Pay Per Use 3D Scanning & AM in Retail

3D扫描创新将物理对象转变为精确、可用的3D数字模型。这使得用户能够利用Additive Manufacturing(AM)提供的设计自由来发明定制的客户驱动的自由形式产品。这些即插即用设备将在未来几年成为制造业的主流，并将通过组合或跳过NPD步骤来加速从概念到商业化的旅程。然而，一个悬而未决的问题是，3D扫描与3D打印等AM工具相结合，是否使这项技术在商业上可行，并成为消费者的商业街/零售服务。我们将进行一项研究，探索一种可能的混合PPU/MTO-BS1(按使用付费/按订单批量生产1)商业模式，将这些HVM技能带入零售业和公众视线，开展商业模式研究，并在零售空间运营公共示威者。

3D scanning innovations turn physical objects into precise, usable 3D digital models. This enables users to invent bespoke customer-driven freeform products, capitalising on design freedoms offered by Additive Manufacturing (AM). These plug-and-play devices are set to be mainstream in manufacturing in the next few years, and will accelerate the concept-to-commercialisation journey by enabling NPD steps to be combined or skipped. However, an unanswered question is whether 3D scanning, combined with AM tools like 3D printing, makes this technology commercially viable and accessible as a highstreet/retail service for consumers. We will undertake a study to explore a possible hybrid PPU/MTO-BS1 (pay-per-use/make-to-order batch-size of 1) business model that takes these HVM skills into retail and the public eye, carrying out business model research and running a public demonstrator in a retail space.