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Make‐or‐buy decisions for industrial additive manufacturing

Friedrich, Anne ; Lange, Anne ; Elbert, Ralf (2022)
Make‐or‐buy decisions for industrial additive manufacturing.
In: Journal of Business Logistics, 2022, 43 (4)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00022894
Artikel, Zweitveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Much of the potential of industrial additive manufacturing (AM) is said to lie in the digital specification of components that can be transmitted seamlessly and unambiguously to partners fostering flexible outsourcing. In industry, we observe nuanced AM supply chain governance structures that result from make‐or‐buy decisions, with a tendency to implement AM in‐house. Thus, there is a discrepancy between what is discussed in the literature and implemented in practice. We apply a multiple‐case study approach to investigate why and how AM impacts the make‐or‐buy decision of manufacturing firms. We identify four decision profiles demonstrating the spectrum of specific governance structures and develop a framework to explain the underlying rationales. We find strong arguments for in‐house AM including firms’ perceived need to protect their digitally encapsulated intellectual property, reevaluation of their core competencies, commitment to internal learning, and senior management's enthusiasm for AM. By using transaction cost economics and the resource‐based view, we contribute to the understanding of how arguments of these general theories are modified by the digital and emerging traits of AM. We reveal contradicting guidance in the theories’ argumentation for the case of AM and provide managers a clear perspective on alternative strategies for their AM implementation process.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Friedrich, Anne ; Lange, Anne ; Elbert, Ralf
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Make‐or‐buy decisions for industrial additive manufacturing
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2022
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2022
Verlag: Wiley
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Journal of Business Logistics
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 43
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00022894
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/22894
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Much of the potential of industrial additive manufacturing (AM) is said to lie in the digital specification of components that can be transmitted seamlessly and unambiguously to partners fostering flexible outsourcing. In industry, we observe nuanced AM supply chain governance structures that result from make‐or‐buy decisions, with a tendency to implement AM in‐house. Thus, there is a discrepancy between what is discussed in the literature and implemented in practice. We apply a multiple‐case study approach to investigate why and how AM impacts the make‐or‐buy decision of manufacturing firms. We identify four decision profiles demonstrating the spectrum of specific governance structures and develop a framework to explain the underlying rationales. We find strong arguments for in‐house AM including firms’ perceived need to protect their digitally encapsulated intellectual property, reevaluation of their core competencies, commitment to internal learning, and senior management's enthusiasm for AM. By using transaction cost economics and the resource‐based view, we contribute to the understanding of how arguments of these general theories are modified by the digital and emerging traits of AM. We reveal contradicting guidance in the theories’ argumentation for the case of AM and provide managers a clear perspective on alternative strategies for their AM implementation process.

Freie Schlagworte: 3D printing, case study research, digital supply chain, industrial additive manufacturing, outsourcing, supply chain governance
Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-228947
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 650 Management
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Betriebswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Betriebswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Fachgebiet Unternehmensführung und Logistik
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Letzte Änderung: 05 Jan 2023 12:05
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