Knowledge management for consumer focused product design

As firms adopt a consumer focus with a mass customization strategy, it is essential to conduct early product design trade-off analysis among competing objectives of increased product variety, shorter product lifecycles, and smaller lot sizes. This paper proposes a knowledge management approach integ...

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Published inProceedings World Automation Congress, 2004 Vol. 18; pp. 359 - 364
Main Authors Chandra, C., Kamrani, A.K.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2004
Subjects
Decision making
Environmental management
Flexible manufacturing systems
Intelligent networks
Knowledge management
Manufacturing processes
Mass customizable product design
Mass customization
Ontologies
ontology based supply chain modeling
Product design
Supply chains
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Summary:As firms adopt a consumer focus with a mass customization strategy, it is essential to conduct early product design trade-off analysis among competing objectives of increased product variety, shorter product lifecycles, and smaller lot sizes. This paper proposes a knowledge management approach integrating capabilities for intelligent information support and group decision-making, utilizing a common enterprise network model and knowledge interface through shared ontologies.
ISBN:9781889335216
1889335215
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4419-9015-0_9