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Additive Manufacturing Change Management: Best Practices book cover

1st Edition

Additive Manufacturing Change Management Best Practices

By David M. Dietrich, Michael Kenworthy, Elizabeth A. Cudney Copyright 2019
180 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

180 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

180 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) has altered manufacturing as we know it, with shortened development time, increased performance, and reduced product costs. Executive management in industry are bombarded by marketing from their competitors showcasing design solutions leveraged through AM. Therefore, executive management ask their project management teams to figure out how to utilize AM within their... Read more

Section I: Additive Manufacturing Background and Potential. 1. Additive Manufacturing Overview. 2. Additive Manufacturing

Potential for Industry. Section II: Creating and Managing Additively Manufactured Change. 3. The Impact of Disruptive

Technology. 4. War Stories from the Front-Line of Industrializing AM – Five Case Studies. Section III: Additive Manufacturing

Barriers. 5. Certification. 6. Machine Cost of Ownership. 7. Make vs. Buy. 8. Skilled Workforce, or Lack Thereof. 9. Cultural Adoption

of Change. Section IV: Applying Change Management Best Practices to AM. 10. Establish a Sense of Urgency. 11. Creating a

Guiding Coalition. 12. Develop a Vision and Strategy. 13. Communicate the Change Vision. 14. Empower Broad Based Action. 15.

Generate Short-Term Wins. 16. Consolidate Gains and Promote more AM Adoption. 17. Anchor New Approaches in the Culture.

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David M. Dietrich, Michael Kenworthy, Elizabeth A. Cudney

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