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SourceOptima

The AI platform that reads engineering drawings at scale

Transforms locked engineering intelligence from PDFs and drawings into procurement savings, design reviews, supplier strategies, and tariff classifications — organised by financial impact. No ERP integration required. Results within 30 days.

SourceOptima
"Manufacturing runs on drawings no system can read. We build the AI that does."
Overview

What SourceOptima does

SourceOptima is an engineering intelligence platform that reads technical documents at scale. It structures data extracted from CAD files, PDFs, and BOMs into actionable business decisions — covering procurement savings, design reviews, supplier strategies, and tariff classifications. Unlike traditional analytics tools, SourceOptima is drawing-native: it handles messy real-world archives including scanned documents, old PDFs, and mixed-language files without requiring ERP integration or IT prerequisites.

One pilot category surfaced €3.6M–€5.8M in annual savings. Fortune 500 manufacturers with $1B+ category spend use SourceOptima to manage 200K+ SKUs across 50+ global locations.

Explore SourceOptima
The Problem

The Problem It Solves

Engineering knowledge is locked in drawings that no ERP or BI tool can read.

Billions in cost and risk locked inside unreadable PDFs, drawings, and CAD archives

Tariff classifications done manually — slow, inconsistent, and litigation-prone

Supplier risk hidden in delivery history and sole-source concentration no one tracks

Design reuse opportunities missed because geometric similarity is never analysed

Duplicate SKUs and phantom inventory inflate costs across multi-site operations

Change impact analysis takes weeks because no system maps downstream assembly effects

Capabilities

Key Capabilities

Design Review & DFX — tolerance stack analysis, GD&T compliance checks, missing dimensions, BOM verification, weight validation

Tariff Classification — HTS code prediction with engineering-grade rationale drawn from actual drawing analysis

Supply Chain Intelligence — negotiation leverage, consolidation opportunities, and sole-source risk identified algorithmically

Supplier Intelligence — capability profiles from delivery history, concentration risk visibility, tail-spend analysis

Change Impact Analysis — maps downstream assembly effects and active engineering change orders

Manufacturing Taxonomy — organises parts by process, complexity, size, material, and tolerance bands

Geometric Similarity — 98% similarity detection identifies design reuse and tooling consolidation opportunities

Queryable Engineering Data — plain-English queries across drawing archives without SQL or BI tools

Engineering Intelligence

AI that reads drawings the way an engineer does — at scale.

  • Tolerance stack-up and GD&T compliance from drawing files
  • BOM verification and missing dimension detection
  • Weight validation against design specifications
  • Geometric similarity across 500K+ ingested drawings
  • Manufacturing taxonomy by process, material, and tolerance band

Supply Chain Intelligence

From drawing analysis to procurement decisions — automatically.

  • Algorithmic savings identification across categories
  • Sole-source and concentration risk flagging
  • HTS tariff classification with engineering rationale
  • Supplier capability profiles from historical delivery data
  • Change impact mapping across multi-level assemblies
How It Works

From data to decisions

SourceOptima uses AI and computer vision to read and correlate CAD, BOM, QA, and supplier data — no ERP integration needed.

Step 01

Upload Drawings

Drop in PDF, CAD, or scanned drawing archives. Mixed languages and legacy formats are handled automatically.

Step 02

AI Extraction

LLMs and CNNs extract GD&T symbols, tolerances, materials, part numbers, and geometry from every page.

Step 03

Intelligence Layer

Extracted data is cross-referenced against BOM, supplier, and purchase history to surface savings and risks.

Step 04

Decisions & Reports

Procurement savings, tariff classifications, risk heatmaps, and design reviews delivered within 30 days.

Who It's For

Built for every stakeholder

Product Engineering Teams

  • Geometric similarity to find design reuse before tooling is cut
  • GD&T compliance checks and tolerance stack-up at scale
  • Faster DFX decisions with drawing-native intelligence

Sourcing & Procurement Leaders

  • Algorithmic savings identification by category
  • Sole-source concentration risk visibility
  • Supplier capability profiling from delivery data

Costing & Value Engineering

  • Automated tariff classification with engineering-grade rationale
  • Real-world vendor cost benchmarking
  • Consolidation opportunities identified across SKU families

Manufacturing & Operations Heads

  • Standardise materials and processes across plants
  • Reduce SKU proliferation with similarity detection
  • Change impact analysis before ECOs are released
Benefits

What you get

Drawing-Native Intelligence — handles messy archives, scanned PDFs, old formats, and mixed languages that BI tools cannot read

No IT Prerequisites — requires only drawing archives and purchase history; zero ERP integration or data migration

Proven ROI — one pilot category surfaced €3.6M–€5.8M in annual savings for a Fortune 500 manufacturer

Modular Deployment — add capabilities independently without re-ingestion or system rebuild

30-Day Time to Value — from archive upload to first actionable reports in under a month

Scale Ready — tested with 500K+ drawings, 4,000+ suppliers, and 200K+ SKUs across 50+ global locations

Use Cases

Where SourceOptima delivers

Fortune 500 manufacturers with $1B+ category spend reducing procurement costs
Multi-site operations standardising materials and eliminating SKU proliferation
Global supply chains mapping tariff exposure across HTS classification categories
Engineering teams catching GD&T errors before tooling is committed
Procurement leaders de-risking sole-source concentration before supplier disruption
Value engineering teams identifying consolidation savings across product families
Case Study

Global Manufacturer — Supply Chain Pilot

Surfacing €3.6M–€5.8M in annual savings from one drawing archive

Project brief

A Fortune 500 manufacturer with $1B+ category spend and 200K+ SKUs across 50+ global locations engaged SourceOptima to analyse a single procurement category. Starting from drawing archives and purchase history alone — no ERP access, no IT project — the platform delivered a full savings opportunity map within 30 days.

Our scope

  • Ingest 500K+ drawings across mixed formats, languages, and scan quality
  • Cross-reference against 4,000+ supplier delivery histories
  • Identify negotiation leverage, consolidation opportunities, and sole-source risks
  • Generate tariff classification recommendations with engineering-grade rationale

Impact

€3.6M–€5.8M annual savings identified in a single pilot category

30-day time to value — zero ERP integration required

500K+ drawings processed across 4,000+ global suppliers

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