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How we’ve ripped cost out of our processes Gordon Brown Global Database Manager, AESSEAL. QUARTERLY TEAM BRIEFING 2007 Year End. AESSEAL Group of Companies. Formed in 1979 Headquartered in Rotherham, South Yorkshire 1200 employees £80M T/O 69 branches 38 countries.
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How we’ve ripped cost out of our processes Gordon Brown Global Database Manager, AESSEAL QUARTERLY TEAM BRIEFING 2007 Year End
AESSEAL Group of Companies • Formed in 1979 • Headquartered in Rotherham, South Yorkshire • 1200 employees • £80M T/O • 69 branches • 38 countries
Customers • Hydrocarbon Processing • Pharmaceutical • Food Processing • Mineral Extraction • Electricity Generation • Steel Manufacture • Nuclear Industry • Water & Waste Industry • Bio-ethanol • Chemical Processing • Pulp and Paper • Defence • OEM
Rotating Equipment Pumps Screw feeders Electric Motors Mixers Gearboxes
Product Configuration • 200 seal types • 10 material options • 4000 elastomer combinations • 100 face material combinations • 500 shaft sizes • 400,000,000,000 combinations ! • + bespoke options
Product Configuration • Modular component design • Faces, sleeves, clamp rings • Variable component design • Common components for seal size range • Sleeve thickness variable • Extensive knowledge base • Equipment specifications & dimensions • Industry standards • Customer assets
Manufacturing • China • Component Seals • Faces • Castings • India • Local market • Castings • Rotherham • Volume components • Bespoke orders • Bradford • Small batch quantities • Derby • Seal repair • Peterborough • Pump repair
IT Infrastructure • UK – 11 staff • Support • Projects • India – 11 staff • Support • Development • China – 3 staff • USA – 2 staff
IT Infrastructure • Sage Line 500 • UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, USA, Canada, China, South Africa • Design Tools • SolidEdge, NX5, ADMiT PDM • Production Tools • Seiki Systems, CMM, Vericut • Microsoft • Oracle
Projects • Benefits • Virtually eliminate Design costs • Massive increase in Customer Service • Consistency of Design • Experienced Designers focus on real value adding • Design Automation • Web page • Simple form • Engineering Knowledge Base • Will it fit ? • Can we make it ? • 3D model • 2D drawings
Projects • Fusion API’s • 1st project live within 1 day • Java, VB.NET • Massively reduced development time • Reduce support burden • Carousels • Despatch automation • Live Lists • Procure 2 Pay • Auto Receipts • SFDC • ECS Repair System