An investigation is reported on the importance of integrating sustainability with
manufacturing and design, along with other objectives such as function, competitiveness …

This paper provides an overview of some of the issues in knowledge management related to
the sharing of knowledge in new product development. Previous research and concepts …

Product design is a highly involved, often ill-defined, complex and iterative process, and the
needs and specifications of the required artifact get more refined only as the design process …

The field of Design Theory and Methodology has a rich collection of research results that
has been taught at educational institutions as well as applied to design practices. First, this …

Manufacturing enterprises are changing the way they behave in the market to face the
increasing complexity of the economic, socio-political and technological dynamics …

The paper discusses manufacturing enterprises' compelling challenges that are directly
stemming from generic conflicts between competition and cooperation, local autonomy and …

Mass customization (MC) is one of the leading strategies used in production industries in
today's market filled with competition. MC is an oxymoron of controlling production costs and …

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art methodologies for automating design with intelligent
human–machine integration from the perspectives of ontology and epistemology. The …

Wissensmanagement wird in Zeiten der Digitalisierung zu einem unverzichtbaren
Handlungsfeld, um Wettbewerbsvorteile zu entwickeln und zu gestalten. Dieses Lehr-und …

Manufacturing flexibility is seen as the main mechanism for surviving in the present market
environment. Companies acquire systems with a high degree of flexibility to cope with …