Managing 3D Printing

This edited book serves to unify the current state of knowledge for 3D printing /

Additive Manufacturing and its impact on manufacturing operations. Bringing

together leading experts from across the operations and supply chain disciplines

the contributions offer a concise, accessible, and focused text for researchers and

practitioners alike. Showing how 3DP can be implemented in a multitude of business

models, the book explores how to manage 3DP both in the production environment

and wider supply chain.

Unique focus on the management, rather than technical engineering aspects of 3DP Contributors are established and leading authors in 3DP management Emphasis on the application of research in practice

Autorentext
Daniel Eyers is Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing Systems Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK. He is Chartered Engineer with extensive industry experience, and he draws upon this in much of his interdisciplinary work. Daniel's research focuses on the implications of advanced manufacturing technologies for operations and supply chain management, and for over a decade this has explicitly focused on 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Implementation Scenarios for 3DP.- Chapter 3: Technology Adoption Models for 3DP.- Chapter 4: Additive Manufacturing as an Enabler of Digital Spare Parts.- Chapter 5: Service Levels in Make-to-Order Production: 3D Printing Applications.- Chapter 6: Flexibility Strategies for 3DP.- Chapter 7: Sustainability for 3DP Operations.- Chapter 8: Returning to the Beginning: Enabling Craft Production Using 3DP.- Chapter 9: Setting Up and Then Redistributing a 3D Printing Operation: Evidence from the Industry.- Chapter 10: Operationalisation of 3D Printing Service Provision.- Chapter 11: 3DP and the Domestication of Supply Chains in the Future. <p