Spare parts management with Additive Manufacturing (AM): a critical review

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a promising technology for producing spare parts, due to the wide variety of forms and materials that can be used their enhanced mechanical properties. Given these features low lead times compared classical manufacturing (CM), AM now being investigated management parts. This literature stream relatively new, with many works based on different hypotheses (e.g., reliability parts) conclusions. critical review provides practitioners information models available, findings, limitations. Further research directions are also identified.