In today's competitive market, design firms are under pressure to enhance the speed of their
decision-making processes to foster innovative products. Due to specialized nature of …

The large amount of available design information from different areas has become common
in most organizations. Under these conditions, there are difficulties in sharing and reusing …

The global manufacturing industry is entering an era of considerable growth and innovation
due to radical developments in advanced technologies. Knowledge remains crucial in …

Design efficiency has significant influence on a company s sustainable competitiveness.
Reusing part of the previous product design can undoubtedly improve design efficiency, and …

C reating an effective work environment and process is necessary for successful product
design and development. Literature and design managers explain their unique design …

The reality of knowledge management (KM) in companies joins in a multiplicity of ends and
situations. In the scientific literature, KM seems to appear as a sort of a more or less unified …

Product development process is a complex one due to the involvement of highly coupled
tasks and people over a certain period of time. So far there has been little success in …

Innovation is mandatory for the survival of industrial companies more than ever subjected to
competition. For this reason it is crucial to help the designers to innovate faster and more …

Abstract Knowledge management environments are being developed for product
development activities to help companies reuse their knowledge. This trend has been …

Engineering design is a knowledge-intensive process, including conceptual design, detailed
design, engineering analysis, assembly design, process design, and performance …