Distributed manufacturing (or Distributed production or local manufacturing) is about being able to produce what you need close to where you are

Enabled by:

  • Peer-to-peer (P2P) features that are developing in today's society
  • Technology enabling automation of production from designs encoded on computer and production at home with an open-source 3-D printer such as the RepRap.

This form of production is ocuring now with 3-D printers and with Fablab, which are already prototyped and in use throughout the world. Initial life cycle analysis indicates that distributed production can have a smaller impact on the environment than conventional manufacturing and shipping because of reductions in transportation embodied energy.[1]

Examples:

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. M. Kreiger, G. C. Anzalone, M. L. Mulder, A. Glover and J. M Pearce (2013). Distributed Recycling of Post-Consumer Plastic Waste in Rural Areas. MRS Online Proceedings Library, 1492, mrsf12-1492-g04-06 doi:10.1557/opl.2013.258. open access
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Keywords manufacturing, p2p
SDG SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
Authors Chris Watkins
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 26 pages link here
Aliases Distributed production, Made locally, Distributed Manufacturing
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Created June 12, 2010 by Chris Watkins
Last modified May 29, 2024 by Kathy Nativi
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