Models to support the evaluation of the application potential for digital printing
Asta Bäck, Helene Juhola, Tatu Lindberg · 1997
Digital printing is often regarded as a rival to traditional printing in short-run production. We at VTT Information Technology have developed several types of models to help companies to decide when and where to employ this new technology. The models can be divided into the following categories: descriptive models, detailed cost calculation models, rough calculation models for entire production chains and simulation models. The paper presents these various types of models and discusses their usability in helping companies to make decisions concerning changes in their product and process structures and investments. The paper also includes some results and conclusions obtained using these models. Calculations have shown that only a small portion of