When 3D printing meets the assembly line...
One of the main limitations of 3D printing is its "slowness". Often, though, this is an issue only when one actually needs to manufacture many identical copies of the same object. Still, it is an issue.
organization
"It’s time for mechanical engineering to enter the digital age.”
(to know and discuss the conclusions of our H2020 research, please participate to the DiDIY Final Conference "Digital Makers – Making a Difference?")
On using simulation to understand Digital Do-It-Yourself (DiDIY 3.2)
Introducing DiDIY 3.4: DiDIY impact on Creative Design and Work
DiDIY on Work and Organization
(this topic will also be the topic of one of the workshops of our final conference in Milan, June 22nd 2017!)
To help understanding the multifaceted concept of DiDIY it is important to introduce its operational definition (D3.1, par 2.4):
Introducing DiDIY D3.2: Integrative Modelling (Work and Organization)
Integrative modelling is a term coined to describe a particular way of simulation modelling, where researchers take data from a wide variety of sources (e.g. interviews with experts, literature reviews, excerpts from statistical databases, or surveys of the public) in order to develop a detailed simulation model. Such a model could be said to "integrate" the available data.
The standard Digital DIY machine of the future might be...
Work
In the workplace, the impact of Digital DIY is widespread across all sectors of the economy, and scarcely related to the skills of individuals. This means that Digital DIY has the potential to reshape work, and its organization, both for individuals and for companies of all sizes.
Digital DIY: Reshaping of business roles
Welcome to the module on "Digital DIY, organization and business" of the first "Introduction to DiDIY" course of the DiDIY Project!
