Additive Manufacturing in Future Supply Chains Workshop

Type: Workshop

Location: Cranfield campus

What is it?

Additive Manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, is one of the biggest disruptive technological developments of recent years. Parts are manufactured layer-by-layer directly from the digital design file without product-specific setup and tooling.

By printing the objects layer by layer, AM provides greater freedom in design, with little or no added cost for greater complexity, resulting in less waste. AM can contribute to recent industry competitiveness from: enhanced operational flexibility, speed-to-market, plant productivity, supply chain resiliency and circular economy by the ability of creating lighter, well performing, greener and potentially cheaper industrial products.

What you will learn

This workshop will introduce the current state of AM technology, its trends and future as well as benefits in Supply Chain (SC) performance.

You should attend this workshop to learn about the:

current state of AM technology
AM developments and trends
benefits of AM in supply chain performance
AM's role in future supply chain
opportunities that the Centre of Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management offers

You will also be able to network with academics and executives and exchange ideas.

Date

Date	Where
30 November	Cranfield Management Development Centre (B240), Lecture Room 19

Timetable

09:00 – 09:10	Welcome & Introductions	Dr Banu Ekren, Senior Lecturer Cranfield University Logistics & Supply Chain Management, UK
09:10 –09:30	Current State and Trends on Additive Manufacturing	Ioannis Koliousis, Associate Professor Cranfield University Logistics & Supply Chain Management, UK
09:30 – 10:15	Additive Manufacturing in Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities	Mirco Peron, Associate Professor, NTNU Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Norway
10:15 – 11:00	Large Scale Additive Manufacture for Engineering Applications – Current Status	Professor Stewart Williams Cranfield University, SATM, UK
11:00 – 11:45	Industrialisation of Large-scale Metal Additive Manufacturing	Joachim Antonissen, CEO GUARANTEED Belgium (Virtual)
11:45 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45	Development of Additive Manufacturing Processes for Electronics	Aytac Seyfioglu CSA Catapult, UK
13:45 – 14:30	Selecting the Suitable Parts and Developing Business Cases for 3D Printing Adoption	Atanu Chaudhuri, Associate Professor Durham University Technology & Operations Management, UK (Virtual)
14:30 – 15:15	Networking Coffee Break
15:15 – 15:45	Closing Remarks