Additive manufacturing of biomedical implants: A feasibility assessment via supply-chain cost analysis

The adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for fabricating biomedical implants at hospitals provides many potential benefits. Relative to biomedical implants fabricated via traditional manufacturing (TM), typically available by suppliers out of the immediate region, biomedical implants fabricated t...

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Published in:	Additive manufacturing Vol. 11; pp. 97 - 113
Main Authors:	Emelogu, Adindu, Marufuzzaman, Mohammad, Thompson, Scott M., Shamsaei, Nima, Bian, Linkan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.07.2016
Subjects:	Additive manufacturing Biomedical implants Cost analysis Stochastic programming model Supply chain Supply chain Additive manufacturing Stochastic programming model Cost analysis Biomedical implants
ISSN:	2214-8604, 2214-7810
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