Overview of the papers in the special issue
| Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 | Paper 5 | Paper 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meisel et al. (2016) | Knofius et al. (2016) | Kothman and Faber (2016) | Oettmeier and Hofmann (2016) | Rylands et al. (2016) | Steenhuis and Pretorius (2016) |
| Industry | |||||
| Manufacturing for military operations | Manufacturing in advanced capital goods industries | Manufacturing in construction industry | Manufacturing in hearing aid industry | Manufacturing of metal parts and wall paper | Manufacturing in consumer households |
| Application | |||||
| Remote or austere environments Military applications. Civilian applications are explored | After sales service logistics (typically in industries like aerospace, healthcare, military) | Additive manufacturing in the construction industry | Engineer-to-order system in the hearing system industry | Metal part production and wall paper production | Application of consumer 3D printing |
| Type of application | |||||
| Niche | Niche | Mass application (in the future) | Niche | Niche | Mass application (in the future) |
| Methodology | |||||
| Practical: interviewing potential users to build decision support, example to illustrate tool | Practical: field study to demonstrate and validate model. Sensitivity analysis to test robustness of outcomes | Case-study approach | Multiple case-study approach | Multiple case-study approach | Mixed method: first-hand experience, discussions, survey, bibliometric study |
| Criteria: advantages of AM | |||||
| Possible and cost-effective in these niches compared to other manufacturing technologies (see below) | Positive business model for subsets of spare parts. (AM enables lower costs for low volume parts) | Potential performance improvements and efficiency gains (reduced material usage, reduce production and logistics efforts) | AM affects internal manufacturing and order fulfillment processes of companies and external arrangement of actors on the supply and demand-side | AM compliments strengthen traditional manufacturing value streams rather than replacing them | Cost of AM is lower than traditional manufacturing technologies and thus can substitute these technologies soon |
| Criteria: disadvantages of AM | |||||
| Cost is higher for large numbers | AM cost is higher for large numbers | Redesign of value chain required | AM requires fundamental transition in company and its value chain | AM caused a shift in value propositions and the creation of additional value streams | User-friendly-ness is low |
| Result | |||||
| Tool to advice the best combination of AM-technology and material after analyzing the context | A scoring method is developed to identify eligible spare parts for the application of AM technology | Vision on future changes in value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in company and value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in company and value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in value chain when implementing AM |
| Managerial relevance | |||||
| Decision support | Decision support to select spare parts for which AM is good business case | Preview of future changes in industry | Shows the consequences of implementing AM both internally and externally | Explores the adoption process of AM and its consequences | Explores the potentially disruptive effect of AM in the consumer market on existing manufacturing industry |
| Theoretical contribution | |||||
| Adds to the existing decision support literature | Adds to the existing decision support literature | Assesses the effect of AM on ecological performance | Addresses how AM deals with the dilemma between product variety and scale economics | Addresses the adoption process and its consequences | Addresses the consumer market |
| Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 | Paper 5 | Paper 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing for military operations | Manufacturing in advanced capital goods industries | Manufacturing in construction industry | Manufacturing in hearing aid industry | Manufacturing of metal parts and wall paper | Manufacturing in consumer households |
| Remote or austere environments Military applications. Civilian applications are explored | After sales service logistics (typically in industries like aerospace, healthcare, military) | Additive manufacturing in the construction industry | Engineer-to-order system in the hearing system industry | Metal part production and wall paper production | Application of consumer 3D printing |
| Niche | Niche | Mass application (in the future) | Niche | Niche | Mass application (in the future) |
| Practical: interviewing potential users to build decision support, example to illustrate tool | Practical: field study to demonstrate and validate model. Sensitivity analysis to test robustness of outcomes | Case-study approach | Multiple case-study approach | Multiple case-study approach | Mixed method: first-hand experience, discussions, survey, bibliometric study |
| Possible and cost-effective in these niches compared to other manufacturing technologies (see below) | Positive business model for subsets of spare parts. (AM enables lower costs for low volume parts) | Potential performance improvements and efficiency gains (reduced material usage, reduce production and logistics efforts) | AM affects internal manufacturing and order fulfillment processes of companies and external arrangement of actors on the supply and demand-side | AM compliments strengthen traditional manufacturing value streams rather than replacing them | Cost of AM is lower than traditional manufacturing technologies and thus can substitute these technologies soon |
| Cost is higher for large numbers | AM cost is higher for large numbers | Redesign of value chain required | AM requires fundamental transition in company and its value chain | AM caused a shift in value propositions and the creation of additional value streams | User-friendly-ness is low |
| Tool to advice the best combination of AM-technology and material after analyzing the context | A scoring method is developed to identify eligible spare parts for the application of AM technology | Vision on future changes in value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in company and value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in company and value chain when implementing AM | Vision on future changes in value chain when implementing AM |
| Decision support | Decision support to select spare parts for which AM is good business case | Preview of future changes in industry | Shows the consequences of implementing AM both internally and externally | Explores the adoption process of AM and its consequences | Explores the potentially disruptive effect of AM in the consumer market on existing manufacturing industry |
| Adds to the existing decision support literature | Adds to the existing decision support literature | Assesses the effect of AM on ecological performance | Addresses how AM deals with the dilemma between product variety and scale economics | Addresses the adoption process and its consequences | Addresses the consumer market |
Note: AM, additive manufacturing
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