Supply chain reconfiguration opportunities arising from additive manufacturing technologies in the digital era |
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| Authors: | Konstantinos Tziantopoulos Naoum Tsolakis Dimitrios Vlachos Loukas Tsironis |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management Division, Laboratory of Statistics and Quantitative Analysis Methods, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;2. ktzianto@auth.gr;4. Department of Engineering, Centre for International Manufacturing Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom;5. Department of Business Administration, Business Excellence Laboratory, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies on the configuration opportunities of supply chains (SCs) within the digital manufacturing era. To this effect, we first conduct a critical taxonomy of existing research efforts and then propose an integrated decision-making process for the design and management of SCs defined by digital manufacturing technologies. Following, we provide an integrated framework for future SC reconfiguration opportunities arising from the adoption of AM on a supply network setting. Our analysis demonstrates the significant ramifications of AM techniques on SC configuration and sustainability performance as opposed to conventional value networks; however, existing research is evidently limited due to scope related challenges and the inherent complexity at the manufacturing echelon of the respective supply networks. |
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| Keywords: | Additive manufacturing critical taxonomy digital manufacturing hierarchical decision-making process supply chain reconfiguration framework |
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