6 Surprising Ways 3D Printing Will Disrupt Manufacturing

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1 6 Surprising Ways 3D Printing Will Disrupt Manufacturing

2 The Most Powerful Toy You ve Ever Seen By now, we re all familiar with those cute, boxy, 3D printers that squirt out plastic tchotchkes on demand. But these little toys have scary-looking relatives that will impact roughly 35% of global trade by 2030, according to SAP. Here are SIX WAYS 3D printing will transform the manufacturing business.

3 1. Innovation and product design cycles will accelerate With 3D production, machines can switch between different parts as fast as operators can load a new 3D design file and feed in the raw materials, giving manufacturers unprecedented levels of agility and flexibility.

4 2. Barriers to entry will drop Companies don t need capital to invest in a factory to start manufacturing. Instead, startups can contract with manufacturer-oriented 3D-printing service bureaus, such as Stratasys s RedEye and Kraftwurx, to get the product flowing.

5 3. Manufacturing and assembly will move closer to customers Freed from traditional economies-of-scale constraints, manufacturing and assembly can move physically nearer to the customer and become more responsive to individual customer needs while reducing logistics costs and, potentially, carbon footprints.

6 4. Production speed and quality will increase 3D printing lets designers build complex structures as a single unit that would have required separate parts using conventional manufacturing processes.

7 5. Manufacturing models will be redefined For some products, 3D will make it easier and cheaper to manufacture locally instead of in lowcost countries thousands of miles away. For a few industries, manufacturing will move back to where it was outsourced from in the first place, and the supply chain will get a lot shorter. Uwe Kylau, development expert, SAP SE

8 6. Warehouses and inventory will go virtual Increasingly, warehoused parts will be replaced by virtual inventories and design files that the manufacturer ships electronically to a local manufacturing depot, service bureau, or even a 3D printer in the customer s home or business.

9 There s more. To learn more about how 3D printing will change manufacturing and business models, download the in-depth report 6 Ways 3D Printing Will Disrupt Manufacturing in the Next 5 Years and Beyond.

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