The supply chain experienced significant disruption last year as the pandemic wreaked havoc across several industries. Digital manufacturing as a service has aided companies in transitioning traditional manufacturing processes to an online platform. Companies now have access to a multitude of vendors and suppliers at their disposal, creating new opportunities for faster production times and new manufacturing processes such as additive manufacturing. Greg Paulsen, director of application engineering at Xometry, discusses with Mechanical Engineering how the supply chain has shifted and the future of digital manufacturing.
