This episode cuts through the hype around 3D printing, focusing instead on its practical applications for ecommerce businesses. Learn how industrial 3D printers like MakerBot’s Method X can enable on-demand manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and localized production, fundamentally altering supply chains and reducing time to market for physical products. The CEO of MakerBot also discusses the role of 3D printing in education and the critical importance of professional adoption speeding up technological advancement.
Key takeaways
Manufacturing decentralization: Explore how industrial 3D printing can shift production closer to the consumer, reducing logistics costs and minimizing lead times.
On-demand production: Understand the potential of additive manufacturing for creating "real products" on demand, reducing inventory risk and fostering product innovation.
Supply chain resilience: Evaluate how localized manufacturing via 3D printing can enhance supply chain robustness against global disruptions.
Educational integration: Consider the value of integrating 3D printing technology into educational programs to foster future innovation and skilled labor.
Adopt early: Recognize the strategic advantage for businesses that adopt emerging technologies like advanced 3D printing before they become mainstream.
MakerBot CEO Nadav Goshen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's Method X industrial printer, which Goshen says will foster innovation by making it easier to manufacture real products. He also talks about the setbacks to the initial hype that 3-D printers would be as accessible and commonplace as toothbrushes; how teachers use MakerBot's smaller 3-D printer Replicator in the classroom; and the importance of professionals adopting an emerging technology before it goes mainstream. Plus: What is the environmental impact of making manufacturing effortless at home, and how will global manufacturing change in the coming decades?
Featuring:
Nadav Goshen, CEO, MakerBot
Hosts:
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large
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What does this episode say about supply chain & operations?
Manufacturing decentralization: Explore how industrial 3D printing can shift production closer to the consumer, reducing logistics costs and minimizing lead times.
What does this episode say about product & merchandising?
On-demand production: Understand the potential of additive manufacturing for creating "real products" on demand, reducing inventory risk and fostering product innovation.
What does this episode say about founder & leadership?
Supply chain resilience: Evaluate how localized manufacturing via 3D printing can enhance supply chain robustness against global disruptions.
What does this episode say about supply chain & operations?
Educational integration: Consider the value of integrating 3D printing technology into educational programs to foster future innovation and skilled labor.
What does this episode say about supply chain & operations?
Adopt early: Recognize the strategic advantage for businesses that adopt emerging technologies like advanced 3D printing before they become mainstream.
