Opcenter Laboratory — formerly SIMATIC IT Unilab — LIMS

Opcenter Laboratory
Laboratory Information Management System

Comprehensive laboratory management: compliance and quality at the lowest cost

Opcenter Laboratory, formerly known as SIMATIC IT Unilab, is Siemens' LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) solution for comprehensive industrial laboratory management. At MAVAL, as certified Siemens integrators, we deploy this platform to cover the entire quality execution workflow, delivering a significant increase in laboratory efficiency and a drastic reduction in execution times.

Opcenter Laboratory helps you ensure superior product quality from raw material intake to output; from idea to shelf. The solution covers quality control, R&D and laboratory operations in a single integrated platform.

Built on the latest Siemens technology standards, Opcenter Laboratory is a highly configurable solution that requires little or no customisation, significantly reducing implementation time and costs.

It also includes an integrated LES (Laboratory Execution System) and a complete audit trail with the option to enable an extended and printable audit trail, making it a fully GMP-compliant solution for regulated industries (pharmaceutical, chemical, food & beverage).

Key advantages of Opcenter Laboratory:

With Opcenter Laboratory (formerly SIMATIC IT Unilab), you are not only investing in the optimisation of your laboratory operations, but also ensuring the superior quality of your products from conception to delivery. Trust MAVAL's expertise and Siemens technology to raise efficiency and quality standards in your laboratory.

Laboratory
Management

Centralised management with Opcenter Laboratory: samples, tests and results in a single platform

Collaborative
R&D

Trial management during product development: Quality by Design (QbD) with full traceability

Laboratory
Efficiency

Automated workflows guiding operators: greater flexibility, effectiveness and operational transparency

Laboratory Information
Management with Opcenter Laboratory

Opcenter Laboratory — Laboratory Information Management
  • Centralised laboratory management and Quality Control
  • Quality integration with production (MES/ERP)
  • Electronic records and signatures (ERES) compliant with 21 CFR Part 11
  • Functional access rights and role-based security
  • Object versioning and configuration with full traceability
  • Reduction of non-conformities through guided workflows
  • Regulatory compliance: FDA, IFS, 21 CFR/11, GMP, ISO 17025
  • Laboratory equipment management (Calibration and Preventive Maintenance)
  • Time traceability at every test stage
  • Configurable workflow modelling and management
  • Worksheets for multi-component analysis
  • Automated (complex) calculations in method sheets
  • Automatic data transfer between ERP (SAP) and MES (Opcenter Execution)
  • Easy and efficient historical data search and query
  • Competency and certification management for laboratory operators

Paperless Laboratory with Opcenter Laboratory: sample registration, test execution and results validation are optimised through electronic work lists and automated workflows, eliminating paper from the analytical process.

Connected instruments further ensure continuous recording of test results in the system, significantly reducing laboratory processing times and eliminating manual transcription errors.

Opcenter Laboratory — Industrial laboratory management

Laboratory Operations Optimisation
LES — Laboratory Execution System

LES Laboratory Execution System — Opcenter Laboratory

Establishing superior product quality is only possible if the testing process is managed efficiently and transparently. The LES module of Opcenter Laboratory enables structured orchestration of laboratory operations.

APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) systems provide additional value connected to LIMS by assigning the different tests to be run in different laboratories to the right equipment, considering the availability of qualified resources and instrumentation.

This integration dramatically reduces laboratory cycle times and optimises the use of expensive testing equipment, maximising return on investment.