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Anthony (Tony) BiondoDirector RD&E for Ecolabo Director, RD&E for Ecolab
o PhD, Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering
21 year Ecolab employeeo Started in Metallurgy, 1993
o LIMS implementation team, 1998
o Manager since 2000o Manager since 2000
o Current responsibilities:
• Global: LIMS & Metallurgy teams
N ill W t d Mi bi t• Naperville: Water and Microbio teams
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Where we started: support challenges
2002: upgrade from V3 to V4o Required 6 separate efforts, all with customized scripts due to site-to-site variances
2003: implemented “Ready Label” program in Napervilleo Roll-out to other sites complicated by differences in table structure
2004: new management requests single dashboard for all sites 2004: new management requests single dashboard for all siteso Monthly process of manual updates becomes significant time sink
o Validity of data frequently debated by local managers
2005: major redesign of charge process in Napervilleo Again, roll-out to other sites was time-consuming and required to local customizations
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The Consolidation Process: oneLIMS
oneLIMS project began in 2005o Took 2 years to get Corporate IT approval
Post-approval project kicked-off in 2007 Goals
o Consolidate 6 sites to single instanceo Consolidate 6 sites to single instanceo Standardize practiceso Simplify support
P k 1 Pre-work: 1 yearo LIMS team: develop consolidation plano Lab: select global best practicesg po IT: design and test infrastructure for DEV, STG & PRD
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The Consolidation Process: oneLIMS
LIMS team activitieso Developed requirements forms
Lab teams to complete once best practice definedLIMS team used to develop final analyses
o Table-by-table, field-by-field database comparison6 separate versions existed
Lab activitieso Weekly global meetings by group (water, microbio, deposit, etc)y g g y g p ( p )o Maintained mantra:
“standardize where possible, customize where necessary”o Requirement forms completed for each analysisq p y
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The Consolidation Process: go-live
Staged approach (a.k.a. Scrum)o by test type and site
Roll-out plano Initial target
Fewest employeesFewest employeesFewest and least complicated analyses
o Continued adding employees & complexity until completeOctober 2008 October 2008o Initial go-live for coupons
July 2010yo Water lab go-live in Singapore
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Benefits
Do it once and be done!o No longer need to replicate improvements
o Development team spends more time developing!
Largely standardized practiceso Process improvements translate quicklyo Process improvements translate quickly
Inter-lab sample exchange o Samples or tests can be moved from one site to another
o Adds flexibility for outages or large swings in sample volume
Effective license managemento license use tracked by site and timeo license use tracked by site and time
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Benefits
All results in one placeoneLIMS
EnVision
Refined Knowledge
One-stop shop for Corporate Accounts
Refined Knowledge
“easy” to integrate additional sites
Quarterly Legionella compliance reports
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Current State: Details
Connecting from 15 separate siteso one of the most truly “global” applications in all Ecolabo in both a geographic, functional and business unit sense
Ever-growing reserve of datao 1.4 million samples o 5.8 M tests
2013 had over 1.3 M tests10% increase over 2012
Multiple connections to SAPo employees, customers, cost & revenue
Enabled $10 M in revenue capture$ po 2013 run-rate from Customer paid testing globally
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Current State: 2014 projects
Integrationso Champion R&D labs
Fresno (complete) Calgary (in progress) Calgary (in progress) Aberdeen Campinas
o Denver Tiorco R&D Nalco – Champion pilot plant
o Under consideration: legacy Champion field labs (15 total in US) These reside within the Nalco - Champion sales budget
Supply Chain, Plant QC labso pilot of QC lab at Joliet plant o If successful, Supply Chain roll-out to all of North Americao Eventually global
Web AppS l d CAM i bo Sales and CAM access via web
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2017 Vision
Visibility to all work with accurate time-accounting Drive best practices across wider footprint Consistent customer experience One system with results accessible by
C t A t Mo Corporate Account Managers
o Sales
o RD&Eo RD&E
Best in class Corporate Account reporting
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