3D printing; the benefit is on-demand local production of the bracket from a digital design, which removes the eight-week import lead time and the need to carry safety stock of every low-turnover part

Blockchain; the benefit is an immutable, shared record of each part’s provenance, warranty status and failure history, which would improve traceability and support claims against the supplier

Big data analytics for predictive maintenance; the benefit is that impending failures could be forecast from historical and sensor data and the part ordered in advance, although the eight-week lead time and the cost of holding the part would both remain

Drones for expedited delivery of the part; the benefit is a faster final leg once the bracket has been manufactured, although the binding constraint is the overseas production and shipping time rather than local transport