According to Thirdwave Analytics, a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) provides a system to track, standardize, organize, and centralize all the data, processes, and tasks in a lab. A LIMS is in essence, a database but, in operation, it does a lot more than a database. By using a LIMS, your lab can automate workflows, integrate instruments, and manage samples and associated information. Additionally, you can produce reliable results more quickly and can track data from sequencing runs over time and across experiments to improve efficiency.