2018
DOI: 10.1108/jec-08-2016-0029
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Prospects of applying 3-D printing to economics of remote communities

Abstract: Purpose -Isolated communities face a variety of inconveniences including severe remoteness, poor roads and extreme climate conditions, resulting in the lack of security of supply chains and exorbitant prices for cargo delivery. This paper aims to investigate the present advantages and prospects of applying 3-D printing to improve economics and everyday life of remote communities, reindeer herder case taken as an example.Design/methodology/approach -This study covers the use of a low-cost open-source 3-D printe… Show more

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“…The most widely used 3D printing technology is MEX 1 (Sculpteo 2021). Its applications include weather stations (Freitag 2015), rural farming production (Obydenkova, Anzalone & Pearce 2018), disaster response (Dotz 2018), microscopes (Sharkey et al 2016) and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic (Rendeki et al 2020). Because of the technology’s versatility, it is widely used by hobbyists and end manufacturers alike with machines available at price points from $100 right up to industrial machines for $10000 s (Pick-3D-Printer 2022).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most widely used 3D printing technology is MEX 1 (Sculpteo 2021). Its applications include weather stations (Freitag 2015), rural farming production (Obydenkova, Anzalone & Pearce 2018), disaster response (Dotz 2018), microscopes (Sharkey et al 2016) and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic (Rendeki et al 2020). Because of the technology’s versatility, it is widely used by hobbyists and end manufacturers alike with machines available at price points from $100 right up to industrial machines for $10000 s (Pick-3D-Printer 2022).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition to that, recent COVID-19 pandemic situation realizes the need of 3D Printing to an unprecedented level. Due to direct digital manufacturing [ 12 ] characteristics of 3DP, the 3D models of any complexity [ 13 , 14 ], designed in any part of the world, can be downloaded in any country worldwide, even in remote areas, and can be 3D Printed (according to demand) [ 15 ] in any locality of any country using the readily available or recycled materials [ [16] , [17] , [18] ]. Fig.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although subjects related to remote communities are commonly discussed in Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Energy and Electrical Engineering, and even Medicine, managerial issues are frequently neglected, with the exception of some studies focusing on the fields of Operations Research and Entrepreneurship (e.g. Burnett & Danson, 2017;Obydenkova et al, 2018). Our study focuses on a particular CoP that is composed of civilian researchers and military staff on the Antarctic base (throughout the last four missions, each of four months, since 2015-2016), and their remote support.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%