Challenges and Opportunities in Capturing Design Knowledge

Lehtonen, Timo; Halonen, Nillo; Pakkanen, Jarkko; Juuti, Tero; Huhtala, Petri

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“…In this phase, the targets from the business environment are set. In step three, the knowledge of the product and its design is used to communicate how the product fulfills its stated goalsFigure 6 shows the simplified design reasoning pattern (DRP) [37] chart from Case Study 1. The boxes at the top of Figure 6 show the final goals of the technology from the perspective of sustainability (safety, profit, and environment, in this example), which were defined in steps one and two of the TVM.…”

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Technology Valuation Method for Supporting Knowledge Management in Technology Decisions to Gain Sustainability

2019

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New technologies have major effects on the profitability of companies and the economic growth of society. If appropriate technologies can be routinely selected, then it is possible to achieve sustainability at a company level. Knowledge management (KM) can be used to support technology decision making and give an understanding of the potential of particular technologies in a specific business environment. In this study, the design research methodology (DRM) is used with three case studies in an industry environment to develop and evaluate a novel technology valuation method (TVM). The proposed six-step TVM focuses on the acquisition, modeling, and validation of product-related knowledge to support KM related to technology decisions. The contribution of this research is to use distinctions between product properties and behaviors with a disposition toward understanding the potential of technology. During the process, tacit knowledge is made visible and documented, which supports the reliability of technology decisions and enables companies to gain sustainability.

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“…The concept of shared understanding is also relevant to design reuse and knowledge retrieval (Lehtonen et al 2015); there must be agreement and a mutual view regarding what elements are designed to be reusable and how and why. If engineers lack a shared terminology and the metadata are not coherent, then the search itself may require more effort than simply redesigning a reusable module option.…”

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Identifying and addressing challenges in the engineering design of modular systems – case studies in the manufacturing industry

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Lehtonen

2018

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This paper focuses on the engineering design of modular systems in the manufacturing industry, in which companies can benefit from modular and configurable products that fulfil a variety of customer needs. The purpose of this paper is to study the types of challenges faced in the engineering design of modular systems and the types of support needed to address these challenges. The topic is studied via a literature review and seven industrial case studies. The analysis method for the case studies combines engineering and business perspectives. The engineering perspective highlights engineering concepts related to designing modular systems, while the business perspective focuses on related managerial issues. We find that the studied companies emphasised different aspects of modular system development, despite having similar high-level goals related to the benefits of modularity and design reuse. We also identify several challenges, along with the need for support related to the engineering design of modular systems in the manufacturing industry. Current engineering design practices related to modular systems are not sufficient to generate the typical benefits related to modularity and design reuse; organisations must also focus on other aspects of the design process, such as knowledge retrieval. ARTICLE HISTORY KEYWORDSDesign reuse; product variety management; modularity and standardisation; engineering design in industry; knowledge and information management CONTACT Jarkko Pakkanen jarkko.pakkanen@tut.fi

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“…This paper addresses this challenge by using a real-life case study of an industrial company in which product design knowledge is integrated using a tool called the Design Reasoning Pattern (DRP, Lehtonen et al, 2016). The reallife case study shows how the DRP could facilitate determining factual possibilities and realizing purposeful communication.…”

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Communicating design knowledge to support technology management in the manufacturing industry:

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The aim of this paper is to the advance pragmatic constructivist understanding about communication in the productdevelopment context. In particular, the paper provides new understanding about how proactive truth about designknowledge can be constructed and communicated within product development actors. The paper shows how companyrepresentatives in the manufacturing environment, e.g., managers and engineers can together understand the customervalue-creation mechanisms of a specific product and integrate their expert knowledge into visual form. Building thecollective understanding requires communication between these actors. Ultimately, the actors may be able to construct auseful proactive truth about related business potentials and thereby support technology management in the productdevelopment context.

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Challenges and Opportunities in Capturing Design Knowledge

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Technology Valuation Method for Supporting Knowledge Management in Technology Decisions to Gain Sustainability

Technology Valuation Method for Supporting Knowledge Management in Technology Decisions to Gain Sustainability

Identifying and addressing challenges in the engineering design of modular systems – case studies in the manufacturing industry

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