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How will 3D printers impact the supply chain?

With the increasing prevalence of 3D printers in both the corporate and consumer worlds, will we see a protracted decline of manufacturing industries across the globe? What are your thoughts? Richard D'Aveni of the Harvard Business Review thinks that 3D printing will make the supply chain redundant - http://hbr.org/2013/03/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world/ar/1 Steve Banker however, thinks that any revolution in the 3D printing world is still a long time off - http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2014/02/26/3d-printings-ability-to-transform-supply-chains-is-years-away/
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