At first we might think; 3d prinitng is never going to be cheap enough to compete with manufacturing in countries with very cheap labor.
Well there is a lot more to it than just that.
It will bring a lot of advantages and opportunities for manufacturing companies, as well as some possible disadvantages.
Advantages
Once the technology improves a little more, we will find that there might be no need to hold inventories anymore. For example car companies could make their auto parts on premise or
relatively close to it. Companies would be saving:
- Inventories costs
- Overseas shipping costs, which are not cheap by any means.
Another advantage, this one for the consumers, is that goods will become a lot more customizable. A lot of people love to be unique and have items that nobody else has. 3D Printing will bring that opportunity to consumers.
It could potentially stop the very cheap labor in undeveloped contries and bring a better life style to that people.
Disadvantages
If 3D Printing keeps developing it could require less workers for manufacturers, which would be the main disadvantage that this would bring.
There is only a few materials that can be used for 3D Printing right now.
Size is also a disadvante since you would need a quite large printer to build certain things.
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