Additive manufacturing integration in E-commerce supply chain network to improve resilience and competitiveness

Ekren, Banu Yetkin; Stylos, Nikolaos; Zwiegelaar, Jeremy; Turhanlar, Ecem Eroglu; Kumar, Vikas

doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2022.102676

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“…Supply chain and logistics industries leverage AM's on-demand production capabilities to minimize energy consumption and environmental impact compared to traditional manufacturing and distribution processes [61]. This approach enhances operational efficiency, reduces the need for extensive inventories, and allows for the creation of customized, lightweight components, contributing to overall sustainability in the transportation and logistics sector [62].…”

Section: Distribution and Fulfillment Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Energy Efficiency in Additive Manufacturing: Condensed Review

Fidan,

Naikwadi,

Alkunte

et al. 2024

Technologies

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Today, it is significant that the use of additive manufacturing (AM) has growing in almost every aspect of the daily life. A high number of sectors are adapting and implementing this revolutionary production technology in their domain to increase production volumes, reduce the cost of production, fabricate light weight and complex parts in a short period of time, and respond to the manufacturing needs of customers. It is clear that the AM technologies consume energy to complete the production tasks of each part. Therefore, it is imperative to know the impact of energy efficiency in order to economically and properly use these advancing technologies. This paper provides a holistic review of this important concept from the perspectives of process, materials science, industry, and initiatives. The goal of this research study is to collect and present the latest knowledge blocks related to the energy consumption of AM technologies from a number of recent technical resources. Overall, they are the collection of surveys, observations, experimentations, case studies, content analyses, and archival research studies. The study highlights the current trends and technologies associated with energy efficiency and their influence on the AM community.

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Section: Distribution and Fulfillment Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A number of researchers explored the circular economy concept in polymer AM, where distributed recycling and sustainable manufacturing will lead to a higher level of reuse at low cost in sectors like aerospace, automotive, biomedical, sports, etc. [62,63].…”

Section: Polymersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Efficiency in Additive Manufacturing: Condensed Review

Fidan,

Naikwadi,

Alkunte

et al. 2024

Technologies

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“…Their results illustrated that utilizing AM in such a network can prove such metrics beneficial and significantly improve network performance metrics (reduce the total network costs and response times). Similarly, the study by Banu et al [63] examined the contribution of AM e-commerce SC network resilience and competitiveness. Their results confirmed that the adaptation of AM greatly contributes to network cost reductions and responsiveness performance improvements.…”

Section: Time Cost Inventory and Operations Efficiency-related Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of Adopting Additive Manufacturing Process on Supply Chain: Systematic Literature Review

Woldesilassiea,

Lemu,

Gutema

2024

Logistics

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Background: The objective of this literature review is to systematically explore the supply chain (SC)-related issues of additive manufacturing (AM)-based production processes. For SC sustainability, efficiency, and performance improvements, the adoptation of disruptive technologies like AM plays a vital role, because the product’s SC benefits in terms of reduced total lead time and costs. Methods: To explore the state-of-the-art influences of AM on the SC in this study, 978 papers published in peer-reviewed journals from 2004 to 2023 were retrieved, and 70 of these were identified as the most relevant and then reviewed. Results: As an outcome, the results of this review paper indicated a lack of documented studies in developing countries and, as a result, limited research works, for instance, in fashion industries were observed. In addition, AM best practices in the SC context have been identified and categorized as cost-related, time-related, inventor-related, as well as energy-, waste-, and environment-related factors, SC efficiency factors, and flexibility, marketing, and manufacturing-related factors. Conclusions: By identifying these categories, the study aims to contribute to the efforts of transforming traditional manufacturing into AM-based processes, for which a framework for the AM SC implementation is developed. In summary, the systematic review indicated that further research work is needed on the impacts of the identified AM best practices on SC performance.

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“…Recent global supply chain disruptions have exposed the fragility of hypercentralized manufacturing networks. Delays in the production of an isolated component can stall the distribution of dependent products by months, causing substantial economic and societal loss. − Additive manufacturing (AM) provides the means for users to make certain custom components locally with minimal investment in capital equipment. − This technology has the potential to bridge production gaps and improve the resilience of supply chains provided that AM can meet the complex demands that are currently achieved using a suite of integrated production methods.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Nozzle Innovations That Improve Capacity and Capabilities of Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing

McCauley,

Bayles

2024

ACS Eng. Au

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Multimaterial additive manufacturing incorporates multiple species within a single 3D-printed object to enhance its material properties and functionality. This technology could play a key role in distributed manufacturing. However, conventional layer-by-layer construction methods must operate at low volumetric throughputs to maintain fine feature resolution. One approach to overcome this challenge and increase production capacity is to structure multimaterial components in the printhead prior to deposition. Here we survey four classes of multimaterial nozzle innovations, nozzle arrays, coextruders, static mixers, and advective assemblers, designed for this purpose. Additionally, each design offers unique capabilities that provide benefits associated with accessible architectures, interfacial adhesion, material properties, and even living-cell viability. Accessing these benefits requires trade-offs, which may be mitigated with future investigation. Leveraging decades of research and development of multiphase extrusion equipment can help us engineer the next generation of 3D-printing nozzles and expand the capabilities and practical reach of multimaterial additive manufacturing.

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Additive manufacturing integration in E-commerce supply chain network to improve resilience and competitiveness

Cited by 27 publications

References 50 publications

Energy Efficiency in Additive Manufacturing: Condensed Review

Energy Efficiency in Additive Manufacturing: Condensed Review

Impacts of Adopting Additive Manufacturing Process on Supply Chain: Systematic Literature Review

Nozzle Innovations That Improve Capacity and Capabilities of Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing

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