Digital Inventory
Digital inventory support reviews parts to review, file control, access model, documentation, production route, and ownership requirements before on-demand workflows are defined.
Addressing the Liabilities of Physical Inventory
Traditional inventory management ties up significant capital in physical stock, incurs substantial warehousing and insurance costs, and remains vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. Furthermore, the risk of part obsolescence, long lead times for legacy components, and high minimum order quantities (MOQs) for spare parts create operational inefficiencies and financial liabilities.
A Strategic Transition to Digital Asset Management
A digital inventory, or digital warehouse, is a secure repository of production-ready files for your components. Each file is part of a comprehensive Technical Data Package (TDP) that includes the 3D model, material specifications, manufacturing process parameters, and post-processing requirements. This allows for the on-demand fabrication of qualified parts through a distributed network of additive manufacturing systems, effectively converting a physical liability into a flexible digital asset.
Primary Applications
This service is engineered for high-value applications including the on-demand production of Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) spare parts, remanufacturing of obsolete or legacy components where original tooling is unavailable, and bridge production for low-volume initial runs.
Our Methodology
Inventory Analysis & Candidate Selection
We perform a systematic analysis of your existing inventory based on factors such as part criticality, usage frequency, material, and original manufacturing cost to identify optimal candidates for digitization.
Digitization & Technical Data Package (TDP) Creation
Selected parts are reverse-engineered or modeled to create production-grade CAD files. We then develop a complete TDP, specifying material, machine parameters, and quality assurance protocols.
Prototyping & Performance Qualification
A physical prototype is manufactured and subjected to rigorous testing to validate that its mechanical and functional properties meet or exceed the specifications of the original component.
Digital Warehouse Integration
Upon successful qualification, the complete TDP is cataloged and secured in your digital warehouse or PLM system, creating a certified, version-controlled digital asset ready for production.
On-Demand Production & Deployment
When a part is required, the approved digital file is dispatched to a qualified production facility for fabrication and delivery, ensuring consistent quality and rapid fulfillment.
Related capability context
Application Opportunities
Replacement & Legacy Parts
Replacement and legacy parts often begin with missing drawings, worn samples, or uncertain material and duty requirements. D2M supports 3D scanning, reverse engineering, digital inventory, and additive manufacturing review so teams can compare realistic repair or production options.
Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO)
Maintenance, repair, and overhaul teams often need fast access to part data, inspection evidence, and realistic replacement or repair options. D2M supports 3D scanning, reverse engineering, metrology, and additive manufacturing review for MRO workflows across regional operators.
Short-Run Production & On-Demand Manufacturing
Short-run production makes a defined batch of usable parts; on-demand manufacturing replenishes parts against a requirement. D2M helps teams compare additive routes using part geometry, material performance, quantity, finishing and inspection needs.
Digital Reconstruction of Legacy Parts
Teams searching for digital reconstruction legacy support are usually dealing with worn, obsolete, undocumented, or unavailable parts. D2M helps UAE and Saudi operators turn scan data into controlled CAD, inspection records, and realistic production options.
Production Parts
Production parts need a route that fits quantity, material behavior, tolerances, finishing, and inspection expectations. D2M helps teams evaluate additive manufacturing alongside established production methods so the selected route matches the part and the business case.
End-Use Parts
End-use parts need a manufacturing route that fits the part's duty, interfaces, material exposure, quantity, and inspection requirements. D2M helps buyers review additive manufacturing and conventional options before moving a functional component toward production use.
Relevant Industries
Aerospace
Aerospace teams work under strict traceability, material justification, and approval constraints before any manufacturing route can move beyond review. D2M supports application assessment, technology route selection, workflow design, documentation planning, and training for aerospace manufacturing and maintenance contexts.
Defense
Sensitive sustainment environments require traceability, controlled intake, defined approvals, and clear documentation before a manufacturing route is considered. D2M helps teams review application opportunities, define secure workflows, map inspection requirements, and plan operator handover for controlled sustainment contexts.
Industrial Manufacturing
Industrial manufacturing teams need a disciplined way to review spares, tooling, fixtures, and production aids before moving them into controlled workflows. D2M supports part selection, workflow design, technology route selection, documentation, operator training, and staged implementation planning.
Oil & Gas
Oil and gas operations require disciplined review of asset criticality, material exposure, inspection requirements, and documentation before local manufacturing routes are considered. D2M supports candidate part assessment, workflow design, technology selection, inspection planning, documentation, and handover for oil and gas support contexts.
Rail
Rail teams manage fleet availability, obsolescence, maintenance planning, and documentation requirements that must be reviewed before adopting additive manufacturing. D2M helps assess parts to review, define engineering review steps, select technology routes, and plan documentation and operator handover for rail support workflows.
Maritime
Maritime and offshore environments require careful review of material exposure, inspection routes, asset criticality, and documentation before a part route is selected. D2M helps teams assess candidate components, define scanning or additive manufacturing workflows, and plan documentation and handover for maritime support contexts.
Technology Routes
FDM®
FDM is a polymer additive manufacturing process used for selected tooling, fixtures, prototypes, and end-use applications. D2M helps clients review material fit, workflow control, documentation, operator training, and implementation route.
SAF™
SAF Selective Absorption Fusion is a polymer additive manufacturing process suited to selected higher-volume PA12 applications. D2M helps clients assess application demand, material route, inspection needs, documentation, and production workflow before recommending SAF.
P3™ DLP
P3 DLP is a photopolymer additive manufacturing process used for selected polymer applications where surface quality, material behavior, and repeatable workflow control matter. D2M helps clients assess fit before production use.
SLA
SLA stereolithography is a photopolymer additive manufacturing process used for precise models, tooling patterns, and visual or functional prototypes. D2M helps clients assess whether SLA fits the application, material route, accuracy requirement, and workflow.
Metal
Metal additive manufacturing can support selected industrial, aerospace, and defense-adjacent applications where the material route, qualification effort, inspection plan, and documentation requirements are clearly defined.
Relevant Systems & Materials
Teamcenter PLM
GrabCAD Print Pro™
Stratasys F900
Stratasys F3300
Stratasys H350™
Stratasys Origin® Two
XACT Metal XM200G
Related Case Studies
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