How to ensure a pragmatic use of AM across the digital supply chain?
While exact estimates are hard to determine, market analysts agree with the fact that spare parts manufacturing is a multi-billion-dollar industry – given the fact that it spans different vertical industries, some of them being crucial to the growth of Additive Manufacturing.
When one looks at the capital cost required to carry inventory, the administrative and insurance burdens related to that inventory, the “stock risk cost” or even the transportation costs, the idea of no longer storing any physical parts and producing them only where and when required rapidly becomes attractive.
If AM can be a great enabler of a digital inventory, one should remain cautious about its ability to address the supply chain challenges of a given industry. Indeed, organizations that consider pivoting towards a spare parts business model should be able to make strategic decisions that are not limited to producing on demand with AM, at various locations.
The next Additive Talks session ambitions to go beyond the use of AM as an opportunity to focus on the strategic steps to consider in a successful AM spare parts business.
Entitled “How to ensure a pragmatic use of AM across the digital supply chain”, this second episode of Additive Talks, will take place on Wednesday, April 24th, from 03.30 pm to 04.30 pm Central European Time (from 9.30 am to 10.30 am New York Time).
With this railway background came an understanding of the opportunities and challenges for AM users and Stefanie Brickwede passionately set up the international leading network "Mobility goes Additive" in 2016 with the aim of pushing industrial 3D printing into series production. With the „Medical goes Additive“-division launched in 2019 the focus of the network was widened to assist Hospitals, companies and institutions throughout the medical sector to extent the use of Additive Manufacturing. Now, MGA has more than 140 member companies active in close to 20 working and focus groups.
Laslty, Ms. Brickwede is the initiator of the “Women in AM” network and actively promotes women in the AM industry.
Before joining Siemens Christian was working as Senior Manager for Robert Bosch GmbH leading the automotive small series production, Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing at the Nuremberg plant from 2017-2021.
From 2015-2017 Christian was kicking of and establishing a project to develop an AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) for Bosch, which is already utilized worldwide by various industrial companies and can be purchased from Bosch Rexroth AG under the brand name ActiveShuttle.
After graduating from Industrial Engineering and Management from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) Christian joined Robert Bosch’s prestigious International Leadership Program as first career step in 2010.
AJ's journey from the factory floor to CEO of WAG—a testament to his hands-on approach and commitment to practical problem-solving—exemplifies his belief in staying connected to the core of the business.
Würth is a globally recognized leader in the field of fastening and assembly materials, offering an extensive range of products that include screws, screw accessories, anchors, tools, and complex assembly units. Founded in 1945 by Adolf Würth in Künzelsau, Germany, the company has grown from a modest family enterprise into a worldwide conglomerate renowned for its commitment to quality, innovation, and unparalleled service.
With its roots firmly planted in the fastener industry, Würth has diversified its offerings to cater to a broad spectrum of sectors, such as the automotive, construction, and metalworking industries. The company prides itself on its deep industry knowledge and the ability to provide customized solutions that meet the unique needs of its customers.
Embracing the future, Würth has ventured into digital solutions and additive manufacturing, leading the charge in transforming traditional supply chains and manufacturing processes.
