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How rapid manufacturing could transform supply chains
In today's consumer-driven society, buyers are demanding ever faster order fulfillment and increasing levels of product personalization. In this environment, manufacturing companies often are hard-pressed to identify and adopt business processes and technologies that provide a truly competitive edge. But there is one approach that seems to offer the perfect solution: a concept known in North America as direct digital manufacturing (DDM) and in Europe and Asia as rapid manufacturing (RM)....
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