A change of theory and professional views on the role of procurement in overall business strategy is evident in the past few decades. Procurement is increasingly treated as an integrative strategic business function that connects all other functions, enables seamless execution of all business...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the existing scenarios for 3D printing (3DP) in order to identify the “white space” where future opportunities have not been proposed or developed to date. Based around aspects of order penetration points, geographical scope and type of...