MANAGING ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIAL MACHINE DESIGN COMPANIES

Pierre-Emmanuel Vinand, Franck Pourroy, Guy Prudhomme, François Villeneuve

2009

Abstract

This paper deals with Knowledge Management (KM) in the specific industrial context of special machine design. Our purpose is to study how relevant a KM approach in such an environment is. The theoretical background highlights the concept of crucial knowledge and the codification and personalisation strategies. From a field study, we show the existence of recurrences and experts in special machine engineering design, justifying a KM approach. We also put forword a condition to make this approach effective: the existence of a device enabling experts to work collaboratively.

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in Harvard Style

Vinand P., Pourroy F., Prudhomme G. and Villeneuve F. (2009). MANAGING ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIAL MACHINE DESIGN COMPANIES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-013-9, pages 123-128. DOI: 10.5220/0002284501230128


in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis09,
author={Pierre-Emmanuel Vinand and Franck Pourroy and Guy Prudhomme and François Villeneuve},
title={MANAGING ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIAL MACHINE DESIGN COMPANIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={123-128},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002284501230128},
isbn={978-989-674-013-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2009)
TI - MANAGING ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIAL MACHINE DESIGN COMPANIES
SN - 978-989-674-013-9
AU - Vinand P.
AU - Pourroy F.
AU - Prudhomme G.
AU - Villeneuve F.
PY - 2009
SP - 123
EP - 128
DO - 10.5220/0002284501230128