
between organizations and platforms.
The second helps people to find manufacturing
capabilities near them. Not suppliers, not
products, but machines. An understanding
of local manufacturing capabilities enables
economies of scope — because you can work
out what could be made, not just find out what
products are currently available. This was
called “Open Know-Where” because it’s an
open standard that helps you know where to
make things. Some 30,000 machines have been
mapped so far — from primary data collection or
by interfacing with some existing databases.
By the end of this year, you should be able to
choose a design online and automaticall ...