Assessment of the potential economic impact of the use of AM technologies in the cost levels of manufacturing and stocking of spare part products
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are appropriate manufacturing technologies to produce low rotation products of high added value. Products in the spare parts business usually have discontinuous demand levels of reduced numbers of parts. Indeed, spare parts inventories handle myriad of produc...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/124990 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/124990 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11081429 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Costs, Industrial Manufacturing processes Engineering economy Production engineering Additive manufacturing Design Topological optimization Cost Stock Spare parts Free-form filament fabrication (FFF) Costos de producció Fabricació Economia industrial Enginyeria de producció Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Aspectes econòmics Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Anàlisi de processos de negoci i de fabricació |
| Sumario: | Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are appropriate manufacturing technologies to produce low rotation products of high added value. Products in the spare parts business usually have discontinuous demand levels of reduced numbers of parts. Indeed, spare parts inventories handle myriad of products that require big immobilized investments while having an intrinsic risk of no-use (for example due to obsolescence or spoilage). Based on these issues, the present work analyses the fundamental cost factors in a real case study of a company dedicated to the supply of spare parts for fluid conduction systems. Real inventory data is assessed to determine the product taxonomy and its associated costs. A representative product of the stock is analyzed in detail on original manufacturing costs, in AM costs and then redesigned with topological optimization to reduce the AM cost levels (via design for additive manufacturing). A general equation for cost assessment is formulated. Given the specific data collected from the company, the parameters in this general equation are calculated. Finally, the general equation and the product cost reduction achieved are used to explore the potential economic impact of the use of AM technologies in the cost levels of manufacturing and stocking of spare part products. |
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