Additive manufacturing: Impacting business

Learn about the seven key additive manufacturing processes such as stereolithography, material extrusion, materials jetting and powder bed fusion. Explore how the design and manufacturing choices you make can have an effect on the business including supply chain and product design.

Between the 2 sessions, you will be given an exercise to optimise a part design, before being shown how additive manufacturing can optimise the part even further.

Using everything you have learnt throughout the course, identify the key steps to evaluate the business model and develop a business case to integrate additive manufacturing into your business.

Key topics:

Where is manufacturing now?

Understanding Additive manufacturing

Supply chain evolution

Part design and optimisation

Making a business case

本课程是适合任何人who is:

Responsible for reducing supply chain costs

Designing parts and assemblies and wants to minimise material and cost

Needing to improve the efficiency of their manufacturing processes

Building a business case for using additive manufacturing in their workplace

Wants to understand the most efficient techniques for manufacturing

No prior knowledge of Additive Manufacturing or CAD design is required.

How will I benefit?

After the course you will be able to:

Gain knowledge of the key additive manufacturing processes

Understand how your choices impact the supply chain

Be able to identify key areas for part design optimisation

Develop a business model and business case to use AM in your organisation