Design Approach for Additive Manufacturing in Spare Part Supply Chains

In the current industrial revolution, additive manufacturing (AM) embodies a promising technology that can enhance the effectiveness, adaptability, and competitiveness of supply chains (SCs). Moreover, it facilitates the development of distributed SCs, thereby enhancing product availability, invento...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industrial informatics 2021-02, Vol.17 (2), p.757-765
Main Authors: Marinho de Brito, Filipe, da Cruz, Gelson, Frazzon, Enzo Morosini, Basto, Joao Pedro Tavares Vieira, Alcala, Symone Gomes Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
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3-D printers
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Additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM) supply chain
Design optimization
Integer programming
Lead time
Linear programming
location-allocation
make-to-order (MTO)
Manufacturing
Mathematical model
Mixed integer
mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)
Optimization
Printers
supply chain design
Supply chains
Three dimensional printing
Three-dimensional displays
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Summary:In the current industrial revolution, additive manufacturing (AM) embodies a promising technology that can enhance the effectiveness, adaptability, and competitiveness of supply chains (SCs). Moreover, it facilitates the development of distributed SCs, thereby enhancing product availability, inventory levels, and lead time. However, the wide adoption of AM in industrial SCs creates various challenges, leading to new difficulties for SC design. In this context, this article proposes a new design approach to AM SCs using optimization methods. More specifically, the proposed approach, comprising the p-median and mixed-integer linear programming models, considers the decision of deploying productive resources (3-D printers) in specific locations of generic spare part SCs. The approach was evaluated in a real-world use case of an elevator maintenance service provider. The obtained results demonstrated the promising capabilities of the proposed design approach in managing the challenges arising from the forthcoming widespread use of 3-D printers in manufacturing SCs.
ISSN:1551-3203
1941-0050
DOI:10.1109/TII.2020.3029541