Digital Manufacturing

The tools to create the world we live in are changing substantially. The digital age is about to penetrate into manufacturing practice. Machines and products become virtually connected and new manufacturing technologies, commonly subsumed under the term 3D printing, hold out the prospect of great flexibility in regards to production footprints and product customisation. These developments call today's traditional structures of product-making industries, which are primarily based on the concept of centralised fabrication, into question. This volume collects contributions of multiple disciplines such as economics, production management, logistics, mechanical engineering, and information technology aiming to present a holistic view on a digital manufacturing future including socioeconomic impacts of these new technologies.

Contents:
Ashfaq/Haag: Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Digital Manufacturing Gausemeier et al.: Additive Manufacturing: Costs, Strategy, Outlook Triebs/Kampker: Rapid Additive Tooling for the Production of Tailor-made E-Mobility Solutions Koch/Jahnke: Product Piracy Protection via Additive Manufacturing Klein/Berendonk/Struck: Robustness Optimization of Global Production Networks Klein/Dederichs/Theißen: Lean Game 4.0 - Industrial Internet Model Factory Klein/Fengler/Struck: EPEI Simulation Tool for Production Optimization Schwind: Information Logistics and Digital Manufacturing: How Information Can Reduce the Burden of Logistics Wendt: Revenue Management Challenges in Digital Manufacturing Networks Greveler: Risk Management and Heuristic Risk Assessment of Industrial Control Systems Haag: Universal Manufacturing Technologies for a Digitised Manufacturing Future Eversmann: A New Kind of Social Order. The Economic and Societal Implications of Digital Manufacturing Niechoj: The Economic Theory of the Firm in the Era of Digital Manufacturing Hegemann: The Efficient Frontier and Conflicting Human Interest