Part Screening: Optimise Parts, Maximise Savings

3D Spark Part Screening brings instant clarity to make-or-buy choices, procurement, and technology investments. Teams can analyze 10,000+ parts across all major production routes - finding savings, beating deadlines, shrinking carbon footprints, and powering portfolio-wide transformation.
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Why part screening matters?
  • Scale Efficiency: Screen tens of thousands of parts to select the most cost-effective, sustainable manufacturing process -automatically
  • Procurement Intelligence: Compare in-house versus supplier costs side-by-side for true price visibility and smarter decision-making
  • CAPEX Justification: Build an ironclad business case for technology investments - using real inventory, cost, and lead time data
  • Sustainability as Standard: Identify process options with the lowest CO₂ impact - helping hit environmental targets portfolio-wide
  • Identify Use-Cases: Showcase parts on the 3D Spark Supplier Panel to grow verified demand and identify more business opportunities

Download a Sample Part Screening Management Report

Curious how a typical 3D Spark part screening report looks?
Download an example and discover how companies identify hidden savings and optimize their part portfolios with our data-driven analysis.

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What’s Inside the Report?

  • High-Level Portfolio Overview:
    ‍    Key insights on portfolio size, available data (CAD, 2D drawings, ERP), and screening scope.
  • Manufacturability & Supplier Screening:
    Breakdown of in-house production options and qualified suppliers assessed.
  • Savings Potential Uncovered:
    ‍    Identified cost savings, lead time reductions, and CO₂ footprint reduction potential,
  • Technology Breakdown:
    ‍    Clear overview of parts suited for different manufacturing methods—both in-house and outsourced.
  • Part-Level Highlights:
    ‍    Top parts generating the most cost, lead time, and CO₂ savings.

    Note: The sample report contains illustrative data for demonstration purposes only.
How can you know the cost reduction potential in your portfolio at scale?

Algorithm analysis: data collection and preparation

  • As a basis for the part screening, 3D CAD files, 2D drawings, and/or ERP data is collected and analysed by our AI-driven algorithm.
  • To ensure reliable results, we calibrate our algorithm to your machine equipment and suppliers. Doing this, we achieve cost calculations with down +-10 % accuracy.
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Automated part screening

  • Analyze cost, lead time, and CO₂ for different technologies, in-house production and suppliers with our algorithm.
  • Automatically evaluate technical manufacturing feasibility for technologies based on provided data
  • Presentation of the best production solution based on technical feasibility and cost saving.

Storing & reporting of results

  • Parts are stored in a digital warehouse for access at any time for instant quoting and production.
  • All implemented parts are tracked in our dashboard, with statistics available for management reporting on KPI’s like cost reduction, lead time saving or CO₂ reduction.
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Expert consulting

Leveraging partners like AMPOWER.

  • Get recommendations on redesign, technical suitability, make-or-buy and sustainability goals by leading expert.
  • Access prototyping and testing services via partners.

Why choose 3D Spark?

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Portfolio Screening

Analyse 10,000+ parts in one sweep - evaluate AM and conventional options, and rank savings by process, cost, and speed

Feasibility + Economics

Run manufacturability checks with instant benchmarking (cost, lead time, CO₂), for in-house
and supplier pricing

Data Flexibility

Works with everything - 3D CAD, 2D drawings, ERP/BOM data - so no part is left behind. Analyse with only ERP when CAD is unavailable

Calibrated Accuracy

Get results you can trust - our cost models are customized to your equipment and supply chain, achieving real-world accuracy within ±10% after calibration.

Trackable Results

Store outcomes in a secure digital warehouse. A dashboard keeps KPIs front and centre: cost down, time saved, CO₂ cut

Expert Support

Optional engineering support with redesign and process recommendations via AMPOWER partners

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Screened 100,000+ spare parts to identify cost, lead time, and CO₂ savings

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2-3%

Costing accuracy achieved compared to in-house costs.

90%

Time saved by reducing manual work

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Optimized production with precise costing and sustainability insights.

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€15M+

Saved in
costs

2,600

Months in
lead-time reduced

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FAQs
Streamline your manufacturing decisions with our Part Screening feature. Upload multiple parts, discover what's best made in-house versus outsourced, and optimize your production strategy effortlessly.
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How can 3D Spark make accurate make-or-buy decisions without integrated access to company systems?
3D Spark can work with existing supplier and pricing data, either by integration or by using exported data from these systems inputted into 3D Spark.
Can the 3D Spark platform model and compare additive manufacturing processes against traditional injection molding?
Yes, the platform can model and compare additive processes against traditional technologies such as injection molding, CNC machining, investment casting and more to support business case analysis for additive manufacturing.
Does the platform have the ability to track cost savings and lead time improvements over time through additive manufacturing?
Yes. The platform has a dashboard feature to track internal cost savings and lead time improvements over time as parts are produced additively versus traditional methods.
What are the outputs of a part screening analysis? How can I see my results?
Results for each part are visible in the 3D Spark platform, with the associated analysis process chains, cost, lead time and CO2 outputs. An excel spreadsheet of the results is also made available. Additional outputs can include: A Management Summary Report as a slide deck or PDF and detailed PDF report of each analysed component
Does 3D Spark have standard process chains for calculating cost, lead time, and carbon footprint for the parts?
Yes. 3D Spark has standard process chains for different manufacturing technologies, which can be tailored to your specific production reality. They can factor in things like pre-processing, build time, and post-processing to provide accurate estimates.
Can I perform an analysis on my inventory even without access to 3D files or 2D Drawings?
Yes, 3D Spark can leverage the ERP data, bounding box values and other information to provide the necessary analysis and insights, even without extensive CAD data or 2D drawings.
What are the key metrics 3D Spark uses for part screening?
3D Spark focuses on cost savings and lead time reduction when comparing additive manufacturing to conventional methods
Can 3D Spark help identify local suppliers in different regions?
Yes, 3D Spark can support reach out to onboard new suppliers in different regions as part of a screening project.
Does 3D Spark have a standard network of suppliers who we can have access to?
Yes. 3D Spark has a network of suppliers in their platform who are open to receive RFQs.
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Case studies

3D Spark's manufacturing data analysis platform

Get insights directly from our customers on how 3D Spark's platform benefited their businesses

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Metshape X 3D Spark

Engineering

DB X 3D Spark

Procurement

Alstom X 3D Spark

Case study 1

Sales

Customer- Metshape

The Problem -

High time and effort required by sales team to analyze 3D CADs and 2D drawings from daily Requests for Quotations (RFQs) regarding technical feasibility and precise, instant costing.

Implementation:
Output
3 times less tools
needed for quoting
Output
90% reduced quoting
time
OUTPUT
100% Reduced effort
for answering
unsuitable RFQs

Case study 2

Engineering

Customer- DB

The Problem-
‍
There were challenges in feasibility testing and (pre-)calculation processes, including the need for higher accuracy, improved stability, ease, and speed. They also experienced issues with reliance on fragile Excel sheets, which hindered their ability to provide timely and reliable offers.

Implementation:
Output
Achieved an accuracy
of +-5%

Case study 3

Procurement

Customer- Alstom

The Problem-

Alstom faced challenges including high parts purchase prices, time-consuming RFQ processes, limited adoption rate of AM, and the need for cost, lead time and CO2e savings, accounting.

Implementation:
Output
Parts purchase
prices reduced by
more than 20%
OUTPUT
86% less RFQs needed
Output
On-demand in-house
AM consultancy
for expertise growth
OUTPUT
Live AM roll-out
KPIs: global cost
& leadtime savings
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