5 key questions to ask about additive manufacturing
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We see additive manufacturing as having a strong impact on the addition of business value for manufacturers over the next decade. This is a key technology for the future.
– Mark CotteleerResearch Director, Deloitte Services LP
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But how do you translate the hype of additive manufacturing from news headlines to producing a part that matters in the real world?
(First, we have to understand what additive manufacturing is.)
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ad·di·tive man·u·fac·tur·ing/ˈaditiv manyəˈfakCHəriNG/
noun
A process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturingtechnologies.
Commonly referred to as: 3D Printing; rapid prototyping; rapid manufacturing; direct manufacturing
Source: ATSM International
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Source: Deloitte analysis; Wohlers Associates, Additive manufacturing and 3D printing state of the industry, 2012; The University of Texas at Austin, “Selective laser sintering, birth of an industry,” December 7, 2012, http://www.me.utexas.edu/news/2012/0712_sls_history.php, accessed January 25, 2014.
Additive manufacturing technologies are nearly 30 years old
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Over the next 6 years this technology is expected to grow at a rate of per year.
Source: Wohlers Associates, May 2014
20112012
20132016F
2018F2020F
$1.7b $2.3b $3.1b
$7.0b
$12.5b
$21.0b32%
It’s growing fast!
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Now is the time to build yourunderstanding of additive manufacturing
3D Opportunity: The course on additive manufacturing for business leaders
This free, massive open online course (MOOC) will equip you with the tools to have discussions with your boss, colleagues, customers and suppliers about how additive manufacturing applies to your business
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Introducing
Obtain a foundational understanding of how additive manufacturing applies to your business by exploring the answers to five key questions
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What is additive manufacturing?
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How does additive manufacturing really work?
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How does additive manufacturing add value to my business?
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Which industries have already made strong use of additive manufacturing technologies?
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What issues will impact additive manufacturing in the future?
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25 years’ consulting experience in • Additive manufacturing• Information technology• Supply chain• Operations management
Professor at • Marquette University• University of Chicago
Published in • Harvard Business Review,
other prestigious journals.
Meet the course instructors
Experienced in• Various inkjet, extrusion, and laser-
based additive manufacturing technologies.
Led design and fabrication of DreamVendor (world’s first 3D printing vending machine)
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11 years of experience at• 3D Systems• Leading global additive
manufacturing organizationExperienced in
• Selective Laser Sintering / Melting equipment
• Additive manufacturing application support
Dr. Mark CotteleerResearch Director, Deloitte Services LP
Kevin CollierFactory Innovation Manager, America Makes
Dr. Amy Elliott, PhDResearch scientist, Oakridge National Laboratories
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