Manufacturing. Accelerated.
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...and is transformational to the manufacturing industry
Conventional manufacturing hurdles
Product innovation
Geometry: machines & tooling encouraging
simpler designs with reduced performance
Lack of customization: tooling prevents
producing products tailor to niche and local
markets
Process innovation
Time-to-market: lead-times associated with
tooling slow down new product introductions
Volumes: tooling is a fixed expense that must
be amortized across large quantities of parts.
Inventory: tooling leads to minimum quantity
builds, typically resulting in excess inventory
Cost: machining is a time- and labor-
intensive process that is costly at-scale
Scrap: machining and casting have high
levels of scrap, waste and pollution
Additive manufacturing benefits at-scale
Mass customization
Complex & generative designs
Assembly consolidation
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Supply chain re-engineering (1)
Russia
27%
88
Canada
19%
UK
Germany
24%
USA
25%
China(2)
21%+
8%
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Japan
13%
Mexico
23%
India
36%
Brazil
28%
Australia
12%
[a]
100 part antenna
95%
weight
reduction
[b]
1 part antenna
Value-added tax (VAT) plus average country tariff
1. Source: VAT from Tax Foundation website (https://taxfoundation.org/2020-sales-taxes/) and PwC website (https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/quick-charts/value-added-tax-vat-rates) as of August 5, 2020; country tariff from
World Trade Organization; management calculations.
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2. Does not include the full effect of additional tariffs placed on US exports to China starting in 2018.
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