Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing (3DP) is set to revolutionise the surgical and medical device industry over the next decade. Join us for a public seminar to discuss the impacts of 3DP on the surgical and medical device supply chain.

Revenue generated through the suite of digital manufacturing technologies, collectively known as 3D printing (3DP), reached $7.34 billion US in 2018. The global health sector was an early adopter of this type of technology, with the number of medical applications manufactured using AM continuing to expand rapidly. This has further been accelerated with the onset of COVID which presented a number of opportunities for the AM sector.

This seminar will focus on the challenges, opportunities and strategies for surgical and medical device development industries through the lens of the Australian supply chain, based on findings from research funded by the Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM). The managerial implications will also be explored with recommendations made on how to respond to key issues, in the short and longer term.

Importantly, the seminar will highlight the AM sector response to COVID, sharing several case studies from the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and showcasing current practices of pioneering companies in this field.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with experts in the field: Dr Moira Scerri, Dr Maruf Chowdhury, Dr Katrina Skellern and Professor Joanne Tipper.

Panel Members

DR MOIRA SCERRI is a lecturer in Strategic Supply Chain Management at the University of Technology Sydney and a Director of the Centre for Business and Social Innovation (CBSI). She has over 30 years experience in Service Design, Service Operations Management and Performance Management. Her research interests lies in use of new and emerging technologies within service industries and service value networks.

DR MARUF CHOWDHURY is a senior lecturer of Operations and Supply Chain Management in the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He has extensive teaching and research experience in operations, supply chain management and decision modelling. He has published his research papers in the top-tier journals of Operations and Supply Chain Management. Dr Chowdhury has multiple methodological skills and he worked extensively in different national and international projects. As an expert of supply chain management Dr Chowdhury has taught in different universities of Australia such as University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia (UWA) and Curtin University. Dr Chowdhury has professional experiences in different industrial settings such as Textile and Apparel industry, Petroleum refinery and others.

DR KATRINA SKELLERN is a post-doctoral research fellow with the Centre for Business & Social Innovation at the UTS Business School . She has over 20 years of experience in project management, policy development, program evaluation, business model innovation, community and stakeholder engagement in Australia and internationally. Katrina is currently working on a business model transformation project with the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre.

PROFESSOR JOANNE TIPPER is Head of School of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Centre for Health Technologies at UTS. Over the last 25 years she has developed methodologies for isolating wear particles generated by total joint replacements. With over 80 peer reviewed publications her work has contributed to the understanding of implant failure and the development of longer lasting, more reliable devices. New and expanding areas of interest include investigation of spinal cord cellular responses to wear products from spinal implants and instrumentation. Joanne has been responsible for co-authoring all the major standards in this field including ISO 17583, ASTM F1877 and CWA 12753, parts 1 and 2.

This event is organised by the Centre for Business and Social Innovation in collaboration with AMTIL and the Additive Manufacturing Hub.

Funding for the research presented at this event was provided by the Association of Supply Chain Management.