Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering QUARTERLY TEAM BRIEFING 2007 Year End How we’ve ripped cost out of our processes Gordon Brown Global Database Manager, AESSEAL
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering 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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Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering 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
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering Rotating Equipment Pumps MixersGearboxes Screw feedersElectric Motors
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering 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
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering 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
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering Manufacturing Rotherham –Volume components –Bespoke orders Bradford –Small batch quantities Derby –Seal repair Peterborough –Pump repair China –Component Seals –Faces –Castings India –Local market –Castings
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Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering IT Infrastructure UK – 11 staff –Support –Projects India – 11 staff –Support –Development China – 3 staff USA – 2 staff
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering 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
Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering Projects Design Automation –Web page –Simple form –Engineering Knowledge Base Will it fit ? Can we make it ? –3D model –2D drawings Benefits –Virtually eliminate Design costs –Massive increase in Customer Service –Consistency of Design –Experienced Designers focus on real value adding
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Copyright © 2002 AESSEAL plc Copyright © 2008 AESSEAL plc reliability focused engineering Projects Carousels Despatch automation Live Lists Procure 2 Pay Auto Receipts SFDC ECS Repair System Fusion API’s 1 st project live within 1 day Java, VB.NET Massively reduced development time Reduce support burden
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