Roberto Macchiaroli is a Professor at the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering with honors from the University of Naples Federico II, and his Ph.D. in Electronic and Information Engineering from the same university. His research topics include Industrial Manufacturing Systems Design and Management, Operations and Project Management, Safety and Health at Work, and Supply Chain Management.
The additive manufacturing (AM) is a new way to produce parts, which in the last years had a significant application in the traditional production environment, since it demonstrated its capability to produce parts without particular defects and with good mechanical properties. During the last two decades the AM was firstly used to produce polymers’ products and after metals’ products; this evolution made possible the breakthrough in the traditional industrial sectors such as the aerospace, the mechanical, and other related sectors. Nevertheless, the introduction of this technology in this context put on the table of the researchers and practitioners some questions about the management of this technology in a more complex context, characterized by the integration with other machines. Aim of this chapter is to present a literature review of the principal facets of the AM related to the field of operations management and trying to define a model to account the costs of production and to schedule the machine activity.
Part of the book: 3D Printing