Case Study: MK Restaurants achieves 64% time savings and faster ingredient testing with STARLIMS LIMS

MK Restaurants Delivers the Perfect Bite with the LIMS from STARLIMS

MK Restaurants, a Thai restaurant group with 600+ locations and a central quality laboratory serving sites across Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Laos, faced a cumbersome, largely manual testing workflow that created redundant steps, data-security risks, and growing storage problems. To centralize and digitize sample intake, tracking, and reporting, MK Restaurants adopted the STARLIMS LIMS in 2023 to replace paper records and siloed processes.

STARLIMS implemented a configured LIMS with a pre‑logging Request Form, automated notifications, and a Queries function to replace monthly manual reports and align external partners; workflows are now embedded in the system for real‑time access. The result: MK Restaurants reduced manual recordkeeping time by 64%, cut result turnaround from 2–3 days to within 24 hours, improved data quality and security, eliminated unnecessary tests, and gained faster oversight and analytics thanks to STARLIMS.

MK Restaurants

Nirut Thaiprasert

Assistant Vice President of Quality Laboratory and Food Safety Sup-Division