Adoption of additive manufacturing for sustainable operations in the era of circular economy: Self-assessment framework with case illustration

Bridging the green talent gap: a case study of product design education

“…Its inherent efficiency in material usage results in lower resource consumption, aligning with the global drive towards more sustainable manufacturing practices (Ford & Despeisse, 2016). Additionally, AM's flexibility in utilizing eco-friendly materials further contributes to sustainable practices by supporting the redesign of products for improved sustainability (Priyadarshini et al, 2022). Integrating AM with circular economy concepts, particularly the "reduce, reuse, recycle" framework, highlights its significance in sustainable design.…”

“…Furthermore, AM supports the use of eco-friendly materials and the redesign of products for improved sustainability. The relationship between sustainable product design and AM is characterized by AM's potential to enable more sustainable and environmentally friendly product development processes (Priyadarshini et al, 2022).…”

Application of additive manufacturing for a sustainable healthcare sector: Mapping current research and establishing future research agenda

“…The digital designs that can be held in AM, minimize or sometimes eliminate the need for warehousing, thus preventing overproduction (Ohmori, 2021). These digital designs make it possible to have multiple iterations of the product without having to actually print them, thus enabling rapid market responsiveness (Priyadarshini et al, 2022a(Priyadarshini et al, , 2022b. AM provides design freedom and supports 3D printing of complex geometries, which would not have been possible with the help of traditional manufacturing practices (Nazir et al, 2021).…”

Data-Driven Review of Additive Manufacturing on Supply Chains: Regionalization, Key Research Themes and Future Directions

“…The applications of 3D printing in the industrial setting open a world of possibilities for SC practitioners (Caviggioli and Ughetto 2019), including reducing wastage of materials (Hossain et al 2020), enabling a circular economy (CE) (Despeisse et al 2017;Priyadarshini et al, 2022), minimizing SC's intricacy as a result of design consolidation (Knofius et al, 2019), and reducing transportation costs and lead-times through localized manufacturing (Sasson and Johnson 2016). With such a plethora of benefits, it is not surprising that AM has been utilized in numerous industries, such as automotive, aerospace, prototyping and manufacturing, jewelry, construction, wood-furniture sector, and even in the military (Cottingham 2021;Murmura and Bravi 2018).…”