@inproceedings{21682,
  abstract     = {{At first sight the direct costs of Additive Manufacturing (AM) seem too high in comparison to traditional manufacturing. Considering the whole lifecycle costs of parts changes the point of view. Due to the modification of the new production process and new supply chains during a parts lifecycle, producing companies can strongly benefit from AM. Therefore, a costing model for assessing lifecycle costs with regard to specific applications and branches has been developed. The costing model represents the advantages of AM monetarily. For the evaluation of this model and the influence factors, different case studies have been performed including different approaches in part redesign. Deeper research is and will be carried out with respect to the AM building rates and the comparability of various AM machines, as these facts are hardly comparable for end users. This paper will present the methodology and some results of the case studies conducted over the whole product lifecycle.}},
  author       = {{Lindemann, C. and Jahnke, U. and Moi, M. and Koch, R.}},
  booktitle    = {{24th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium}},
  isbn         = {{1053-2153}},
  pages        = {{998--1008}},
  title        = {{{Impact and Influence Factors of Additive Manufacturing on Product Lifecycle Costs}}},
  doi          = {{http://utw10945.utweb.utexas.edu/Manuscripts/2013/2013-79-Lindemann.pdf}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}

@inproceedings{21680,
  abstract     = {{The costs of additive manufactured parts often seem too high in comparison to those of traditionally manufactured parts, as the information about major cost drivers, especially for additive manufactured metal parts, is weak. Therefore, a lifecycle analysis of additive manufactured parts is needed to understand and rate the cost drivers that act as the largest contributors to unit costs, and to provide a focus for future cost reduction activities for the Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology. A better understanding of the cost structure will help to compare the AM costs with the opportunity costs of the classical manufacturing technologies and will make it easier to justify the use of AM manufactured parts. This paper will present work in progress and methodology based on a sample investigated with business process analysis / simulation and activity based costing. In addition, cost drivers associated with metal AM process will be rated.}},
  author       = {{Lindemann, C. and Jahnke, U. and Moi, M. and Koch, R.}},
  booktitle    = {{23rd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium}},
  isbn         = {{1053-2153}},
  pages        = {{177--188}},
  title        = {{{Analyzing Product Lifecycle Costs for a Better Understanding of Cost Drivers in Additve Manufacturing}}},
  doi          = {{http://utw10945.utweb.utexas.edu/Manuscripts/2012/2012-12-Lindemann.pdf}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}