Impacts of Additive Manufacturing on Supply Chain Flow: A Simulation Approach in Healthcare Industry
Additive manufacturing (AM) can lead to innovative solutions in traditional supply chain networks (TSCN), which contains very complicated and -hard to manage- chains. With 3D printing technology, a design file can transform directly to a product, skipping many traditional manufacturing steps. Thus,...
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doaj-ead653a440e946758aa0ea9bbac208e02020-11-25T00:51:50ZengMDPI AGLogistics2305-62902017-12-0121110.3390/logistics2010001logistics2010001Impacts of Additive Manufacturing on Supply Chain Flow: A Simulation Approach in Healthcare IndustryEren Özceylan0Cihan Çetinkaya1Neslihan Demirel2Ozan Sabırlıoğlu3Department of Industrial Engineering, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27300, TurkeyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27300, TurkeyDepartment of International Trade and Logistics, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, TurkeyDijitalis Software and Consultancy, İstanbul 34742, TurkeyAdditive manufacturing (AM) can lead to innovative solutions in traditional supply chain networks (TSCN), which contains very complicated and -hard to manage- chains. With 3D printing technology, a design file can transform directly to a product, skipping many traditional manufacturing steps. Thus, this new application can affect all logistics and supply chain activities positively. The research problem of this paper is to search and assess supply chain changes associated with 3D printing technology adoption to identify the potential impact of AM. To do so, two different supply chain networks, which are TSCN and 3D printing supply chain network (3DPSCN) for healthcare industry are considered. A simulation model is developed to evaluate the potential impact of 3D printing improvements on the configuration of orthopedic insole supply chains. The main contribution of this paper is proposing a simulation model for a healthcare company to compare its 3DPSCN structure with its TSCN version. The results show the concrete benefits such as lead-time and number of customers that can be achieved by 3DPSCN compared to TSCN.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/2/1/13D printingadditive manufacturingorthopedic insolesimulationsupply chain |
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Impacts of Additive Manufacturing on Supply Chain Flow: A Simulation Approach in Healthcare Industry |
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Additive manufacturing (AM) can lead to innovative solutions in traditional supply chain networks (TSCN), which contains very complicated and -hard to manage- chains. With 3D printing technology, a design file can transform directly to a product, skipping many traditional manufacturing steps. Thus, this new application can affect all logistics and supply chain activities positively. The research problem of this paper is to search and assess supply chain changes associated with 3D printing technology adoption to identify the potential impact of AM. To do so, two different supply chain networks, which are TSCN and 3D printing supply chain network (3DPSCN) for healthcare industry are considered. A simulation model is developed to evaluate the potential impact of 3D printing improvements on the configuration of orthopedic insole supply chains. The main contribution of this paper is proposing a simulation model for a healthcare company to compare its 3DPSCN structure with its TSCN version. The results show the concrete benefits such as lead-time and number of customers that can be achieved by 3DPSCN compared to TSCN. |
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