LIMS Global ConsolidationLIMS Global Consolidation Project

Tony Biondo, Ecolab

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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Outline

Where we started

The consolidation process

Benefits

Current state & 2017 vision

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Where we started: original sites (1998)

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: the goal

Transform this: To this:

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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The Consolidation Process: go-live

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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

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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: 15 distinct sites

15Current State: flexible infrastructure

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Add capacity as needed…

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 State: 50 distinct sites

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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Acknowledgements

oneLIMS deployment teamo Roger Jutte o Cheryl Heard

o Linda Yodual

o Arjan Kraak

IT P j t L d

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o Martin Stone

IT Project Leado Dinesh Argawal

Lab teamo Every member of every team was involved (about 130 employees globally)

Senior ManagementDeborah Hockmano Deborah Hockman

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