3D Printing? How about 3D Forecasting.

• Booz & Co’s strategy + business magazine has “A Skeptic’s Guide to 3D Printing“, which applies the time-tested forecasting approach Wright developed at the Curtiss Aeroplane Company. We’re fans of Additive Manufacturing – my next set of glasses are being made this way. Even so, USNI’s April 2013 “Print Me a Cruiser!” article demonstrates that Wright’s analytical tools aren’t as widespread as they need to be within the military professions.

• For more in-depth insight into this specific field, we recommend IDA’s 2012 report, “Emerging Global Trends in Advanced Manufacturing.”