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The strategic value of additive manufacturing in edible product supply chains depends on its deployment within specific supply chain configurations and organizational contexts, with sustainability outcomes being strictly conditional on economic viability. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how additive manufacturing creates strategic value and sustainability in edible product supply chains using the resource-based view framework.

August 29, 2026Supply Chain Management An International Journal

Strategic adoption of additive manufacturing in edible product supply chains: a resource-based view on sustainability

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WLWenqi LiCranfield University BEBanu Y. EkrenYaşar University EAEmel AktaşCranfield University

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Qualitative interview study reveals three pathways for additive manufacturing adoption in edible product supply chains, indicating sustainability gains require baseline economic viability.

Key Points

To examine how additive manufacturing creates strategic value and sustainability in edible product supply chains using the resource-based view framework.
Conducted 29 semi-structured interviews with industry experts across the food, pharmaceutical, and additive manufacturing sectors.
Applied the resource-based view (RBV) theoretical lens to refine a literature-based conceptual model into an empirically grounded framework.
Identified three primary pathways for value creation: supply chain transformation, product innovation, and operational improvement.
Found that small- and medium-sized enterprises embed additive manufacturing strategically into core operations, whereas large incumbents predominantly confine it to research and development.
Demonstrated that environmental and social sustainability outcomes depend strictly on economic viability acting as a gatekeeper.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299338e5d7d1fc0c110fe https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-11-2025-1169

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August 29, 2026Supply Chain Management An International Journal

Strategic adoption of additive manufacturing in edible product supply chains: a resource-based view on sustainability

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Authors

WLWenqi LiCranfield University BEBanu Y. EkrenYaşar University EAEmel AktaşCranfield University

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Overview

Qualitative interview study reveals three pathways for additive manufacturing adoption in edible product supply chains, indicating sustainability gains require baseline economic viability.

Key Points

To examine how additive manufacturing creates strategic value and sustainability in edible product supply chains using the resource-based view framework.
Conducted 29 semi-structured interviews with industry experts across the food, pharmaceutical, and additive manufacturing sectors.
Applied the resource-based view (RBV) theoretical lens to refine a literature-based conceptual model into an empirically grounded framework.
Identified three primary pathways for value creation: supply chain transformation, product innovation, and operational improvement.
Found that small- and medium-sized enterprises embed additive manufacturing strategically into core operations, whereas large incumbents predominantly confine it to research and development.
Demonstrated that environmental and social sustainability outcomes depend strictly on economic viability acting as a gatekeeper.

Cite This Study

Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299338e5d7d1fc0c110fe https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-11-2025-1169

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