TY - CONF AB - Additive manufacturing offers advantages for the production of a final product. Nowadays still many companies have not integrated this new technology into their product development processes (PDP). This paper will discuss additive manufacturing with regards to the current available PDP's while setting a focus on the economic aspects of the integration. Based on a sample part several tools will be discusses which may be uses in the different phases of product development. These tools aim on the simplification of integrating additive manufacturing technologies into existing PDP's. Included are methods for early and accurate cost estimation as well as product selection processes, best practice templates for creating knowledge and process awareness. AU - Lindemann, C. AU - Koch, R. ID - 21689 T2 - 27th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium TI - Cost Efficient Design and Planning for Additive Manufacturing Technologies VL - 27 ER -