Sharing Knowledge When it Cannot be Made Explicit

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-28
Author(s):  
Pierre-Emmanuel Arduin ◽  
Julien Le Duigou ◽  
Marie-Hélène Abel ◽  
Benoît Eynard
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Extended Enterprise ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Collaborative Platform ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Working Alone

Information systems often strengthen a preference for working alone: interoperability as much as interpretation variance restrain the ability of people and systems to interact and to work together within an extended enterprise. In this article, the authors propose to extend product lifecycle management (PLM) systems in order to share not only (1) knowledge that has been made explicit and which is strongly contextualized so that there is no interpretation variance, but also (2) knowledge that cannot be made explicit and which remains tacit knowledge, needing social interaction and shared understanding to be actually shared. The use of a collaborative platform is proposed in this article in order to allow stakeholders to produce a shared understanding of what a concept means through the use of ontologies. The conditions as well as the limits of the proposition are discussed at the end of this article.

scholarly journals Critical Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (06) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Bilello
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Extended Enterprise ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Release Date ◽  
Product Release ◽  
Electrical Engineers ◽  
Lifecycle Management

This article discusses the shift to product lifecycle management (PLM) systems by various mechanical engineering companies. Systems engineers and information-handling experts are joining forces to get a grip on the information explosion, thanks primarily to the timely convergence of systems engineering with digital design and development. PLM supports the extended enterprise. The rationale behind using PLM is to ensure that the ideas and information driving the development of today’s products incorporate best practices and everything learned right up to the product-release date. The rapid increase in electronic controls and software that are being built into key auto components requires that mechanical engineers and electrical engineers work ever more closely together. This highlights the need to integrate the very different approaches to development that the two disciplines use. One of the key functions of PLM is to make sure all the data in those analyses are retained, not just the conclusions.

A Closer Look at Concept Map Collaborative Creation in Product Lifecycle Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 260-282
Author(s):  
Daniela Oliveira ◽  
Mickael Gardoni ◽  
Kimiz Dalkir
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Concept Map ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Knowledge Capture ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Lifecycle Management

One of the greatest challenges of effectively managing knowledge in an organization is promoting seamless connections of operations between departments. Historically, information systems supporting operations have been developed with a specific department's culture in background. Therefore, connecting data, information systems, and people across the product lifecycle is an ongoing puzzle for organizations. Theorists and practicians agree on the need to include employees' expertise and vision in this process. This chapter explores a tacit knowledge capture tool and a methodology to use it as a means to voice the interaction and negotiation among employees to support KM and IT strategy and development choices. Concept maps collaborative creation can provide a usability tool focused on meaning throughout the product lifecycle. A literature review of the challenges involved and of the proposed tool is presented, followed by a use case and the methodology for the concept map collaborative creation session, concluded with recommendations drawn from theory and practice.

scholarly journals CONCEPT MAPS COLLABORATIVE CREATION IN PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 721-730
Author(s):  
Daniela Oliveira ◽  
Mickael Gardoni ◽  
Kimiz Dalkir
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Knowledge Capture ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Lifecycle Management

AbstractOne of the greatest challenges of effectively managing knowledge in an organization is promoting seamless connections of operations between departments, the Product Lifecycle Management paradigm. It is also a paradigm that fosters organizational adaptability and quick change in production. Historically, information systems supporting operations have been developed with a specific department's culture in background. Due to this legacy, connecting data, information systems and people across the product lifecycle is an ongoing puzzle for organizations. Theorists and practicians agree on the need to include employees' expertise and vision in this process. However, this involves multiple perspectives and needs that are different but equally valid make. This study explores a tacit knowledge capture tool to be used as a means to voice the interaction and negotiation among employees. Through its influence on ontologies, concept maps collaborative creation can provide a usability tool focused on meaning throughout the product lifecycle. A literature review of the challenges involved and of the proposed tool is presented, followed by a use case and concluded with recommendations drawn from theory and practice.

scholarly journals Product Lifecycle Management with the Asset Administration Shell

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Andreas Deuter ◽  
Sebastian Imort
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Digital Representation ◽  
Holistic Concept ◽  
Standard Interface ◽  
Lifecycle Management

Product lifecycle management (PLM) as a holistic process encompasses the idea generation for a product, its conception, and its production, as well as its operating phase. Numerous tools and data models are used throughout this process. In recent years, industry and academia have developed integration concepts to realize efficient PLM across all domains and phases. However, the solutions available in practice need specific interfaces and tend to be vendor dependent. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) aims to be a standardized digital representation of an asset (e.g., a product). In accordance with its objective, it has the potential to integrate all data generated during the PLM process into one data model and to provide a universally valid interface for all PLM phases. However, to date, there is no holistic concept that demonstrates this potential. The goal of this research work is to develop and validate such an AAS-based concept. This article demonstrates the application of the AAS in an order-controlled production process, including the semi-automatic generation of PLM-related AAS data. Furthermore, it discusses the potential of the AAS as a standard interface providing a smooth data integration throughout the PLM process.

scholarly journals Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5975
Author(s):  
Ana María Camacho ◽  
Eva María Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Manufacturing Automation ◽  
Engineering Society ◽  
Manufacturing Engineering ◽  
Lifecycle Management

The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals “Materials” and “Applied Sciences”. The 14 contributions published in this Special Issue of Applied Sciences present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering focusing on advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; additive manufacturing and 3D printing; manufacturing of new materials; Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering; manufacturing engineering and society; and production planning. Among them, the topic “Manufacturing engineering and society” collected the highest number of contributions (representing 22%), followed by the topics “Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies”, “Industry 4.0”, and “Design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering” (each at 14%). The rest of the topics represent the remaining 35% of the contributions.

Consistency Management System Between Product Design and the Lifecycle

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Fukushige ◽  
Yuki Matsuyama ◽  
Eisuke Kunii ◽  
Yasushi Umeda
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Consistency Management ◽  
Management Scheme ◽  
Data Architecture ◽  
Structure Geometry ◽  
Resource Circulation ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
Lifecycle Design

Within the framework of sustainability in manufacturing industry, product lifecycle design is a key approach for constructing resource circulation systems of industrial products that drastically reduce environmental loads, resource consumption and waste generation. In such design, designers should consider both a product and its lifecycle from a holistic viewpoint, because the product’s structure, geometry, and other attributes are closely coupled with the characteristics of the lifecycle. Although product lifecycle management (PLM) systems integrate product data during its lifecycle into one data architecture, they do not focus on support for lifecycle design process. In other words, PLM does not provide explicit models for designing product lifecycles. This paper proposes an integrated model of a product and its lifecycle and a method for managing consistency between the two. For the consistency management, three levels of consistency (i.e., topological, geometric, and semantic) are defined. Based on this management scheme, the product lifecycle model allows designers to evaluate environmental, economic, and other performance of the designed lifecycle using lifecycle simulation.

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