Jabil's Additive Manufacturing Network: the enabler of distributed digital manufacturing?

Jabil, a global manufacturing solutions provider, has today introduced its Additive Manufacturing Network as it aims to enhance design and production efficiency.
The cloud-based network is used by Jabil internally and serves to drive its Distributed Manufacturing strategy, designing a part in one location and shipping production to another. It represents a manufacturing specialist taking full advantage of one of the 3D printing’s key benefits, that you can design a part, save it in a file and when required manufacture and ship it within a matter of days, to save on time, storage space, and inventory costs.
Jabil is aware of what it takes to 3D print production parts, and aware of the importance of meeting the customer’s specified requirements. It serves players in industries from automotive to medical to consumer goods, and in order to satisfy, not only the customer awaiting the parts but its own desires to maximize efficiency has established the Additive Manufacturing Network.