Make to Demand with 3-D Printing: The Next Big Thing in Inventory Management?

Make to Demand with 3-D Printing: The Next Big Thing in Inventory Management?

by Chuck Munson
Make to Demand with 3-D Printing: The Next Big Thing in Inventory Management?

Make to Demand with 3-D Printing: The Next Big Thing in Inventory Management?

by Chuck Munson

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Overview

This case study examines how brand-new 3-D printing technologies could eliminate the need for companies to maintain vast inventories of critical spare parts, enabling these parts to be created when needed and dramatically lowering costs. It introduces the technologies involved; shows how 3-D printing has emerged and evolved; assesses cost obstacles; and encourages students and practitioners to consider drawbacks, benefits, and applications. Authors: Tom McNamara, ESC-Rennes; Erika Marsillac, Old Dominion University.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780133758276
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 09/11/2013
Series: Pearson Cases in Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 5
File size: 183 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Chuck Munson is a tenured Full Professor of Operations Management at Washington State University. His Ph.D. and MSBA in operations management, as well as his BSBA summa cum laude in finance, are from Washington University in St. Louis. He also worked for three years as a financial analyst for Contel Telephone Corporation. For two years, he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Business at Washington State.

Munson serves as a senior editor for Production and Operations Management, and he serves on the editorial review board of four other journals. He has published more than 20 articles in multiple journals, including Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Information Systems, Interfaces, Business Horizons, and International Journal of Procurement Management. His major awards include being a Founding Board Member of the Washington State University President’s Teaching Academy (2004); winning the WSU College of Business Outstanding Service Award (2009 and 2013), Research Award (2004), and Teaching Award (2001); and being named the WSU MBA Professor of the Year (2000 and 2008).

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