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This is the generic term for FDM, first coined to avoid trademark infringements.

Instead of making parts based on discrete orders or customer forecasts—pushing them through the production floor—a pull system works off of actual demand. The result is lower inventory levels,

With single-piece flow, there's no work-in-process or finished goods inventory, and lead times aren't much longer than the total cycle time needed to make one part. What's more, defects

See L-PBF. Now replace "metal" with polymer. That's SLS. It has a distinct advantage over most laser-powder-bed processes in that the parts are self-supporting and can be stacked, allowing

Sometime during the mid-1990s, the International Society of Automation (ISA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) decided we needed a new framework for integrating ERP, MES, and

MOM takes MES one step further by pulling in the quality and maintenance departments, providing a comprehensive, real-time view of manufacturing operations. It's like ERP but without the front

Take a chunk of red-hot steel, position it between two mating dies, and apply so much pressure that the metal flows into the cavities. This improbable act is known as

PLM is the keeper of every stage in a product's lifetime, from the napkin sketch to the final design, the manufacturing process and bill of material, its quality requirements, where

Similar to L-PBF 3D printing, EBM uses a high-powered electron beam rather than a laser to melt the metal powder. It is said to be the preferred method for building

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