Digitalizing On-Demand Inventory with AddManuChain Platform: An innovative bridge between AI and Additive Manufacturing for Sustainable Industrial Operations

This project, “AddManuChain,” involves the development of an innovative web application designed to revolutionize supply management for businesses in remote locations, such as offshore oil platforms and distant mining operations. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, traditional supply chain dependencies on distant physical inventories are being transformed into a streamlined, on-demand production system using 3D printing. Using this approach, downtime and operational inefficiencies will reduce significantly. Also, the integration of AI and AM within the platform is expected to improve production efficiency, material usage optimization, and design flexibility. By development of AddManuChain through this MITACS project, the partner organization will be able to improve their operational efficiency and profitability by increasing their customer satisfaction and retention by reducing their physical inventory and shipping costs.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hamed Aly

Student:

Partner:

ALMA TECH

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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