Fecha de publicación: 04/05/2023 Fuente: Wipo "digitalization" A distributed manufacturing network information technology system includes a cloud-based additive manufacturing management platform with a user interface, connectivity facilities, data storage facilities, and monitoring facilities. The distributed manufacturing network information technology system includes a set of applications for enabling the additive manufacturing management platform to manage a set of distributed manufacturing network entities. The distributed manufacturing network information technology system includes an artificial intelligence system configured to learn on a training set of outcomes, parameters, and data collected from the distributed manufacturing network entities to optimize manufacturing and value chain workflows.