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

GlobalTranz

Our goal is to stay abreast and keep readers abreast of all the latest trends which affect the manufacturing industry. . 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. What is Rapid Prototyping?

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Mobilisation in the Information Technology Era

Logistics in War

The upside is embodied in the emerging fourth industrial revolution (4IR). 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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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. Some industries are nonetheless more challenged than others to realise cost reductions through improved S&OP or IBP. Other Supply Chain Cost Reduction Traps.