Retail/Apparel

・ Design and rapid prototyping

・ Manufacturing at point of use

・ Mass customization

・ decentralized, distributed production networks

・ Shoes and clothing

・ Fashion and consumer goods

・ Consumer grade eyewear

・ Eyeglass frames out of titanium

・ Production of durable plastic and metal bicycle accessories

・ On-demand custom fit and styling

・ Reduce supply chain costs

・ Reduction in required inventory

・ Deliver of small quantities of products in real time

・ Create overall better products

・ Products are getting to market quicker

・ Management of demand uncertainty

・ Customer empowerment

・ Enables entry into new markets without huge capital cost

・ Hedge against disruptions

Food

・ Manufacturing at point of use

・ decentralized, distributed production networks

・ Chocolate and candy

・ Flat foods such as crackers, pasta, and pizza

・ The ability to squeeze out food, layer by layer, into three-dimensional objects

・ Reduce production cost

・ Feasibility of printing food in space

・ Reduction in required inventory

・ Enables entry into new markets without huge capital cost