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Spreadsheets are flexible. They are weak systems of record.
Spreadsheets can start a workflow, but they do not naturally preserve custody, attribution, evidence context, review gates, or signed export packages.
Where spreadsheets break down
Teams often lose the link between samples, notes, evidence files, operators, review decisions, and final exports.
- Detached attachments
- Weak attribution
- Manual custody reconstruction
- Version confusion
- No built-in signed export
Where TARE fits
TARE is the connected record layer for teams that need defensible lab history without jumping straight to a heavyweight enterprise LIMS.