Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, Gilberto
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11110/1455
Resumo: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of fabrication laboratories (Fab Lab), an international network of digital laboratories, which provides new technological tools for digital manufacturing that can be used from individual users, to small businesses and schools. The aim is to understand similarities and differences of skills, technologies used and customers served among the main European laboratories (Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) and the American ones. Design/methodology/approach – Data from European and American Fab Labs were collected using a questionnaire survey performed on a total sample of n¼493 Fab Labs. The administration of the survey took place through e-mail; 73 Fab Labs participated to the survey, reaching a total response rate of 14.81 percent. Findings – The results show that Italian laboratories are characterized by ample space available, but limited capacity for investment in machinery and technology. European Fab Labs are similar to the Italian Fab Labs, while the American ones are more heterogeneous in size. However, a fact that emerges clearly from the results is how American Fab Labs are more important realities than European ones in terms of turnover and investments. They are more similar to businesses with an independent financial support. Originality/value – The novelty of the study resides in the issue considered and the experimental techniques used. Some qualitative case studies have been developed in the field, but no previous quantitative analyses have been developed on a large sample of Fab Labs, developing comparisons between European and American realities of these digital laboratories.
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spelling Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologiesDigitizationAdditive manufacturing3D printingIndustry 4.0Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of fabrication laboratories (Fab Lab), an international network of digital laboratories, which provides new technological tools for digital manufacturing that can be used from individual users, to small businesses and schools. The aim is to understand similarities and differences of skills, technologies used and customers served among the main European laboratories (Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) and the American ones. Design/methodology/approach – Data from European and American Fab Labs were collected using a questionnaire survey performed on a total sample of n¼493 Fab Labs. The administration of the survey took place through e-mail; 73 Fab Labs participated to the survey, reaching a total response rate of 14.81 percent. Findings – The results show that Italian laboratories are characterized by ample space available, but limited capacity for investment in machinery and technology. European Fab Labs are similar to the Italian Fab Labs, while the American ones are more heterogeneous in size. However, a fact that emerges clearly from the results is how American Fab Labs are more important realities than European ones in terms of turnover and investments. They are more similar to businesses with an independent financial support. Originality/value – The novelty of the study resides in the issue considered and the experimental techniques used. Some qualitative case studies have been developed in the field, but no previous quantitative analyses have been developed on a large sample of Fab Labs, developing comparisons between European and American realities of these digital laboratories.Artigo sobre Fab LabsJournal of Manufacturing Technology Management2018-11-08T17:53:35Z2018-07-12T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/11110/1455oai:ciencipca.ipca.pt:11110/1455eng1741-038Xhttps://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-03-2018-0072http://hdl.handle.net/11110/1455metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos, Gilbertoreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-05T12:52:53Zoai:ciencipca.ipca.pt:11110/1455Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:01:49.202961Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
spellingShingle Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
Santos, Gilberto
Digitization
Additive manufacturing
3D printing
Industry 4.0
title_short Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
title_full Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
title_fullStr Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
title_sort Fabrication laboratories The development of new business models with new digital technologies
author Santos, Gilberto
author_facet Santos, Gilberto
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, Gilberto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Digitization
Additive manufacturing
3D printing
Industry 4.0
topic Digitization
Additive manufacturing
3D printing
Industry 4.0
description Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of fabrication laboratories (Fab Lab), an international network of digital laboratories, which provides new technological tools for digital manufacturing that can be used from individual users, to small businesses and schools. The aim is to understand similarities and differences of skills, technologies used and customers served among the main European laboratories (Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) and the American ones. Design/methodology/approach – Data from European and American Fab Labs were collected using a questionnaire survey performed on a total sample of n¼493 Fab Labs. The administration of the survey took place through e-mail; 73 Fab Labs participated to the survey, reaching a total response rate of 14.81 percent. Findings – The results show that Italian laboratories are characterized by ample space available, but limited capacity for investment in machinery and technology. European Fab Labs are similar to the Italian Fab Labs, while the American ones are more heterogeneous in size. However, a fact that emerges clearly from the results is how American Fab Labs are more important realities than European ones in terms of turnover and investments. They are more similar to businesses with an independent financial support. Originality/value – The novelty of the study resides in the issue considered and the experimental techniques used. Some qualitative case studies have been developed in the field, but no previous quantitative analyses have been developed on a large sample of Fab Labs, developing comparisons between European and American realities of these digital laboratories.
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