Rapid Prototyping
for Competitive Advantage:
Technologies,
Applications and Implementation
for Market Success
Paul T. Kidd
1997, ISBN 1-901864-00-6
Chapter 4 - Purpose and
Summary
- The aim of this chapter
is to provide readers with insights into the costs of rapid prototyping
by outlining the numerous possible capital and revenue costs.
- Several costs are described
that are normally additional to the basic price of the rapid
prototyping machine. Actual additional costs, however, will depend
upon a particular process and vendor.
- Included in the costs
described are those associated with bringing about organisational
changes. These are sometimes overlooked in business case documentation,
and are often not fully understood or appreciated by technically
minded people or those who look at rapid prototyping as an isolated
technology solving a particular problem.
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