Additive Manufacturing: Return on Investment Metrics

Abstract

The Marine Corps has not identified metrics to measure return on investment (ROI). This paper will review the AM program and provide recommendations on appropriate metrics to use to inform commanders decisions and measure return on investment (ROI), to support the Marine Corps effort to leverage and continually improve the additive manufacturing program on the ground side. Recommend the development and implementation of metrics, which measure effectiveness in time, cost, and training to manage the AM program, evaluate ROI, and support commanders decision making.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 21, 2020
Accession Number
AD1177685

Entities

People

  • Sherley K Genna

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Aircrafts
  • Assembly
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fabrication
  • Fused Deposition Modeling
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials
  • Selective Laser Sintering
  • Supply Chain
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.