Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal
Additive Manufacturing (AM) demonstrates significant potential with rapid growth and widespread industrial adoption. To support the integration and innovation of AM technologies, the development of guidance tools and support methods are crucial, and a technological roadmap can assist in this effort....
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| description | Additive Manufacturing (AM) demonstrates significant potential with rapid growth and widespread industrial adoption. To support the integration and innovation of AM technologies, the development of guidance tools and support methods are crucial, and a technological roadmap can assist in this effort. Despite its widespread use in production processes, the need for further research on the potential impact of AM remains significant. The full impact of AM is still uncertain and lacks consensus, highlighting the need for increased knowledge and investment from the scientific community and organizations. While the benefits of AM are recognized, the challenges of its adoption are not entirely known. AM will bring changes in the way organizations create, distribute, and derive value. Thus, in this article, a roadmap for AM is proposed and presented as a tool to map technological knowledge on the implementation and evolution of AM and serve as a strategic guide for organizations. The methodology for its elaboration involves three phases: planning and preparation, roadmap development, and review and update. Through a literature review, database and project consultation, and questionnaires to Portuguese companies that use AM in their production process it was possible to characterize the AM technology and through the visual format, based on a time horizon, summarize in a common framework all the information about the current and future state of AM in Portugal. The results of this study show that research and development initiatives are essential to promote the evolution of knowledge of the AM technology. Throughout this study and with the development of the roadmap it is anticipated that in the near future the AM will be widely used for prototyping and manufacturing of components and may be used for direct production in the short to medium term. It was also found that the main obstacles to the implementation of AM are the economic/productivity factors and the shortage of professionals with knowledge and skills in the area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd40894b472446bc8459ea5bdb69e8eb2023-10-01T06:00:49ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-09-0199e19672Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of PortugalV. Fernandes0F. Matos1J.P. Oliveira2A. Neves3R. Godina4Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, PortugalInstituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território (DINÂMIA’CET), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal; Corresponding author.CENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, PortugalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, 3504-510, Viseu, PortugalDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal; UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal; Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes, LASI, 4800-058 Guimarães, PortugalAdditive Manufacturing (AM) demonstrates significant potential with rapid growth and widespread industrial adoption. To support the integration and innovation of AM technologies, the development of guidance tools and support methods are crucial, and a technological roadmap can assist in this effort. Despite its widespread use in production processes, the need for further research on the potential impact of AM remains significant. The full impact of AM is still uncertain and lacks consensus, highlighting the need for increased knowledge and investment from the scientific community and organizations. While the benefits of AM are recognized, the challenges of its adoption are not entirely known. AM will bring changes in the way organizations create, distribute, and derive value. Thus, in this article, a roadmap for AM is proposed and presented as a tool to map technological knowledge on the implementation and evolution of AM and serve as a strategic guide for organizations. The methodology for its elaboration involves three phases: planning and preparation, roadmap development, and review and update. Through a literature review, database and project consultation, and questionnaires to Portuguese companies that use AM in their production process it was possible to characterize the AM technology and through the visual format, based on a time horizon, summarize in a common framework all the information about the current and future state of AM in Portugal. The results of this study show that research and development initiatives are essential to promote the evolution of knowledge of the AM technology. Throughout this study and with the development of the roadmap it is anticipated that in the near future the AM will be widely used for prototyping and manufacturing of components and may be used for direct production in the short to medium term. It was also found that the main obstacles to the implementation of AM are the economic/productivity factors and the shortage of professionals with knowledge and skills in the area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023068809Additive manufacturing3D printingKnowledge managementBusiness modelsRoadmapTechnology roadmap |
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| title | Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal |
| title_full | Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal |
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| title_short | Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal |
| title_sort | identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing the example of portugal |
| topic | Additive manufacturing 3D printing Knowledge management Business models Roadmap Technology roadmap |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023068809 |
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