The goal of this library is to provide examples of existing distributed manufacturing networks as well as the digital marketplaces. Analysis their business model and unique characteristics, then connect it back to archetypes that we developed in order to validate practical value of the archetypes.
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| According to specification | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Marketplace platform | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier search | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tenders | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Buyer-Supplier negotiation tool | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Supplier readiness level | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RFQ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BOM | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project space | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Production monitoring | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Logistics | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Online payment | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
1. (Kohtala, 2015)
2. (Tukker, 2004)
MC = Mass customization
Batch / modular personalized products, design and fabrication in hands of producer
BF = Bespoke fabrication
Tailored, individualized products, design and fabrication in hands of producer
PF = Personal fabrication
Unique products, design and fabrication in hands of user, shared designs
MF = Mass fabrication
Unique products, design and fabrication in hands of user in interaction with each other
Affiliation
Refer customers to a third party and receive a commission for a specific transaction completed (e.g., click, give information, buy product).
Agent model
Represent the buyer or the seller and earn commissions for successful facilitation of transactions.
Aggregation
Build a specific form of broker preselecting products/ services and target audience – hence, key process is matching of needs.
Agora
Build a specific form of broker preselecting products/ services and target audience – hence, key process is matching of needs.
Broker of specific assets
Broker that deal with specific assets.
Brokerage
Bring together and facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers, charging a fee for each successful transaction.
Buy/Sell fulfilment
Take customer orders to buy or sell a product or service, including terms like price and delivery.
Disintermediation
Deliver a product or service that has traditionally gone through an intermediary directly to a customer.
Exclusive market-making
Bring together specific, highly targeted, qualified audiences for trading.
Marketplace exchange
Build a specific form of broker also offering a full range of services covering the transaction process, from market assessment to negotiation and fulfilment for an industry consortium.
Mass customization
Customize a commodity products to the customers’ specific preferences.
Open source
Develop a product not by a company, but by a public community with all information being available publicly.
Peer-to-peer
Facilitates a transaction among peers, i.e., two or more consumers, through provision of a platform.
Trust intermediary
Provide a third-party payment mechanism for buyers and sellers to settle a transaction.
User Design
Customers invent products that afterwards are produced by the company.
| Industry | Furniture |
| Country | Sweden |
| Localization | Home |
| Customization [1] | MC |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Cost leadership |
| Industry | Furniture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | No |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Premium, Mass customization |
| Industry | Furniture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional |
| Customization [1] | BF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | No |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Premium, Mass customization |
| Industry | Furniture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | No |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Mass customization |
| Industry | Furniture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Community |
| Customization [1] | MC |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | No |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Aggregation, Agora, Brokerage |
| Industry | Food |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Community |
| Customization [1] | N/A |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Disintermediation, Cost leadership |
| Industry | Food |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Mass customization |
| Industry | Food |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Mass customization |
| Industry | Apparel |
| Country | Netherland |
| Localization | Regional |
| Customization [1] | N/A |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | No |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Lending / renting / Leasing / Subscription |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Open Source, Brokerage, User designed |
| Industry | Medical Equipment |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Open Source, Brokerage |
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Regional Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Open Source, Brokerage, User designed |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Home |
| Customization [1] | PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Open Source, Brokerage, User designed |
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Country | UK |
| Localization | Community |
| Customization [1] | MC, BF, PF, MF |
| Distributed Ownership [2] | Yes |
| Distributed Knowledge | Yes |
| Distributed Structure | Yes |
| Business Model | Open Source, Brokerage, User designed |