Procurement-Hub

Solution for Procurement

Are You Struggling to Optimize Your Procurement Workflow?
Challenges:

Struggling with Make-or-Buy Decisions: Unsure whether to manufacture in-house or outsource due to lack of clear, integrated data?
Supplier Management Issues: Difficulty managing, comparing, and tracking supplier capabilities, pricing, and performance?
Unreliable Cost and Lead Time Estimates: Finding it hard to obtain accurate cost and lead time data, leading to missed targets?
Manual Work Overload: Spending too much time on manual analysis and calculations, hindering productivity?
Lack of Environmental Oversight: Lacking the tools to assess and reduce the environmental impact of your procurement choices?
Disjointed Procurement Data: Is your procurement process inefficient due to scattered data, making decision-making difficult?

Streamline Your Procurement with 3D Spark’s Data-Driven Solution
Our Solution:

Component Cost Savings – Choose the Right Supplier & Technology:
1- Analyze different manufacturing technologies to find the most cost-effective and efficient option for each part.
2- Compare multiple suppliers instantly to pick the one offering the best manufacturing capability, price, and lead time.
3- Reduce procurement costs without compromising quality or delivery.
4- Make smarter make-or-buy decisions backed by data, not guesswork.
Sustainable Procurement: Gain integrated tools to assess and reduce the environmental impact of your procurement activities, helping you meet sustainability goals.

Scale with Data-Driven Procurement

Procurement teams frequently face make-or-buy decisions, navigating the complexities of cost, efficiency, and a large supplier network. Traditional approaches often result in time-consuming RFQs, scattered data, and unclear decision-making pathways.

3D Spark addresses these challenges by combining production simulations, market data, and supplier benchmarking, providing immediate insights into production, costing, and supplier manufacturing capabilities. This allows teams to:

Quickly evaluate the benefits of in-house production versus outsourcing.
Identify component cost savings by selecting the right supplier and manufacturing technology, factoring in cost, lead time, and supplier manufacturing capability.
Reduce unnecessary RFQs by leveraging supplier production and market data.

Why Choose 3D Spark for reducing component costs?

Efficient Make-or-Buy Decisions

Leverage instant insights into production costs, lead times, and sustainability to make smarter, quicker in-house production or outsourcing decisions.

Instant In-house Manufacturability Analysis

Mirror your actual production environment within 3D Spark to accurately assess if a design will successfully and efficiently translate into manufactured parts.

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Instant Costing and Sustainability Analysis

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the cost-effectiveness and environmental impact of your designs

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Technology and Supplier Benchmarking

Compare both suppliers and production technologies at a glance to select the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable options aligned with your business strategy.

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Simplify Procurement Process

Our platform allows you to send targeted RFQs internally or externally, eliminating the need for unnecessary RFQ transfers. With automated processes and centralized data of your qualified suppliers, procurement becomes more efficient and less time-consuming.

Supplier Panel

Use the Supplier Panel to streamline your RFQ process. Automatically send targeted RFQs to pre-qualified suppliers based on estimated pricing, technology capabilities, and other procurement criteria.

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Part Request Portal (PRP)

Streamline your internal procurement process with our Part Request Portal (PRP). Designed for easy use, this tool allows employees across different hubs or departments to send targeted request for parts or quotes internally.

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Proactive Order Management

With order tracking from the Order Status Pipeline, anticipate and resolve potential delays, keeping procurement on schedule.

Order Status Pipeline

Maintain full visibility and control throughout the order lifecycle. Stay informed of order progress to manage expectations and deadlines proactively.

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ERP Integration

Seamlessly integrate with your ERP system for streamlined operations and data consistency.

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Don’t just take our word for it

Hear from some of our amazing customers.

“My mission is to ease the adoption of 3D printing at Alstom, and that's exactly what 3D Spark is helping us to do. We plan to triple the number of parts analyzed by the end of 2023, targeting cost savings of more than €5 million.”

Aurelien Fussel

3D Printing Program Manager at Alstom

The 3D Spark platform drastically reduces time and effort needed by my team to analyze 3D CADs and 2D drawings from daily Requests for Quotations (RFQs) regarding technical feasibility and precise, instant costing.

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Baum

CEO at MetShape

See How Customers Use 3D Spark

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ÖBB-Technische Services-GmbH Achieves 80% Efficiency Gains in Spare Parts Management

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How does 3D Spark help achieve component cost savings?

3D Spark enables procurement teams to identify the most cost-effective way to produce each part by combining supplier comparison and technology benchmarking. The platform provides:

-Supplier Insights: Compare multiple suppliers not just on cost, lead time, and quality, but also on their actual capability to manufacture the part.

-Technology Benchmarking: Evaluate different manufacturing technologies to select the most efficient, reliable, and cost-effective option.

-Data-Driven Decisions: Immediate insights into production feasibility, costs, and market trends reduce unnecessary RFQs and support smarter make-or-buy decisions.

By integrating all this information, 3D Spark ensures that procurement teams reduce overall part costs, avoid costly errors, and choose the best supplier and technology combination for every component.

How does 3D Spark facilitate faster make-or-buy decisions?

3D Spark provides immediate access to detailed in-house production simulations and cost analyses, allowing procurement teams to quickly determine the most cost-efficient and sustainable routes, whether in-house or outsource.

Does 3D Spark support complex assembly analysis?

Yes, our platform can disassemble and analyze complex assemblies, providing detailed insights for each component as well as the assembly as a whole, thus identifying cost-saving opportunities at every level.

Can 3D Spark integrate with our existing CAD tools?

Absolutely. 3D Spark is designed to work seamlessly with a variety of CAD formats, offering easy integration with your existing tools and streamlining your design to production workflow.

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