Nick Ergang

Ecolab is developing a unified data and decision support platform that brings together equipment intelligence, operator intelligence, and multiple operational data sources into a single, consumable experience for frontline teams. The initiative focuses on enabling utilities operators, engineers, and production teams to access the right information at the right time, combining insights from process systems, connected worker tools, and analytics engines. Nick Ergang will share how Ecolab is piloting this integrated model, the early architecture, and the path toward scaling a hub and spoke data ecosystem across diverse manufacturing sites.

• Enabled operators and utilities engineers to make faster, more informed decisions by integrating insights from process systems, connected worker tools, and production data into a single, conversational interface.

• Improved operational efficiency by connecting self service analytics, rounding tools, and internal best practice content into a unified decision support workflow.

• Strengthened loss analysis capabilities by pulling structured data from connected worker platforms and OEE systems into AI driven summaries and recommendations.

• Built a scalable hub and spoke architecture that allows site level autonomy while maintaining enterprise governance, ensuring consistent data sources of record and controlled innovation.

• Established a pilot environment that will demonstrate measurable operator readiness, utilities optimization, and cross system interoperability ahead of broader rollout in 2026.