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Transport Replacement And Sustainability Aspects Associated With Additive Manufacturing, Marcus R. Wigan
Transport Replacement And Sustainability Aspects Associated With Additive Manufacturing, Marcus R. Wigan
Marcus R Wigan
Additive manufacturing has a range of characteristics that suggest enhancements to sustainability should be possible. The nature of the process influences not only how products can be made, but also how they can be delivered. Logistics and the global supply chain are central aspects to manufacturing, and considerable attention is being paid to making the supply chain more sustainable. This often makes sound economic sense without any consideration of the environmental benefits, as this usually delivers energy reductions and reduced reworking or redelivery. Additive manufacturing has also secured increasing attention from a sustainability standpoint, but this has in the main …