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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. Efficiency is critical for businesses to remain competitive, so these bottlenecks can be extremely damaging. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0

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A vision of manufacturing resilience and flexibility

Manufacturer's Monthly

Before President Joe Biden’s recent support of additive manufacturing, the Obama administration created a lot of awareness and demand for 3D printers in 2014. The problem was at the time, the technology helped with prototyping but wasn’t mature enough to really help manufacturing,” he said. “In