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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

Rapid prototyping is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data. Additive Manufacturing refers to a process by which digital 3D design data is used to build up a component in layers by depositing material.

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Mobilisation in the Information Technology Era

Logistics in War

Artificial intelligence, big data, virtual reality, robotics, cloud computing. This is the exciting world of three-D printing where production batch sizes can be small or on-demand without impacting production efficiency. The second strategy is supporting some useful domestic group albeit technically harder.

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Calling ‘order’ on Inbound Goods

Logistics Business Magazine

Dan Migliozzi, Sales & Marketing Director, at independent systems integrator, Invar Group , gets to the root of the problem. The supplier, after all, isn’t presenting a chaotic mix of items just to be awkward – they will have their own constraints, for example on batch sizes and times, or on their own storage capacities.

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Cost Reduction in Supply Chains by Opportunity and by Design

Logistics Bureau

Thus, the purchasing team may try to reduce unit prices, without thinking about batch sizes or delivery frequency, causing inventory levels to rise. The focus is on revenue and the approach is “inside-out” as separate functions put forward their data and positions. Stage 2 – Anticipate.