Shimadzu’s QC Reporter™ Software Offers Complete Quality Control for ...

Shimadzu’s QC Reporter™ Software Offers Complete Quality Control for AXIMA™ MALDI Mass Spectrometers

New QC Reporter™ software from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments meets the needs of modern chemical manufacturing facilities by providing a complete solution for mass spectrometric quality control.

QC Reporter is a fully automated platform designed for high-throughput quality control of synthetic products using the AXIMA™ MALDI TOF MS. It operates on a newly developed software platform called MALDI Solutions™. Written in close collaboration with customers, this application-specific software was designed with the actual QC workflow in mind. It facilitates the whole process from the preparation bench to the final reporting.

With QC Reporter software running on an AXIMA MALDI mass spectrometer, a large number of independent samples can be lined up for automatic analysis on a single plate. Analysis of each individual sample is very quick, making this solution ideal for high-throughput labs. Running costs of MALDI analysis are very low, while a large variety of samples can be run choosing the right combination of matrix and ionic charge modes.

The software user interface is designed to only display relevant information and functions to the task being performed and provide an intuitive user experience with a quick and painless learning curve to end-users. The software runs on Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 and uses SQL Server 2008.

Finally, MALDI makes for simple spectral interpretation with singly charged peaks, has good relative quantification reproducibility and has very low probability of producing false positive results.