PwC: 3D printing heeft de potentie om de supply chain te verkorten

According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC) survey, about 30% of manufacturers believe that, potentially, the greatest disruption to emerge from widespread adoption of 3D printing (3DP) will be the restructuring of supply chains. 3DP also holds the potential for companies to rethink their approach to keeping inventory. Printed parts that are currently warehoused could potentially save manufacturers—especially those with globally diverse distribution systems—logistics costs and get products to customers faster.
Industrial manufacturers should also pay attention to 3D printing because it is being applied beyond prototyping and talent is needed to drive the technology forward.
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