Resource Consumption in Additive Manufacturing with a PSS Approach

Nanond Nopparat, Babak Kianian, AW Thompson, TC Larsson

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Abstract

Since the 1980’s, additive manufacturing (AM) has gradually advanced from rapid prototyping applications towards fabricating end consumer products. Many small companies may prefer accessing AM technologies through service providers offering production services as result-oriented Industrial Product-Service System (IPSS) rather than investing in their own production line. This study investigated potential benefits of IPSS using system dynamics modelling to study resource demands between two situations: one where an IPSS approach is used and one that is the traditional ownership of production equipment. This study concluded that AM service providers with demand-varying customers could increase service performance and maximise use of production equipment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability
PublisherSpringer
Pages357-362
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-32847-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-32846-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event 4th CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 2012 Nov 82012 Nov 9

Conference

Conference 4th CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period2012/11/082012/11/09

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Free keywords

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Industrial Product-Service Systems
  • Resource Consumption

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