Additive manufacturing Alstom REX, GEP conference 26th of November 15; Retour d'expérience Alstom au colloque sur la fabrication additive, organise par le GEP à la Maison de la Mécanique

1. Christophe ESCHENBRENNER
DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN & CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
15/10/2015
Additive manufacturing
The 3rd industrial revolution is underway!

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Presentation title - 30/11/2015 – P 2
Alstom Transport
Four activities
TRAINS INFRA & SYSTEMS
SERVICES SIGNALING

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ALSTOM - 30/11/2015 – P 3
Supply chain paradigm
DIGITAL HELPS BALANCING THIS CHALLENGE
MISSING PART SITUATION OVER STOCK
Production stopped, train in depot Obsolescence, Cash mobilized

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ALSTOM - 30/11/2015 – P 4
Why is Supply chain concerned by 3D Printing ?
A disruption is identified…

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ALSTOM - 30/11/2015 – P 5
No inventory Customized Localized Quick to deploy
… changing the way business is done…
Creating a very collaborative supply chain

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…and bringing new challenges
6
Protection ? Quality ?
FAKE REAL
Master data? Optimization ? Make or buy ?
Value ?

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ALSTOM - 30/11/2015 – P 7
Alstom strategy:
Let’s go, on the right track !
US ITALY SPAIN UK
 FABLAB with CETIM (VIDEO)

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Facts and Current limitations
 Intellectuel Property
• Check freedom to operate the spare. IP Rights linked to the spare ?
• Don’t infringe Patents, Design or Copyrights of Third Parties
 Design
• Scarce talent
• Change management (acceptation, learning), Design rules (norms, softwares).
 Technical performances and costs (rapidly evolving)
• Technology not suitable for mass production (sustaining limitation)
• Build speed, Parts size, finishing
• 3D printers price and productivity, Price of powders
 Quality and safety
• Norms to be defined in industries
• Certification of safety critical parts

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ALSTOM - 30/11/2015 – P 9
A WAVE
impacting design, manufacturing, sourcing and supply chain
 Agility: a product might be manufactured in different way along its life cycle
 A new eco-system to build: Research, Talent, supplier development, …
 Taking into consideration future progress in the next decades.
R&D Model Prototype /
Pre-serial
Serial After-sales
Volume
Time

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Presentation title - 30/11/2015 – P 10
YES, one day 3D printers will feed our workshops… for certain parts!
Conclusion

11. Contact:
Christophe ESCHENBRENNER
DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN & CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
+33 6 71 92 20 41
christophe.eschenbrenner@transport.alstom.com
Questions…?

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