The Value of Additive
in Every Stage
If you aren’t leveraging additive manufacturing in your organization, you are missing critical opportunities to accelerate innovation and gain a strategic advantage over your competition. Additive offers speed, flexibility and responsiveness in all phases of the product lifecycle.
Development
Additive for Prototypes
Develop your concept and fine tune your design using additive for simple to complex functional prototypes. The agility of additive supports rapid prototyping and design iteration.
ROI
- Design concepts evaluated quickly
- Early testing for accelerated iteration
- Expanded opportunity for design innovation
Introduction
Additive for Initial Production
Minimize early capital investments by using additive for initial low volume production to do market testing and gain valuable customer insights allowing you to fine-tune or pivot your design before committing to expensive tooling.
ROI
- Final market validation
- Pre-sales case studies
- Customer testimonials
- Field performance testing
Growth
Additive for Bridge Production
Once you’ve committed to injection molding and are waiting for tooling, minimize down time and utilize additive for low volume production until your manufacturing process is fully implemented.
ROI
- Elimination of downtime during manufacturing setup
- From weeks to months of time saved
- Getting to market faster for a competitive edge
Maturity
Additive for Jigs & Fixtures
As you optimize your manufacturing process, use additive to quickly and easily create customized jigs and fixtures
ROI
- Saving costs and capital investments
- Preventing delays in manufacturing schedule
- Getting to market faster for a competitive edge
Decline
Additive for On-Demand Repair Supply
Support your maintenance process by utilizing the agility and fast turnaround of additive for critical equipment repair parts.
ROI
- Minimize downtime
- Minimize costly equipment investments
- Increase production flexibility
