Make to Demand with 3-D Printing the Next Big Thing in Inventory Management?

This case study examines how brand-new 3-D printing technologies could eliminate the need for companies to maintain vast inventories of critical spare parts, enabling these parts to be created when needed and dramatically lowering costs. It introduces the technologies involved; shows how 3-D printin...

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Main Author: Munson, Chuck
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Pearson 2013
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