[p2p-research] open manufacturing value stream

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi sam,

could I ask your assistance to upload this file to the Manufacturing section
of our wiki, under the subheading Visualization?

see
http://manufakturingruendung.ch/userfiles/image/seiten/OSH_production_future.png


Visualizing the open manufacturing value stream and cooperation
network<http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=9064>
[image: photo of Michel Bauwens]
Michel Bauwens
2nd June 2010

 *Reto Stauss* has tried to visualize the open manufacturing value stream
and the inter-relationship of the different players within it. An important
exercise!

For the full article, go
here<http://manufakturingruendung.ch/en/the_benefits_of_open_manufacturing>
.

[image: Open Manufacturing Value Chain]

*Comment:*

*Reto Stauss:*

*“I roughly outlined the participants and their connections in this kind of
economy.*

** user: chooses from offerings from local producers like SMBs or fab labs.
If a product does not fit his needs, he may suggest improvements. Or he
finds an appropriate open design and gets it produced from a local
manufacturer. He is connected with the manufacturer on equal footing. *

** diy’er: gets an open design and produces the product for his own need.
Gets semi-produced products from local manufacturers (like boards, glas
plates, metal profiles, sheets or tubes, screws, nails, …). May do it in
workshops and may also be a tinkerer or be part of a developer community. *

** SMB: small collectives produces (semi-finished) products based on the
needs of the region. May use fab labs or open workshops. May loosely couple
with other manufacturers to offer products they could not produce on their
own. E.g. a plumber and a carpenter build solar collectors. *

** fab labs / open workshops: open production facilities equipped with a
wide range of production means. May be used from diy’er, SMB or production
communities. May have designers “in residence” which offer design services
for users. *

** production communities: intentional or temporary communities producing
for their own need or demand of their region. May also refine existing or
develop new designs. For instance OSE.*

** tinkerer: develops on his own innovative solutions for specific problems.
May publish his designs to get appreciation (rather than trying to make
money by patenting it what most often fails). *

** designer / engineer: open design will be be free as FOSS. This is not bad
news for designers when you look at software (kind of design of virtual
products): nearly no open source software developer makes directly money
from his contributions but the motivation is based on benefits in a wider
sense. And more and more crowd-funded projects emerge (for instance see
Kickstarter and similar platforms). *

** design communities: For instance dasWindrad.de” *


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