Chromatography Data Systems & Instrument Software
A chromatography data system controls instruments, acquires and processes data, and holds the audit trail behind every chromatographic result.
What a CDS typically does
- Instrument control and method storage
- Data acquisition, integration and processing
- Calibration, quantitation and results calculation
- Review, approval and reporting workflow
- Audit trail, user access and data integrity controls
- Multi-vendor instrument control in some systems
- Networked deployment across instruments and sites
What to evaluate
- Which of your instruments the system can actually control, and at what firmware level
- Migration path for existing methods, data and validated reports
- Data integrity features against the expectations you are audited on
- Processing and review efficiency — this is where analyst time goes
- Integration with LIMS or SDMS
- Validation effort and vendor documentation
- Licensing model as instrument count grows
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