On 19 February, Amazon filed a patent application in respect of the equipping of trucks with 3D printers so that products can be printed on-demand, whether en route to the customer or at a customer’s doorstep. Cerys Wyn Davies, partner of Pinsent Masons LLP looks at the potential impact of this method of product delivery.
If Amazon itself follows through with the innovation of 3D printing at the point of delivery, this could revolutionise its logistics processes, transforming the manner in which it manages stock, maintains its warehouses, as well as ships orders. This will shortcut the process between order placement and delivery, saving both the retail giant and the…
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