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BUSINESS MODELS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Coggle Diagram
BUSINESS MODELS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
THE ADVANCES
Additive manufacturing technology has progessed, and it supplier ecosystem
and the materials available have expanded
That means 3-D printing machines can now produce a much wider range of products— affordably and often in greater volume.
RECENT ADVANCES
Faster powder deposition.
Continuous liquid interface production (CLIP)
Faster, more precise printer heads.
Electronics-embedding technologies.
EMERGING BUSINESS MODELS
In light of these developments, where should a mass manufacturer start? The most important decision is the business model.
MASS CUSTOMIZATION
This model takes product variation to the extreme. Adjusted to the needs or whims of individual buyer.
Thanks to the efficiency and precision of digital technology these products cost less than conventionally manufactured items but fit individuals’ specifications more exactly.
MASS VARIETY
This model targets customers who have strong and varying preferences but don’t need products adjusted to their personal specifications.
MASS SEGMENTATION
This model greatly limits variety, offering only a few dozen versions of a product to customers whose needs are less variable and easier to predict than with the previous two models.
MASS MODULARIZATION
Rather than offering customers different
versions of a product, this model involves selling a 3-D-printed body with interchangeable modules for insertion.
MASS COMPLEXITY
The first four models take advantage of additive’s flexibility to make a variety of produc versions at low cost
MASS STANDARDIZATION
This last model attacks traditional manufacturing’s home turf. It proves contrary to naysayers’ dismissal of additive as a niche technology that is useful only for small scale production that high-volume standard products can be churned out at a low cost in certain circumstances.
THE TEMPTATION OF
INDUSTRY 4.0
Some versions of Industry 4.0 still assume conventional, capital intensive manufacturing techniques and supply chains. That could be a bad thing.
Digitizing manufacturing with robots, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and other technological advances.