Fecha de publicación: 23/06/2022 Fuente: Wipo "digitalization" An information technology system for a distributed manufacturing network includes an additive manufacturing management platform with an artificial intelligence system configured to learn on a training set of outcomes, parameters, and data collected from a set of distributed manufacturing network entities and execute simulations on digital twins of the set of distributed manufacturing network entities to make classifications, predictions, and optimization-related decisions for the set of distributed manufacturing network entities. The information technology system includes a distributed ledger system integrated with a digital thread and configured to provide unified views of workflow and transaction information to the set of distributed manufacturing network entities.