Ports with vision can return to the heart of business life as new enablers of trade
Although we live in an era of continual and unprecedented disruption to supply chains – ...
Adidas
By Alex Lennane
Anyone who doesn’t believe 3D printing will impact the supply chain, and therefore logistics, should check out this article on Adidas shoes, made in Germany by pouring plastic into a mould. One worker is needed for this process at the Speedfactory, where the task is complete in seconds. As this Bloomberg article notes, compare and contrast with the two-to -three month process at factories in China and Vietnam. “Probably the biggest revolution [in the industry] since manufacturing moved to Asia”. ...
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