With its vast information technology infrastructure and the planet's most effective supply chain strategy, Walmart can offer most any product at a competitive price. Now, the world's largest retailer wants to tackle a new market: 3D printing. By 2020,3D printing, including software, design, and scanning, may be an $8.41 billion business, according to a recent market research report. Digital manufacturing may one day drive the retail supply chain. While specialty retailers may offer 3D printing for products in niche markets, Walmart could sell all of those products -and at a reduced cost.
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