The impact of location of 3d printers and robots on the supply chain

Shunichi Ohmori

doi:10.5267/j.uscm.2021.1.002

The impact of location of 3d printers and robots on the supply chain

Shunichi Ohmori^*

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Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering

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Abstract

3D printers and robots (3DPR) are new technologies that may disrupt traditional supply chains.The location of the manufacturing place can be moved toward more customer side in the supply chain, which brings both agility and the ability of customization.The impact is yet to be examined quantitatively. In this paper we study the location of 3DPR in the supply chain. We present and compare three models of supply chains: Traditional supply chain; 3DPR at warehouse; 3DPR at shop. The semodels are compared by the equipment installation cost, the production cost,and inventory cost for safety-stock. The study presents a practical case study motivated from a real-world apparel company, discusses the three models under various parameter settings, comparing the obtained total cost and discovers the advantages and disadvantages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	489-500
Number of pages	12
Journal	Uncertain Supply Chain Management
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2021.1.002
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

3D printing
Supply chain Safety stock placement Multi-echelon inventory optimization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Information Systems
Business and International Management
Strategy and Management
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Management Science and Operations Research

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