Organizational knowledge encapsulation and re-use in collaborative product development

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 736-750

  Cheung, W M ^a   Bramall, D G ^a   Maropoulos, P G ^b   Gao, J X ^c   Aziz, H ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative product development; Manufacturing know how; Ontology; Organizational knowledge based system; Product data management

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; XML;

COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING KNOW-HOW; ONTOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33745667785     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920500504479     Document Type: Article

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