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Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM

Modern Machine Shop

In fact, the whole point of using AM on the shop floor is different from those using it for product design and development. The requirements that manufacturers need to meet are related to cost and lead time, not lightweighting a component to improve fuel economy of a vehicle, for example.

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Additive manufacturing: trends and opportunities

Manufacturer's Monthly

All these companies have benefited from AM’s ability to fabricate complex geometries, reduce lead times, minimise waste, and enable mass customisation, thereby driving efficiency, fostering innovation, and enhancing customer satisfaction.

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

SupplyPoint solutions are capable to address this challenge by allowing its users to maintain the Minimum stock level /Critical stock levels to trigger requirements with lead times to the suppliers. However, the transition and adaptation of this technology is a current challenge that we face today.

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Avoiding Data DOWNTIME: Applying Lean Principles to Data in Aerospace & Defense

iBASEt

If supply chain planning runs on outdated lead times, teams make the wrong calls. Just like materials must arrive on time, data must move at the speed of operations. When a supplier portal already holds accurate lead times, procurement shouldn’t have to key them into an ERP.