About Bika PT

Bika PT

Bika PT is a service provided by world leading Open Source LIMS developers, Bika Lab Systems. Bika Lab Systems sponsors and co-ordinates the Bika open source LIMS project and positions itself as complete service provider for all of LIMS implementation life cycles - requirements analysis, design, customisation and development, project management and quality control, documentation, systems integration, administration, hosting, customer training and support.

Bika PT continues the tradition of innovative design, robust systems and quality support, backed up by experience. Bika Interlab, the proficiency testing LIMS developed by Bika, has been in production at the South African Wine Laboratory Association since 2007 as ground-breaking web based system offering immediate turnaround.

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SAWLA. Bika Interlab since 2007

SAWLA, the South African Wine Laboratory Association, is a subdivision of SASEV, the SA Society for Enology & Viticulture which has 1200 international members. SAWLA itself has 50 members who are made up of wine testing laboratories attached to estates and co-ops, bottling plants, research institutes and independent commercial labs. Several of these labs are ISO 17025 accredited.

SAWLA's mission is to improve the quality of wine laboratories in South Africa, standardise methodology and provide a forum for communication and access to information. Through three functions:

• Running an effective and efficient proficiency testing scheme
• Increasing the knowledge of wine lab staff through meaningful workshops
• Maintaining a manual on standardised analysis, practice and methods

Through their PTS, SAWLA strives to assist member-laboratories through improvement initiatives and provide support and training where the scheme reveals shortcomings.