Procter+and+Gamble

Procter and Gamble in 2014 relies on fabric/home care, beauty, baby/family care, and health care as its top producers of sales. P&G is also under pressure from shareholders and market expectations to continue to grow both its revenues and its net income. Meanwhile, 3D printing is emerging as a game-changing way for people to turn their own designs into actual physical outputs. Does 3D printing provide an opportunity to create a new "startup" that incorporates this technology into a new value proposition for customers?
 * P&G understandably derives most of its sales from North America, but Asia, Latin America, and Africa represent substantial opportunities for new product offerings in new markets. Further, nearly 40% of their sales came from developing markets in 2013. P&G will need to make strategic decisions about partners, capital investments, and logistics strategies to serve these growing markets.

Do you think P&G can incorporate 3D printing technology into a new, unique offering to customers? How would that work? What product offerings would be most conducive to the use of 3D printing? Where and when would the use of this technology take place? (P&G already has substantial capital investments in extrusion and plastic fabrication facilities in developed markets).

If you have an idea for P&G to create a 3D-printing-centric startup, please submit your idea below. || || media type="custom" key="25670396"