Case Study: Deutsche Bahn achieves 74% faster part assessments and 50–70% procurement cost savings with 3YOURMIND

Deutsche Bahn - Customer Case Study

Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway, faced an overwhelming challenge: thousands of inventory parts but only a few additive manufacturing (AM) experts to identify which spares could be 3D printed. To analyze stock lists, prioritize suitable parts, and centralize knowledge access across remote repair locations, Deutsche Bahn partnered with 3YOURMIND and implemented its Agile PLM software and the Additive Manufacturing Part Identifier (AMPI).

3YOURMIND enabled Deutsche Bahn’s 200,000 employees to submit part ideas through a single platform while AMPI automatically scanned inventories to flag strong AM candidates. The result: the assessed-parts-to-identified-AM-use-case ratio improved from 50:1 to 3:2, part assessment time fell 74% (from 95 to 25 minutes), time to identify strong AM use cases dropped from 80 hours to 37.5 minutes, and individual business cases now save 50%–70% versus traditional procurement methods.

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