A digital supply chain for 3D printing and aftermarket parts sector

英国汽车零部件供应链的售后市场面临着许多长期存在的挑战，例如昂贵的备件仓库存储；由于时间密集的生产和运输，物流成本高；由于Covid-19和英国脱欧导致的低风险复原力，可能会将交货时间从一周推迟到一整年。数字技术最近成为推动全球供应链彻底转型的催化剂，利用自动化、分析和智能的力量来提高效率、可见性、可持续性和弹性。在这个项目中，Autentica正在构建一个网络平台，通过结合三种主要的数字技术，将3D打印汽车零件的数字文件直接传输到机器中，以帮助彻底改变售后市场和汽车备件供应链：*增材制造技术可以通过3D打印按需交付定制备件。*分布式账本技术，支持基于私人持有的区块链的各方之间独立认证的交易，跟踪，追踪，促进信任和保护知识产权。这些技术将被整合到Autentica的3D打印备件在线数字市场中，提供以下功能：* 3D模型设计师存储、保护和销售他们的模型，用于售后市场和汽车备件。*智能配对流程支持客户的市场搜索，确保根据他们的需求检索到最相关的模型。*在多个产品匹配一个请求的情况下，基于数据驱动的供应商分析，智能供应商选择帮助客户做出决定。基于上述概述，成功部署和采用拟议的市场将是迈向新的数字化售后市场和汽车备件供应链的重要一步，因此：* 3d打印备件设计人员可以轻松访问全球客户，以安全的方式提供他们的模型，保护他们的知识产权。*制造商可以购买3D模型，使用自己的增材制造基础设施来制造备件。*制造服务提供商（包括零件分销商和零售商）购买模型以制造并向没有增材制造能力的客户交付备件。这种数字供应链对利物浦城市地区的变革性影响将是多方面的：经济：降低成本，增加利润和加强当地生产；社会方面：刺激零部件行业，创造就业机会；环保：减少材料和能源消耗的浪费，从而减少二氧化碳排放。

The aftermarket in automotive spare parts supply chain in the UK is facing a number of perennial challenges, such as costly warehouse storage of spare parts; high logistics costs due to time-intensive production and shipping; and low-risk resilience due to Covid-19 and Brexit which can delay delivery times from a week to a full year.Digital technologies have emerged recently as catalysts in delivering a radical transformation to global supply chains by leveraging, among others, the power of automation, analytics and intelligence to improve efficiency, visibility, sustainability and resilience. In this project, Autentica is building a web platform to stream digital files for 3D printed car parts straight into machines by combining three major digital technologies to help revolutionise the aftermarket and automotive spare parts supply chain:* Additive manufacturing technologies can deliver made-to-order spare parts on demand through 3D printing.* Distributed ledger technologies, which support independently authenticated transactions between parties based on a privately held blockchain, tracking, tracing promoting trust and protecting intellectual property.* Artificial intelligence technologies, which can exploit knowledge and data to automate and facilitate decision makingThese technologies will be integrated within Autentica's online digital marketplace for 3D printed spare parts providing the following functionality:* 3D model designers store, protect and market their models for aftermarket and automotive spare parts.* Intelligent matchmaking processes support customers in their marketplace searches, ensuring the most relevant models are retrieved based on their requirements.* In cases where multiple products match a request, intelligent supplier selection helps customers decide, based on data-driven supplier profiling.Based on the above outline, successful deployment and adoption of the proposed marketplace will be a major step towards a new, digital aftermarket and automotive spare parts supply chain so that:* 3D-printed spare parts designers can have easy access to customers worldwide, providing their models in a safe manner that protects their intellectual property.* Manufacturers can purchase 3D models to build spare parts using their own additive manufacturing infrastructure.* Manufacturing service providers purchase models to build and deliver spare parts to customers without additive manufacturing capabilities, including part distributors and retailers.The transformative impact of such a digital supply chain for Liverpool City Region will be multifaceted: economic: reducing costs, increasing profits and strengthening local production; social: stimulating the spare parts industry and creating jobs; environmental: reducing waste both in materials and energy consumption and, in turn, Co2\.