THE DISRUPTIVE FORCE OF 3D PRINTING ON SUPPLY CHAINS

Alexandra Ioana FLOREA Ionescu ()
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Alexandra Ioana FLOREA Ionescu: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Business Excellence and Management, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 102-109

Abstract: Considered by McKinsey one of the disruptive technologies that will change the way of manufacturing, 3D printing is a method widely used in design and prototyping. This method can have a great impact on the supply chain as soon as it will be used in manufacturing, as companies will be able to manufacture on their own and very quickly what is now realized by a wide series of subcontractors. This article has as its goal to discover if indeed 3D printing will very soon restructure the supply chains and in what way.

Keywords: Supply chain management; Disruptive forces; 3D printing; Additive manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 A2 B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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