HP Innovation Journal Issue 07: Summer 2017

and established players alike, taking advan- tage of simpler design tools and real-time production to prototype new product ideas and get them in the hands of users in days e now find ourselves amid a new vs. weeks. Crowdfunding entrepreneurs can paradigm shift in manufactur- leverage 3D printing to test new product con- ing workflow and technology. As cepts, assessing market demand, production new technological breakthroughs begin to scalability, and supply chain requirements. blend our physical The success and Lead the next industrial revolution with innovative and digital worlds, rate of adoption of we are witnessing a digital manufactur- technology in 3D printing revolutionary trans- ing rest on the speed, formation in how we scalability, cost, and work, live, and inter- quality of the print- act with each other. ed parts. And no The Fourth Industrial company is better Revolution is upon us positioned to help thanks to innovations spearhead this ef- like 3D printing, the fort than HP. With 30 Industrial revolution, Mass production, Production automa- Digital manufacturing Internet of Things years of print tech- mechanical produc- electric power, labor tion electronics and IT and smart production, (IoT), artificial intel- nology expertise and tion, water and steam division and assembly 3D printing, digitiza- ligence, and robotics a deep understand- power line tion and capital eﬀiciency to name a few. It’s ing of industrial pro- disrupting almost ev- duction, HP is building 1780s–1860s 1870s–1960s 1970s–2010s 2020s–Future 1784 Today ery industry, business on existing capabili- First mechanical loom model, and country. 3D printing is helping to usher in the 4 th Industrial Revolution ties. Already leading This revolution the analog to digital has the potential to disrupt and reinvent vir- volumes of unused inventory will be replaced transformation in print manufacturing across tually every aspect of the $12 trillion manu- with new efficiencies and just-in-time manu- verticals like publishing, marketing and pack- facturing industry. 1 During the First Industrial facturing. In our ever-increasing hyper global aging with innovations like the HP Indigo and Revolution, water and steam power intro- and hyper-local world, digital manufacturing PageWide digital presses. HP is combining its duced the mechanization of production. That will enable product design and build files to rich history of inkjet printing, complex chemis- was then followed by the Second Industrial be sent anywhere around the world, bringing try, electronics, fluidics and scalable manufac- Revolution with mass production thanks to manufacturing closer to the consumer. Local turing, to help usher in this new era. Applying electric power, labor division, and assembly 3D print service bureaus will accelerate product the company’s deep expertise in commercial line processes. The Third Industrial Revolution delivery, reduce carbon footprints, and simplify print speed, efficiencies, go-to-market, service, leveraged electronics and information tech- logistics and inventory management. Products and support to now transform manufacturing. nology to automate production. Today 3D will be produced based on consumer demand But even with HP’s unparalleled expertise, printing, digitization, and capital efficiency are and can be easily customized based on local scale or assets, no company can transform ushering in the era of digital manufacturing market taste and personalization. an industry at this magnitude alone. 3D print and smart production from design, to shop Digital manufacturing has the potential to market acceleration requires deep collabora- level the playing field for business upstarts tion and an open environment. That’s why HP HP is on a mission to reinvent manufacturing. Traditional manufacturing methods and process- es can no longer meet the challenges of our rap- idly-changing world. W floor, manufacturing, and across the entire supply chain. With the advent of additive manufactur- ing (also known as 3D printing), parts and products can be designed, prototyped, and manufactured in a fraction of the time that it takes using conventional manufacturing tech- nologies and processes. Redundancy and large 1 Wohlers Associates HP is working with leading manufacturers, co-development partners, and strategic partners to transform manufacturing Issue 7 · Summer 2017 · Innovation Journal 5

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