Distributed manufacturing essentially means making the same thing in different places. Instead of making ten thousand items in one factory and then shipping them around the world, you can make five hundred items in each of twenty factories. This means the actual products travel a much shorter distance to where they are needed. In theory, contracting for DM doesn't need to be much more complicated than that for centralised manufacturing. If we can reduce the administrative and financial overhead from contracting, DM becomes competitive in more situations.
There are a number of buyer-side roles needed to ensure the product meets the needs of the buyer. Production Coordinator manages the coordination of the manufacturing process, such as making sure components and machines are available at the right times.
All this and more on Anna Sera Lowe's blog post.
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