This research study deals with the early design and planning of manufacturing systems,
following a knowledge reuse approach. The proposed approach introduces a knowledge …

Even though knowledge management has been a subject of research for a long time,
management of through-life engineering service knowledge (SK) has started getting more …

Assembly instructions is an important means for supporting operator performance in final
assembly. An operator at a production line, whether experienced or novice, will encounter …

To manage high product variety many companies empower their operators. Reaching the
benefits of that is connected to successfully distributing role allotments and work tasks in the …

Managing production complexity in final assembly includes understanding and supporting
the operators cognitive processes. In this paper three models for information handling and …

Production complexity affects quality, reliability, performance and production time. Due to the
high complexity in final assembly, manual assembly is used to handle the high product …

This paper addresses the problem of modeling, integrating and utilizing existing knowledge
for the designing of cooperating robots assembly cells. A knowledge-enabled approach is …

To predict system performance, understanding what affects operator performance and
productivity is important. This notion was tested in a LEGO experiment including 40 students …

Technical knowledge and experience are intangible assets crucial for competitiveness.
Knowledge is particularly important when it comes to complex design activities such as the …

In order to meet the challenges of future complex systems, manufacturing companies need
to better understand how social sustainability affects the operator. One way of studying this …