Dossier: «Logistics and supply chain in the new digital age» coordinated by Marta Viu RoigISSUE 9 (MAY 2018)

NEW PRODUCTION PARADIGMS

Additive manufacturing and logistics transformation: the evolution and impact of 3D printing

José López Parada

Associate Professor of Economic and Business Studies (UOC)

Abstract

Additive manufacturing, performed by 3D printing processes, has gained great importance in certain industrial sectors. Now the subject of significant research and innovation plans, This technology can drastically reduce the current complexity involved in manufacturing processes, with additional advantages over conventional production techniques, as well as in the existing logistics operations at each stage of the supply chain.

additive manufacturing; 3D printing; value chain; supply chain; logistic transformation;

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About the author

José López Parada

Associate Professor of Economic and Business Studies (UOC)

jlopezpar@uoc.edu

PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona, Bachelor Degree in Economic and Business Sciences, Industrial Engineering Diploma from the UPC, University Diploma from IESE. Formerly, he was a lecturer in the Economics and Business Department of the Universitat de Barcelona, and on the Bachelor Degree in Industrial Organization Engineering at the Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià, which is affiliated to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has held executive positions at the following companies: Softmatic (Managing Director), Digital Equipment Corporation (Director of High Risk Projects) and the Philips Group (Director of Organization), among others.