Title: 3D printed Spare Parts: from good idea to reality in the field

Biography:

Paul Guillaumot is the founder and CEO of Spare Parts 3D, company specialized on on-demand production for spare parts via additive manufacturing operating in various sectors including Home Appliance, Marine, Oil and Gaz, General industry. Paul firmly believes that additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the leading driver of the 4th industrial revolution, enabling just-in-time, distributed and mass-customized production. He started his career at Oliver Wyman, as strategy consultant and left upon the opportunity to join the spin-off called Theano Advisors. During his years in consulting, he got actively involved in many projects, including major transformation of international industrial companies such as Airbus or the French national railway Company, SNCF. Holding a Master Degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Arts et Métiers Paristech (France), Paul has an extensive knowledge in product development and manufacturing processes.

Abstract

On-demand and distributed manufacturing of spare parts is considered in the Additive Manufacturing industry as one of the largest potential industrial application. Spare parts are critical for equipment repairs, however with the traditional centralized production model, it is impossible to always have the right spares, at the right place, at the right time. This is especially true for long tails or old spare parts, for which keeping inventory doesn’t make sense due to too low demands and prolonged stay in inventory. Additionally, supplying this parts from the OEM or distributors happen to be costly and to take long lead time. On that postulate, the advantage of AM is clear, but to make it actually happen? Which parts can be produced by Additive Manufacturing? How to build the business cases? How to scale-up a “transfer to AM” process over hundred thousand of spares? Won’t the engineering investment to transfer an SKU to AM kill the business case considering the high-mix/low volumes characteristics of long tails? All that questions will be addressed by Paul Guillaumot, CEO of Spare Parts 3D, company specialized in providing solutions to the aftermarket sector for producing on-demand and locally spare parts thanks to the use of AM.