TY - JOUR
T1 - Decentralization and Localization of Production
T2 - The Organizational and Economic Consequences of Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
AU - Ben-Ner, Avner
AU - Siemsen, Enno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Regents of the University of California 2017.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The future organizational landscape may change drastically by mid-century as a result of widespread implementation of 3D printing. This article argues that global will turn local; mega (factories, ships, malls) will become mini; long supply chains will shrink; many jobs will be broadened to combine design, consulting, sales, and production roles; and large organizations will make room for smaller ones. “A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers are mastering the 3D printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” [President Obama, State of the Union Address, 2013].
AB - The future organizational landscape may change drastically by mid-century as a result of widespread implementation of 3D printing. This article argues that global will turn local; mega (factories, ships, malls) will become mini; long supply chains will shrink; many jobs will be broadened to combine design, consulting, sales, and production roles; and large organizations will make room for smaller ones. “A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers are mastering the 3D printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” [President Obama, State of the Union Address, 2013].
KW - disruptive technology
KW - economies of scale
KW - industrial organization
KW - organization structure
KW - supply chain
KW - technological change
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U2 - 10.1177/0008125617695284
DO - 10.1177/0008125617695284
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031945916
SN - 0008-1256
VL - 59
SP - 5
EP - 23
JO - California Management Review
JF - California Management Review
IS - 2
ER -
