5 impacts of 3D print in your business
Here are 5 significant impacts you shall deal with when 3D printing enters your industry!
Impact no. 1: New knowledge is required
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Your staff engaged in development and production shall develop new skills as development and production will merge into one single process.
[/cow_johnson][cow_johnson general_float=”left” general_clear=”none” general_width=”280″ general_bgcolor=”#E0EEEE” general_bgcolor_to=”#ffffff” general_color=”#222222″ general_font=”Verdana” general_fontsize=”12″ general_lineheight=”20″ general_gradientstyle=”vertical”]What no one tells you!Young people are the front runners and learn these skills outside of the companies’ domain. This leads to much of the innovation with 3D printing will take place outside outside of the established companies, that falls behind.
[/cow_johnson]Impact no. 2: Intellectual property rights are challenged
[cow_johnson general_float=”left” general_clear=”none” general_width=”280″ general_bgcolor=”#E0EEEE” general_bgcolor_to=”#ffffff” general_color=”#222222″ general_font=”Verdana” general_fontsize=”12″ general_lineheight=”20″ general_gradientstyle=”vertical”]What does it mean to you?With the advent of simple and inexpensive 3D scanners everyone can scan the item they want to copy and then 3D print it. For example, toys and jewelry.
New pricing and business models will emerge just as we have seen in the music industry.[/cow_johnson][cow_johnson general_float=”left” general_clear=”none” general_width=”280″ general_bgcolor=”#E0EEEE” general_bgcolor_to=”#ffffff” general_color=”#222222″ general_font=”Verdana” general_fontsize=”12″ general_lineheight=”20″ general_gradientstyle=”vertical”]What no one tells you!
As with Napster, we can expect that P2P file sharing of 3D elements will rise resulting in a black market for illegal copying.
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Impact no. 3: Production will move home to the company or the customer
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The local production will mean a rejection of low-paid and low-skilled foreign workers.
It will be easier to start a manufacturing business, as you don’t need large investments in production equipments and long development projects.
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It provides new opportunities for small and medium size enterprises to compete on equal terms with the big companies.
The global transport industry, especially shipping, will be affected negatively.
[/cow_johnson]Impact no. 4: Custom-built products will challenge the mass production
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On-demand printing will effectively reduce the need of offering multiple variations of the product thus reducing storage needs and administration.
[/cow_johnson][cow_johnson general_float=”left” general_clear=”none” general_width=”280″ general_bgcolor=”#E0EEEE” general_bgcolor_to=”#ffffff” general_color=”#222222″ general_font=”Verdana” general_fontsize=”12″ general_lineheight=”20″ general_gradientstyle=”vertical”]What no one tells you!Customer-centered sales and production will bring the old virtues back such as individual sale and service.
Retail stores will change to individual guidance and experiences with the product rather than the display of goods.
As an example; When you enter the shoe shop, you will be serviced by a staff member, who will 3d scan your foot and guide you on what footwear to use from an orthopedic point of view. Next step will be that you choose the shoe design of your liking on a display monitor. The staff adjust the design to fit your 3D foot model and finally 3d print the shoes.
[/cow_johnson]Impact no. 5: Complex and unique items will see the light of day
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Unique and complex goods that never existed before will be printed.
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3D-designed products will come in new materials. It will challenge some of today’s major material vendors, who have made materials for the current generation of molds.
3D printing repeal many of the physical constraints we know today thus challenging the classic skills of designing.
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