.
Incoming goods, outgoing goods, production, metrology, testing technology, and auditing are also fundamental needs of the cement industry. For this reason, Fink & Partner GmbH has developed an innovative, reliable, and flexible solution for the laboratory, [FP]-LIMS, and before that [DIA] Analysis Management. Follow our boxes and learn more!
Industries handout "Cement"
LIMS Cement: FP-LIMS modules at a glance
– The right solution for every requirement –
Analysis Management
Professionalism and security in the management and documentation of analysis data – this is what [FP]-LIMS Analysis Management offers you.
Inspection Order Management
The professional management of inspection orders for complex individual inspections is made possible by [FP]-LIMS Inspection Order Management.
Learn everything else about the Inspection Order Management.
Recipe Management
Manage your largest company assets in a secure database and safeguard your know-how.
ICP Module
Would you like to process and evaluate measurement data from ICP devices professionally? Then get the [FP]-LIMS ICP Module now.
Input Dialogue
The [FP]-LIMS Input Dialogue – record manual measurement data more easily and simplify your everyday work at the same time!
ERP Module
Integrating a LIMS into a quality management process can be difficult – not so with the [FP]-LIMS ERP Module, which ensures straightforward integration of the LIMS into your process.
Browser Interface
The idea of the [FP]-LIMS Browser Interface – easy availability of relevant laboratory information for other stakeholders within the company.
Workflow Management System
Approvals or complaint processes are just two examples of laboratory-related business processes that can be centrally controlled with the [FP]-LIMS Workflow Management System.
Electronic laboratory notebook (ELN)
With the [FP]-LIMS electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), laboratory employees can conveniently handle inspection orders and tasks on their mobile devices, without the need to access a desktop computer.
Learn everything else about the electronic laboratory notebook.
Let the sophisticated module-based structure of FP-LIMS convince you!
[FP]-LIMS, the LIMS software solution from Fink & Partner GmbH in Goch, Germany, has a highly developed module-based structure so that you can conveniently manage the analyses. Corresponding modules for the cement industry are analysis management, web access, input dialog, and inspection order and ensure fast integration into your processes. Thus [FP]-LIMS can support, optimize and further develop your quality management processes in the cement industry.
[FP]-LIMS is cross-industry and flexible. Why? Thanks to its module-based structure and open interface to numerous measuring instruments from well-known manufacturers, [FP]-LIMS can be adapted to customer-specific laboratory processes.
Moreover, [FP]-LIMS enables the so-called machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, as it is able to connect all measuring devices in your lab and send the usage decision to ERP. Since 2020, [FP]-LIMS supported certified communication (and therefore has the corresponding interface!) with the higher-level and digitalized ERP system SAP S/4HANA® for automation and provision of data according to predefined rules.
Measurement methods and instruments in the cement industry in connection with FP-LIMS
Cement factories consider a versatile working environment and therefore need careful laboratory processes and reliable support.
As mentioned above, many measurement methods are performed in cement factories, and therefore, many measurement devices are used. The overview below shows some measurement methods that can be used by the LIMS system:
- Spectroscopy
- Moisture measurements
- Grain size determinations / particle size analysis
- Sieving
- Weighing
- X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF)
LIMS Cement: Advantages of LIMS for cement plants
Proven LIMS for cement plants
[FP]-LIMS is already successfully in use in numerous steel mills worldwide. Our customers report simplified workflows and other effects.
Adaptable & flexible
Our [FP]-LIMS adapts to your individual requirements – not the other way around. Simply individualize individual fields or functionalities completely yourself.
Effective solution
With our [FP] LIMS, we offer cement plants worldwide an effective way to centrally manage their laboratory data.
For all measuring devices
Manufacturers such as Bruker, Elementar, Hitachi, Thermo Fisher, Zwick, Spectro Ametek and many others are supported.
Price-performance ratio
Our entry-level version [FP]-LIMS Light costs only $3,600. Depending on the degree of requirement, we offer you further powerful versions.
Practical LIMS solution
With [FP]-LIMS we would like to offer you a LIMS solution that is as practical as possible. Convince yourself of the advantages and book a LIMS software demo.
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Handout "LIMS selection criteria"
Handout "LIMS selection criteria"