Geographies of production in 3D: Theoretical and research implications stemming from additive manufacturing

Gress, Douglas R.; Kalafsky, Ronald V.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.01.003

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“… Research on the potential of 3D printers in manufacturing industry (Fressoli & Smith, 2015;Gress & Kalafsky, 2015;Bogers et al, 2016).  Open hardware in electronics manufacturing .…”

Section: Mapping the Research Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another notable finding was that while few in number, there are researchers investigating the potentials and challenges of adopting or running DIFNs in the context of developing countries (Pearce et al, 2010;Gershenfeld, 2012;Dickel et al, 2014;Fox, 2014;Stacey, 2014;Gress & Kalafsky, 2015;Bloom & Faulkner, 2016). While it was encouraging to find a number of studies about the global South, most are still at a conceptual stage and there is a 2 Some studies have multiple levels of analysis.…”

Section: Figure 4 Geography Of the Collected Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These papers rarely engage in discussion of social or economic development: the one exception is Gress and Kalafsky (2015) who theorise how 3D printing may transform the geography of production.…”

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“…Printable 3D designs are shared and sold in online marketplaces and 3D printing services such as Shapeways have appeared, giving people the opportunity to use manufacturing services directly (Gress & Kalafsky, 2015).…”

Section: The Rise Of Industrialised Small-scale Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Researching the Emergence of 3D Printing, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and FabLabs in the Global South: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda on Digital Innovation and Fabrication Networks

Seo-Zindy

Heeks

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Enabled by ICTs and digital fabrication tools such as 3D printing, and facilitated by shared workspaces such as makerspaces and FabLabs, digital innovation and fabrication networks (DIFNs) are emerging globally. To open the debate on this nascent phenomenon in the global South, this paper examines the current state of knowledge and offers future research directions. Through a systematic scoping review of 70 articles, it identifies a need for more empirical and more conceptualised research, particularly on under-researched regions including Latin America, Africa and most of Asia. Three research topic areas are identified for immediate attention: the nature of production processes within DIFNs; the relationship between DIFNs and the wider innovation systems within which they sit; and the tension between the open and closed worldviews manifest in DIFNs.

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“… Research on the potential of 3D printers in manufacturing industry (Fressoli & Smith, 2015;Gress & Kalafsky, 2015;Bogers et al, 2016).  Open hardware in electronics manufacturing .…”

Section: Mapping the Research Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Figure 4 Geography Of the Collected Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Locationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Rise Of Industrialised Small-scale Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Researching the Emergence of 3D Printing, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and FabLabs in the Global South: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda on Digital Innovation and Fabrication Networks

Seo-Zindy

Heeks

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Some authors focus their attention at the development of new production technologies, for example, additive technologies, computer engineering, laser material technologies, etc. Gressa & Kalafsky [1] study the influence of additive technologies on the global structure of demand and consumption, that is, the study subject is the long-term economic effect resulted from the introduction of additive technologies in production. Cozmei & Caloian [2] emphasize the capital capacity of additive productions concluding that the additive technologies development will invariably lead to the global improvement of the taxation system.…”

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A fuzzy set model for assessment of a perspectives level for integration of new materials in industrial enterprise processes

2018

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Abstract. The definition of effective improvement vectors is currently one of the most pressing challenges facing the industry representatives. The transition to the sixth technological mode effectively contributes to competition intensification in all markets of industrial products. This is largely due to the fact that existing process systems are at the peak of their effectiveness. Further development requires qualitative changes. However, the principal improvement is a long-term and high-risk process. For this reason the issue of creating effective models for assessment of the strategic lines of processes improvement becomes increasingly important for industrial enterprises.

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The digitalization of operations and supply chain management: Theoretical and methodological implications

Holmström

Holweg

Lawson

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J of Ops Management

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The digitalization of intra‐ and inter‐organizational processes offers significant opportunity for research in the field of operations and supply chain management (OSCM). This essay summarizes the contributions of the special issue articles, highlighting their focus on additive manufacturing and the encapsulation of design and production information in a digital artifact. We conceptualize the digital artifact as containing the digital genes of the associated physical object. Digital encapsulation thus involves the integration of product design information with additional information on how that design is to be translated into a physical object, delivered to the customer, and used. Building on insights from the special issue articles, we identify three pathways by which digital encapsulation affects OSCM practice, as well as theory elaboration and extension. First, digital encapsulation allows each unique digitally encapsulated artifact to be acted on independently by OSCM systems. Second, digital encapsulation enables the redistribution of activities across organizational and geographic landscapes. Third, digital encapsulation facilitates interactivity of the digital artifact with external environment inputs. We conclude with a number of directions for future research.

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Geographies of production in 3D: Theoretical and research implications stemming from additive manufacturing

Cited by 106 publications

References 44 publications

Researching the Emergence of 3D Printing, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and FabLabs in the Global South: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda on Digital Innovation and Fabrication Networks

Researching the Emergence of 3D Printing, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and FabLabs in the Global South: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda on Digital Innovation and Fabrication Networks

A fuzzy set model for assessment of a perspectives level for integration of new materials in industrial enterprise processes

The digitalization of operations and supply chain management: Theoretical and methodological implications

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