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Knowledge Management is a broad, critical and strategic issue for all companies. Indeed, knowledge is the key to competitiveness, for today’s competitive business environment requires reactivity, flexibility, agility and innovation. While knowledge itself is difficult to measure, it manifests itself in improved products, technologies and businesses. Four years ago, based on the experience of many leading experts worldwide, CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering) decided to prepare and structure a proposal for a Network of Excellence. The European Community agreed to fund this NoE, with the aim of building a "Knowledge Community in Production." This aim was achievable because the NoE partners represented the most important universities in Europe and had strong partnerships with laboratories in distant locations, such as Japan, Australia, South Africa and the USA. This book provides an understanding of what knowledge is and of why it is one of the most strategic issues in future manufacturing competitiveness, which will be based primarily on high-level technologies and innovative products. The collective experience that contributed to the publication of this book is unique in that it is based on 34 complementary contributions that represent the state of affairs and current topics in Knowledge Management today. The book describes fundamental Knowledge Management concepts, methods and tools as well as concrete experiences which are presented and discussed. The specific European context and some sample cases from European manufacturing knowledge sharing also provide original added value to the book.

Production engineering. --- Production engineering --- Knowledge management. --- Knowledge management --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Management of knowledge assets --- Management --- Information technology --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- Engineering design. --- Industrial engineering. --- Engineering economy. --- Information technology. --- Engineering Design. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- IT in Business. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Design, Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Design --- Engineering economics. --- Business—Data processing. --- Application software. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software

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Product life cycle design – Generating sustainable product life cycles explains the importance of a holistic long-term planning and management approach to reaching a maximum product benefit over the entire life cycle. The paradigm of thinking in product life cycles supports manufacturers in shaping successful products. The book promotes various methods and tools for life cycle management and merges them into an integrated planning approach. In this monograph Europe’s leading academic experts in the field of life cycle management have consolidated their expertise. Readers will learn about different tools and methods for life cycle modelling and digital information support. Industrial examples show how a consistent product data management with closed-loop information cycles enables manufacturers to activate the hidden performance potentials of their products and in their production lines. In this respect Product life cycle design also illustrates the benefits of a networked production including integrated product service systems and innovative business models, and presents methods for evaluating the economic and ecological impacts of life cycle design, highlighting them with practical examples. The book addresses professionals as well as researchers and students from the field of life cycle management. Practitioners and researchers pursuing life cycle excellence will benefit from the comprehensive coverage of methods and various examples from industry.

Design, Industrial -- Environmental aspects. --- Product life cycle. --- Sustainable design. --- Product life cycle --- Sustainable design --- Design, Industrial --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Marketing & Sales --- Environmental aspects --- Industrial design --- Environmental aspects. --- Green design --- Life cycle, Product --- Manufactures --- Life cycle --- Engineering. --- Information technology. --- Business --- Design. --- Industrial design. --- Engineering design. --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Engineering economics. --- Engineering economy. --- Engineering Design. --- Industrial Design. --- Design, general. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- IT in Business. --- Data processing. --- Design --- Marketing --- Product management --- Architectural design. --- Design and construction. --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Structural design --- Design, Engineering --- Strains and stresses --- Business—Data processing. --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

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Materials sciences --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Plant and equipment --- Production management --- Programming --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) --- milieubeleid --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- machines --- afval --- CAD (computer aided design)

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Product life cycle design - Generating sustainable product life cycles explains the importance of a holistic long-term planning and management approach to reaching a maximum product benefit over the entire life cycle. The paradigm of thinking in product life cycles supports manufacturers in shaping successful products. The book promotes various methods and tools for life cycle management and merges them into an integrated planning approach. In this monograph Europe's leading academic experts in the field of life cycle management have consolidated their expertise. Readers will learn about different tools and methods for life cycle modelling and digital information support. Industrial examples show how a consistent product data management with closed-loop information cycles enables manufacturers to activate the hidden performance potentials of their products and in their production lines. In this respect Product life cycle design also illustrates the benefits of a networked production including integrated product service systems and innovative business models, and presents methods for evaluating the economic and ecological impacts of life cycle design, highlighting them with practical examples. The book addresses professionals as well as researchers and students from the field of life cycle management. Practitioners and researchers pursuing life cycle excellence will benefit from the comprehensive coverage of methods and various examples from industry.

Industrial economics --- Materials sciences --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Production management --- Information systems --- ICT (informatie- en communicatietechnieken) --- bedrijfseconomie --- DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) --- informatiesystemen --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- informatica management --- industriële marketing --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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The 33 papers presented in this book were selected from amongst the 97 papers presented during the sixth edition of the International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering during 28 sessions. Two keynote papers, one presented by Professor Stephen Lu, from the IMPACT Research Laboratory, University of Southern California, USA, on “Supporting participative joint decisions in integrated design and manufacturing teams”, and one written by Professor Stefan Rudolph from Stuttgart University about “Know-How Reuse in the conceptual design phase of complex engineering products or: ‘Are you still constructing manually or do you generate already automatically”, introduce the subject of the Conference and are followed by the different themes highlighted during the conference: The design/manufacturing interface; Integrated design of manufacturing processes; Life cycle design and manufacturing approaches; Agility in design and manufacture; Knowledge in engineering; and Management in production systems.

Engineering. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- Industrial Design. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Computer aided design. --- Architectural design. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Industrial engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Conception assistée par ordinateur --- Design architectural --- Génie mécanique --- Génie industriel --- Architecture and society. --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical engineering --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Computer-aided engineering. --- Industrial design. --- Computational intelligence. --- Production engineering. --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Design, Industrial --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Design --- CAE --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Data processing --- CAD (Computer-aided design) --- Computer-assisted design --- Computer-aided engineering --- Structural design