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The Impacts of Additive Manufacturing Technology on Lean/Green Supply Chain Management Practices

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Proceedings of the 6th European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC 2019)

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is an emerging technology that is changing the supply chain’s structure in a context where consumers are looking for more diversified, customizable, and yet more environmentally friendly products and technologies. The literature suggests that AM technology improves the efficiency of a supply chain by contributing to waste reduction, elimination of many assembly steps, and less energy consumption, which in turn results in “leaner” and “greener” production processes. To further investigate such implications of AM technology, this study collects anecdotal evidence from research papers regarding the impact of AM on supporting four of the lean/green supply chain practices. As a result, a theoretical framework is developed; and in a final research stage, it is discussed in an interview with a company manager. This paper’s main contribution is to provide a theoretical and managerial perspective on how the AM technology can support lean/green supply chain practices helping to achieve a better supply chain performance.

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Project FIBR3D (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016414), co-financed by Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) and by national funds through Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Project UNIDEMI (UID/EMS/00667/2019) and project KM3D (PTDC/EME-SIS/32232/2017).

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  1. Instituto Superior Técnico, IDMEC, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

    Bruna Torres, Gonçalo Cardeal, Paulo Peças & Inês Ribeiro

  2. Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNIDEMI, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    Bardia Naghshineh & Helena Carvalho

  3. The Navigator Company S.A., Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 1050-117, Lisboa, Portugal

    Duarte Filipe

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Torres, B. et al. (2020). The Impacts of Additive Manufacturing Technology on Lean/Green Supply Chain Management Practices. In: Rossi, M., Rossini, M., Terzi, S. (eds) Proceedings of the 6th European Lean Educator Conference. ELEC 2019. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 122. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41429-0_16

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