Hello friends,
In Mill Products industries their products is defined by the characteristics which are mostly provided by the customers.Now think what happens if a company can allow its customer to design its own products using 3D visualization and provide an order based on their own design? I think this can be possible with 3D printing technology or additive manufacturing technology which is emerging technology in manufacturing arena.
Makie's lab Case study (source SAP (Wired UK))
Makie's Lab is a small startup which offers "Makie" a doll created through using 3D printing technology.It offers its cutomers to customise facial features like hair, skin colour and many other factors through its website makie.me and dedicated iPad app.
What happens if Mill products company can able to provide its customer to design their own products using 3D interface and adjust thier product characteristics according to their requirements.This might be possible by using 3D visualisation in combination with variant configuration the data collected by this application goes directly in 3d printer which ultimately produce the product with exact precision that customer wants.
Although I have not much knowledge of this industries but have tried to bring this idea on how this emerging technology can be used more effectively with SAP.
Hope you will find it helpful!
Reference and credits
2. Doll Image credits to makie.me
3 https://store.sap.com/sap/cpa/ui/solution/Images/0000010890_Product_Image.png
Regards,
Pratik