Title :
Development of KBE system to support LeanPPD application
Author :
Sorli, M. ; Maksimovic, Milan ; Al-Ashaab, A. ; Sulowski, R. ; Shehab, E. ; Sopelana, A.
Author_Institution :
Tecnalia Res. & Innovation, Zamudio, Spain
Abstract :
Some efforts to achieve of a Lean Product development must be addressed formalizing and structuring the knowledge in such a way that any engineering decisions taken are based on proven knowledge and experience. Applying Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) throughout the design process can significantly enable the designer to focus more on innovations and to shorten the overall design process. To address this challenge, LeanPPD project, funded by the European Commission (NMP-2008-214090) has developed a systematic approach for knowledge acquisition, re-use and creation to enhance value creation based on proven knowledge enabling the application of lean thinking in product design and development. This approach is a novel Lean Knowledge Life Cycle (LeanKLC) methodology. The main objective of this paper is to present a working Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) system which showcases one possible use in product development of the aforementioned methodology. The content of the knowledge has been captured following the LeanKLC methodology. The KBE system allows design departments to make decisions based on previous projects knowledge and on proven technological domain knowledge. Finally, as this research is strongly industry oriented, this paper summarizes the implementation and testing of KBE system.
Keywords :
knowledge acquisition; knowledge management; lean production; product design; product development; production engineering computing; European Commission; KBE system; LeanKLC methodology; LeanPPD application; design process; knowledge acquisition; knowledge based engineering; knowledge creation; knowledge reuse; lean knowledge life cycle methodology; lean product development; lean thinking; product design; project knowledge; technological domain knowledge; value creation; Abstracts; Bonding; Design automation; Software; Spot welding; Knowledge Based Engineering; Lean Knowledge Life Cycle; Product Design and Development;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE), 2012 18th International ICE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2273-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2274-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICE.2012.6297671