Rinaldi, Marta; Caterino, Mario; Macchiaroli, Roberto
Article
Additive manufacturing and supply chain
configuration: Modelling and performance evaluation
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM)
Provided in Cooperation with:
The School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT), Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Suggested Citation: Rinaldi, Marta; Caterino, Mario; Macchiaroli, Roberto (2022) : Additive
manufacturing and supply chain configuration: Modelling and performance evaluation, Journal of
Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM), ISSN 2013-0953, OmniaScience, Barcelona, Vol. 15,
Iss. 1, pp. 103-123,
https://doi.org/10.3926/jiem.3590
This Version is available at:
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261789
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Additive Manufacturing and Supply Chain Configuration:
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University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Italy)
marta.rinaldi@unicampania.it, mario.caterino@unicampania.it, roberto.macchiaroli@unicampania.it
Received: May 2021
Accepted: November 2021
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