This results in parts that are lighter, have almost zero wastage and afford flexibility to design parts not possible to manufacture using conventional technologies. | A market analysis on the impact of additive layer manufacturing technologies on aerospace and defense supply chain International Journal of Management IJM Volume 8 Issue 2 March April 2017 187 Article ID IJM_08_02_019 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 8 amp IType 2 Journal Impact Factor 2016 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication A MARKET ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF ADDITIVE LAYER MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES ON AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN K. Narsimlu Aerospace MBA Delegate Toulouse Business School Toulouse France and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore India and Research Assistant Aerospace Information Technology Space Technology Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany Dr. Ardhendu G. Pathak VP and Head Emerging Technologies amp Concepts Airbus R amp T Airbus Group Bangalore India Prof. Avinash G. Mulky Professor Marketing Indian Institute of Management Bangalore India Chandrashekhar Yavarna Aerospace MBA Delegate Toulouse Business School Toulouse France and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore India and Sourcing Leader GE Aviation Pune India ABSTRACT The manufacturing technologies are undergoing industrial revolution primarily by significant advances in additive layer manufacturing popularly known as 3D Printing technologies. Instead of taking material out through conventional processes one builds desired parts by precisely adding one layer over another. This results in parts that are lighter have almost zero wastage and afford flexibility to design parts not possible to manufacture using conventional technologies. Using this technology the parts can be manufactured close to where they are needed and when they are needed. This can have significant impact on global supply chain operations inventory control labor arbitrage in the manufacturing sector remanufacturing and parts management. The technology significantly .
