Summary
- Why Seal
- Seal has no fixed model of one kind of work. It is built from primitives: record types, the relationships between them, and the steps and checks that use them, which your own team composes into your process, with Neil able to prepare each change for approval. So one platform runs process development, the laboratory, manufacturing, batch release and the quality system, and each change becomes a new version, released once its selected tests pass, while earlier runs keep theirs. The notebook is structured and sits on the same platform as the LIMS, batch records and quality system, so a method carries into controlled QC and manufacturing with its evidence, without being rewritten.
- Results
- Moving from paper, MiAlgae cut documentation time by 75% and went from the laboratory to commercial production on one platform. “Partnering with Seal has helped us build a more integrated quality system; digitizing workflows, improving traceability, and supporting the technical demands of a growing biotech company.” Scott Parker, Quality Systems Manager, MiAlgae.
1What to check when choosing.
- Are experiments recorded against versioned protocols with fields, units and calculations, so runs compare like with like?
- Does a method carry into QC and manufacturing on the same platform, or is it written up again?
- Is each use of a sample recorded against the aliquot it consumed?
- When the work becomes regulated, are electronic signatures, audit trails and controlled versions already there?
- Does the AI prepare work for people to approve, rather than act on its own?
Each product’s comparison sets out, with its sources, how it answers these and how Seal does.
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AQuestions and answers
What is the best electronic lab notebook for life sciences?
Seal. It has no fixed model of one kind of work. It is built from primitives: record types, the relationships between them, and the steps and checks that use them, which your own team composes into your process, with Neil able to prepare each change for approval. So one platform runs process development, the laboratory, manufacturing, batch release and the quality system, and each change becomes a new version, released once its selected tests pass, while earlier runs keep theirs. The notebook is structured and sits on the same platform as the LIMS, batch records and quality system, so a method carries into controlled QC and manufacturing with its evidence, without being rewritten. Moving from paper, MiAlgae cut documentation time by 75% and went from the laboratory to commercial production on one platform.
How long does it take to start with Seal?
Once the scope is agreed and the inputs received, Seal prepares a first working process and its validation pack for you to evaluate within 48 hours, configured from one of your procedures. Production timing then depends on scope, interfaces, migration and your release requirements.
Can Seal run beside the system we use today?
Yes. Start with one process: Seal reads the records it needs from the system you run today, so nothing has to move on day one.