3D Printing’s Power to Disrupt

3D Printing’s Power to Disrupt

Cathy Morrow Roberson, Founder and Lead Analyst at Logistics Trends and Insights on 3D printing and the delivery sector:

  • 3D printing finding its purpose in life
  • Bringing the point of manufacture closer to the customer
  • Manufacturing and distributing spare parts
  • Delivery companies getting involved in 3D printing
  • Impact on warehousing and delivery
  • Reducing logistics costs
  • Shrinking manufacturing lead times
  • Cross-border distribution
  • Same-day delivery
  • Implications for the just-in-time supply chain
  • Reducing inventory requirements
  • Which sector will next be disrupted by 3D printing?

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About The Author

Ian Kerr

Ian Kerr is the founder and host of the Postal Hub Podcast. He has presented at many prominent postal and delivery events, and has contributed articles to Post&Parcel, the Mail & Express Review as well as chapters in Reinventing the post (2013) and Exploring New Frontiers: Reshaping the postal industry (2018).

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