Rapid Prototyping for Competitive Advantage

Key Action Points

• Undertake a strategic assessment.
• Verify that rapid prototyping technologies will contribute towards the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Assess if business and marketing strategies should be modified to take advantage of new capabilities provided by the technologies.
• Identify the full benefits of the investment.
• Undertake a technological assessment.
• Assess what additional technology and special equipment will be needed.
• Undertake an organisational assessment.
• Establish what organisational and cultural changes need to be implemented.
• Identify the supply chain management issues surrounding the use of rapid prototyping bureaux.
• Identify the true cost of the investment.