EDMS is used to improve and standardize environmental data collection, management, and reporting in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This is accomplished by implementing a documented, auditable process for the collection, storage, and reporting of environmental data. Throughout this process all stages of the sampling and analysis are tracked and notifications can be sent via email or SMS (text message). Notifications for non-compliance events and sample exceedences can be automatically sent by the system.

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Some of the many benefits provided by EDMS are:

• Scheduling and planning of sampling tasks or a singular or reoccurring basis.
• Provide notifications of sample and analyses events to internal, client, and lab personnel by email or SMS.
• Capture or import, verify, and report on environmental and lab data.
• Standardize the procedures for collection and reporting of environmental data within and across projects.
• Improve communication and data exchange with analytical labs.
• Reduce the time and effort required for data handling and reporting.
• Improve the efficiency of reporting to meet internal and external requirements.
• Provide a secure database system for the storage, retrieval, and backup of all project environmental data.
• Fully integrated with other modules within GaeaSynergy for visualization of samples and analyses.
• Can assist you with the Compliance and Operations stage for ISO 14001.
• Provides functionality for the monitoring and measurement of environmental objectives, as well as communications management and operational control.

The main features of the EDMS can be divided into several categories.

Scheduling and Tasks

• Set sampling schedule and frequency for work flow elements within a project.
• Display sampling schedule in tasks list and calendar.
• Assign sampling tasks to others with notification and reminder.
• Notification capability of non-completed tasks.
• Provide required sampling information in task (sample media, collection equipment, methodology, etc.) and pass down to samples and stations.
• Sample tracking and notification; including date of sampling, date received by lab, data analysed, date lab results received, and sample disposition.
• Automatic notification of sample exceedences.
• Notifications by email, internal, or SMS text.

Stations and Sampling

• Stations used to represent physical location of one or more samples.
• Sample collection at stations can occur singularly, continuously or at regularly scheduled intervals.
• Entry of soil, rock, groundwater, surface water, fluid, solid, air and biological samples.
• Ability to auto-populate bottle types and print sample labels with optional barcodes.
• Multiple customizable sample descriptors.
• Ability to store site photographs with samples.

Lab Analysis and Communication

• Automatic import of EDI data from labs with verification and acknowledgment.
• Import of lab results from Excel in any format using scripts.
• Highlighting of exceedences upon import of EDI data.
• Free custom reporting application for labs provides data entry, importing, exporting, and transmission of lab results.

Reporting and Integration of Results

• Highlighting of sample exceedences in reports.
• Preset report and customizable templates.
• Location of samples and sampling stations displayed in the geographic information system.
• Linking of samples to wells or borings in WinLoG module.
• Display of sample information, water levels and concentrations in wells and borings.
• Gridding and contouring of groundwater levels and concentrations.
• Display of sample locations in 3D displays.

Security and Administration

• User privilege levels can be set to administrator, power, limited or guest.
• Passwords can be optionally set for individual projects.
• Data specific access rights can be set for tasks, stations, samples, and lab analyses.
• Optional database audit trail to track all database transactions.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) files are used to exchange data between the EDMS module, EDMS Field, and EDMS Lab. To use this feature of the EDMS module, the network version must be installed and the EDMS Service running.

The EDMS Field application is a separate program that can be run on tablets and laptops to collect station and sample data and then send this data remotely to the EDMS application. EDMS Lab is a free program distributed by GAEA that your analytical labs can used to automatically report their lab results to you.

All EDI files are stored in XML format and are transferred either by email or FTP. These EDI files are automatically imported by the receiving application when that application is started.

EDI Type	Originator	Receiver
Sampling Task Data	EDMS	EDMS Field
Project Data	EDMS Field	EDMS
Station Data	EDMS Field	EDMS
Sample Data	EDMS Field	EDMS
Lab Analysis Data	EDMS Lab	EDMS

When using the network version of EDMS, notifications can be sent throughout the work process. These notifications can only be setup in tasks and can only be used when tasks are used to control the work flow.

Notification	Originator
Sample required	EDMS
Sample collected	EDMS Field
Sample not collected (non-compliant)	EDMS
Sample shipped to lab	EDMS Field
Sample received by lab	EDMS Lab
Lab analysis complete	EDMS Lab
Lab analysis received	EDMS
Parameter exceedence (non-compliant)	EDMS
Sample stored by lab	EDMS Lab
Sample disposed by lab	EDMS Lab

Notifications can be sent via email, SMS (text message), or internally within the program. When being sent using email the email address specified for the personnel is used, If they are being notified using SMS the cell number and country code for the personnel is used. And if the method is internal notification, the personnel will be notified the next time they login to the StrataExplorer program.

Below are examples of tables and charts that can be created by EDMS:

Lab Analyses Table

Lab Analyses Chart

Lab QA/QC Table

Sample Table

Sample QA/QC Table

Borings/Well Table

Water Levels Table

Water Levels Chart

  Introduction

  Setup and Registration

  Lab Analyses

  Report Tables and Charts

EDMS is currently on sale for an amazing 70% off. Act fast this sale ends on December 31, 2022.

There are a variety of licensing options available for EDMS. If the licensing option you require is not shown, please contact us and we will be happy to provide you a quote.

Annual maintenance for the first year is included in the price. After the first year annual maintenance is approximately 20% of the list price. Annual maintenance covers technical support, replacement registration codes, minor and major updates.