Quality Manager: Role, Responsibilities, and How a LIMS Helps
What a quality manager does, the main responsibilities of the role, common day-to-day challenges, and how a LIMS makes it easier to ensure compliance and traceability.
Felippe Domingos
Felippe Domingos is a chemical engineer and Co-Founder of Actiz, a company that offers the most advanced LIMS in Latin America to optimize laboratory management with a focus on efficiency and cost reduction. With more than 200 projects in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food, and petrochemicals, Felippe has built extensive experience in implementing LIMS systems.In 2020, after a request from an oil industry company in Colombia, he founded Actiz — a modern and accessible solution specially developed to address the challenges faced by laboratories in Latin America. Today, Actiz is present in four countries, serving segments such as food, biotechnology, and environmental analysis.Felippe shares his insights on laboratory automation and digitalization on LinkedIn. Connect with him to learn more about the future of laboratories with LIMS.
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