Extreme Manufacturing

Overview

An open source hardware manufacturing method. Its focus is module-based, Contract-First Design, open source design and collaboration, and a swarming build techniques where a large team can work in parallel - both during the design and build process. Extreme manufacturing is lean in all respects. Such efficiency requires elimination of any form of waste, especially competitive waste. The name is derived from Extreme Programming. This technique is currently under active development by Open Source Ecology. OSE is developing a revenue model for Extreme Manufacturing consistent with Distributive Enterprise.

Origins

Read about origin of the term on Ouishare, October 25, 2012 - http://ouishare.net/2012/10/wikispeed-agile-manufacturing/

Archived copy of Ouishare article by Benjamin Tincq from October 25, 2012: File:Extrememanufacturing.pdf

Links

• OSE seminal blog article on Extreme Manufacturing - [1]
• Wikipedia - [2]
• Ouishare article on the origins of Extreme Manufacturing - [3]
• Scrum Breakfast - Extreme Manufacturing explained - nice article about the 10 principles of Extreme Manufacturing - [4].