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1. Massimo
Mercuri
INTERDEPENDENCE

2. Big Dumb Companies*
they all have Milgram’s syndrome
“where the process is more important than the outcome”
they are on the verge of extinction (unless they evolve)
*Prof. Hayagreeva (Huggy) Rao, Stanford University

3. B.D.C. credo: standardize or die

4. Standard B.D.C
paralyzed by protection
products are phased out and never sold again, and value is buried

5. Makers make things
J.F.D.I.

6. what if …
Makers had access to all documented objects fabricated
since the beginning of the first industrial revolution?

7. Object Data Management
know what to make and how

8. XENIA
eXchange ENabler for Industrial Acceleration

9. Pay-per-make
The Product-Service System (PSS) model rose to prominence in 1959 when
Xerox introduced the “pay-per-copy” printing model.
It has spread throughout industries in the light of trends
such as the sharing economy and the circular economy.

10. OEM
Original
file
Tier-X
File owner
PDM &
File stack
License
control
Contract Prin<ng
Supplier
OEM’s usually have the original ownership on the CAD
file or equivalent Part specifica<on.
Service Bureau will outsource to other service
bureaus. Personal Users, Educ. Organiza=ons &
eventually Govt.
In some cases the first Tier supplier in the chain
forward becomes the OEM.
Part’s data may be subject to more I.P. layers
Adding value:
Normalized inventory database with standardized file
format for all licensed files.
3D Part Redesign to for func=onal and material
op=miza=on.
Materials Database comparison for like subs<tutes.
Licensing system with fail/tamper tolerance to protect
the IP of the OEM.
File Security
Customer rela=onship
combina<on of a contract/agreement, validated and
safeguarded through a machine-integrated delivery
system.
This system needs to be developed
May be a combina<on of soPware and hardware
Global cross-industry marke=ng/integra=on for file
delivery and use.
Inbound Logis=cs:
Original file collec<on/inventory
File Distribu,on and storage protocols
Agreements and licensing contracts with the OEM, or
Tier-X suppliers
Opera=ons:
Normaliza<on of all file
format (meta-format?)
to make them equally
manageable.
Integrated system to
transform the solid
shape into a material-
op<mized 3D object
Outbound Logis=cs:
Proprietary informa<on
system developed to
guarantee data and file
integrity/safety
File data stream
protocol for 3D Prin=ng
machine communica=on
Marke=ng and sales:
Customer rela<onship
Pay mechanism
Clearing house portal?
Service:
Print the file
Record and report only
successful printout
transac<ons
possible value chain

12. disruption opportunity
interdependence

14. digital maker-chain
enables the co-creation ecosystem

15. new landscape
uses interdependence for synergy

16. meta-factories
building “blocks” with everything you need to “make”
anything, anywhere, anytime

17. unleash crowd creation
be ready to catch the knowledge generated

18. Licensed
inventory
Download/upload module
Machine interface
License purchasing
module
OEM Company propietary data
operator
interface
Web Shop
Ordering
process Double
verificaAon of
printout for
IPM
Object
file
OpAmized file
Original file
IPM
Intellectual property
management
MDM
Material Data
Management
Co-developed SW
file standardizaAon
Printer
47K+ models
Object file
Machine-specific
program data
Drivers
Count of successful printout
PDM
Product Data
Management
digital clearing house

19. transaction control
• CRYPTOCURRENCY
• Client application with wallet
• License lifetime management
• Encrypted (safe) local file cache
• Open source horizontal kernel
• Vertical proprietary applications

20. Producers of
Materials
Producers of
Objects
Producers of
Fabrication
Machines
Producers of
Software
Integrated
platforms
Global
industry
OEM’s and
designers
Startups and
SME’s
Research &
Development
Legal
Framework
Master Data
Management
Technical
Framework
Object Data
Management
Training and
Education
Shared
collaboration
platform

21. - Jacques Yves Cousteau
“I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in
the face of universal interdependence”