Outsourcing And How It Affects Your Work Flow And Your Laboratory

As dental technology moves rapidly into digital manufacturing, outsourcing abutments will become more widely used. It is not only a less expensive, more efficient means of manufacturing, but offers some unique advantages and interesting work flows.

There are two basic inroads to outsourcing. One, is based on shipping models to an outsource facility for design and manufacturing of parts. Today, most outsource facilities are using this workflow as their primary business model. There are many advantages to outsourcing on this basis.

• A laboratory owner can try new products very easily, simply ship out a case


• Provides access to technologies and products that would otherwise be unobtainable


• No upfront investment in equipment


• No significant learning curve


• Potential exists to become more profitable and more competitive


• Reduced inventories

• Reduced manufacturing cyclesâ€.. It will soon become possible to obtain an STL file and have Models, Dies and additional components of the final restoration, fabricated and shipped in 24 to 48 hours, thus, making it possible to produce complete restorations in just a few of days.


• All design specifications can be completely managed by the laboratory ordering the parts like Lava Zirconia (no gray).


• Reduced shipping costs, as models never get shipped to the outsource provider, also resulting in reduced delivery time.

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