Spectroscopy is fast at the instrument and slow in the record. A handheld Raman confirms a raw material in seconds, then the result gets written on a label, logged in a book, and eventually keyed into the LIMS by someone else.

Chemometric methods carry their own risk. An NIR content model has versions, validation status, and a scope of applicability, and if the LIMS does not know which model version produced a result, the result is not defensible.

Labbit captures spectral results at the point of measurement, records library match scores and model version with every identification, and enforces that only validated model versions produce release results. Through-container ID at receipt becomes a scan, not a form.

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