Digital Inventory by Truform
Print Components On-Demand and Scale Without Limits
In additive manufacturing, speed and flexibility are everything. However, traditional inventory systems often hold companies back with their high storage costs, slow procurement cycles, and wasted stock.
Digital inventory changes that.
At Truform, our digital inventory service and digital inventory management system help you achieve unparalleled repeatability and unlock a smarter, more agile supply chain. Store components as data, not physical parts, and manufacture them exactly when and where they’re needed.
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What is Digital Inventory? Digital Inventory Management Explained
A digital inventory is a centralised library of 3D-printable files, typically stored in CAD format, that support on-demand manufacturing without the need for keeping physical inventory.
Often referred to as a “virtual warehouse” or “parts cloud”, a digital inventory gives manufacturers instant access to approved, print-ready components from anywhere.
Truform’s digital inventory management system ensures you can access your approved parts securely, instantly, and without relying on physical stock.
Why Leading Manufacturers Use Digital Inventory Management Systems
Manufacturers today are under enormous pressure to shorten project lead times, reduce operational risk, simplify global logistics, and reduce carbon emissions. All while keeping business running smoothly… It feels like a lot to ask.
A digital inventory management system meets these challenges by replacing traditional stockholding with secure digital files that can be printed on demand. This rapidly transforms how our clients store, order, and reproduce parts. Now components can be ordered and produced with the click of a button, making manufacturing faster, simpler, and dramatically more efficient.
Cut Storage & Logistics Costs
Keeping physical inventory in warehouses or storage containers can be hugely costly. Digital inventory eliminates long-term warehousing, bulk purchasing, and unnecessary transport by moving stock into a digital format.
Accelerate Time-to-Production
Digital inventory ensures you receive your orders within days, not weeks. With pre-validated digital files ready for production, manufacturing begins immediately—no waiting, no tooling delays.
Reduce Risks and Increase Resilience
With a digital inventory, mission-critical parts are continuously available. This reduces supply chain disruption, prevents downtime, and strengthens overall operational resilience.
Scale Globally with Consistent Quality
Your digital inventory can store manufacturing rules, material specifications, digitally enforceable standards, tolerances, and quality assurance steps, allowing parts to be reproduced anywhere in the world to the exact same requirements. This ensures identical quality across distributed manufacturing sites.
Extend Product Lifecycles
For legacy parts or discontinued components, digital inventory provides you with indefinite access to spare parts without having to rely on maintaining physical stock.
How to Create and Manage a Digital Inventory with Truform
Producing and deploying a digital inventory is simpler than ever with Truform. From initial part digitisation to on-demand printing, our platform streamlines every stage to help you unlock the full power of additive manufacturing.
1. Digitise Your Parts
Transform your physical components into high-quality digital assets. This forms the core of your digital asset inventory, creating a single, authoritative source of truth for every component.
2. Validate Your Digital Inventory for Additive Manufacturing
Prepare every component in your digital inventory for efficient and reliable production using our 3D printing services. If you’re unsure how to approach this stage, our team can guide you through it. We’ll help optimise your design and recommend the most suitable materials to ensure excellent printability without sacrificing performance or lifespan.
During validation, we will:
Once complete, your digital asset inventory is fully validated and ready for scalable, repeatable, distributed manufacturing.
3. Manage Your Secure Digital Inventory
Security is at the heart of Truform’s digital solutions for inventory. Every CAD file stored in your digital asset inventory benefits from secure hosting, access control, traceability, and encrypted file transfers.
Whether you manage 50 parts or 5,000, your digital inventory scales with your business — not the other way around.
Our secure digital inventory solution ensures the right people can access the right part at the right time – with complete oversight and security.
4. Produce On-Demand
Manufacture the parts you need, exactly when you need them. Our 3D printing service will bring your digital files to life, whether you’re printing prototypes or full-scale production parts. Place your order anytime, from anywhere in the UK, and we’ll manufacture it locally to you wherever possible.
The result? Faster production, fewer delays, and dramatically reduced operational costs.
Why Truform?
At Truform, we don’t just provide a digital inventory management system — we deliver a complete digital inventory service designed to modernise and streamline the way you store, manage, and reproduce critical components.
With decades of combined engineering and additive manufacturing experience, our team understands the complexities of component repeatability, material behaviour, and regulatory compliance — and we’ve built our systems to meet the highest industry standards.
We support you across the entire lifecycle of your digital asset inventory, from digitisation to on-demand production.
Manage Your Inventory Future with Truform
Investing in digital inventory isn’t just about upgrading your business to be more digital; it’s a strategic shift that can help you recover your investment in months, not years. Contact Truform to build, manage, and optimise your digital inventory and future-proof your operations.