Alternative production strategies based on the comparison of additive and traditional manufacturing technologies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3497-3509

  Achillas, Charisios ^a,b   Tzetzis, Dimitrios ^a   Raimondo, Maria Olga ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

3D printing; additive manufacturing; decision support systems; job shop; lead time analysis; manufacturing strategy; mass customisation; production economics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INJECTION MOLDING; MANUFACTURE; MOLDING;

3-D PRINTING; JOB SHOP; LEADTIME; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MASS CUSTOMISATION; PRODUCTION ECONOMICS;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 85011310481     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1282645     Document Type: Article

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