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- Bergström, Mattias, et al.
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Needs as a basis for design rationale
- 2008
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Ingår i: Design 2008. - Zagreb : University of Zagreb. - 9789536313891 ; , s. 281-288
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study is based on data from a Swedish real-life industrial product development project for e-health care of elderly. The purpose in the paper is to discuss identification of user needs. Information about the elderly is transferred in recurrent meetings. Besides the perception that these meetings occupy time which could be spent giving care, the nurses find it problematic to convey such information to substitutes, as well as they have to rely on their memory. In this case, a Dictaphone device was a solution. Reports on practical activities of identifying user needs and how they affect decisions in product development are limited; one contribution of this paper is insights into such a case
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- Boart, Patrik, et al.
(författare)
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Multidisciplinary design tool for conceptual design and evaluation
- 2005
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Ingår i: 15th International Conference on Engineering Design - ICED 05. - Barton : Institution of Engineers, Australia.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The actual product ownership often remains with the manufacturer as functional (total care) products emerge in aerospace business agreements. The business risk is then transferred to the manufacturer why downstream knowledge needs to be available in the concept phase to consider all product life cycle aspects. The aim of this work is to study how a multidisciplinary design tool can be used to embed downstream processes for conceptual design and evaluation allowing simulation of life cycle properties. A knowledge enabled engineering approach was used to capture the engineering activities for design and evaluation of jet engine component flanges. For every design change, cost of manufacturing operations, maintenance and performance aspects can be directly assessed. The design tool assures that the engineering activities are performed accordingly to company design specification which creates a better control over the process quality. It also creates a better understanding enabling the engineers to optimize the concept in real time from an overall product life cycle view. The new tool will be the base for optimize the total product system and will be used not only between companies but also between product development departments in large global companies.
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- Ericson, Åsa, et al.
(författare)
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Knowledge exchange challenges within the extended enterprise
- 2005
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Ingår i: 15th International Conference on Engineering Design - ICED 05. - Melbourne, Australia : Institution of Engineers, Australia.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The notion of functional products changes the existing relationship between manufacturing companies. The integration of hardware, software and services in functional products calls for close collaboration with companies having complementary skills. When employees from different companies are involved, strategic resources such as knowledge are shared. From an engineering design perspective, knowledge sharing supported by software systems are useful, though it seems like functional product development insists on integrating multifunctional skills and this is likely to affect the design of software systems. The objective in this paper is to explore knowledge sharing challenges between manufacturing companies, striving to create close functional product collaboration, and hence understand aspects in the design of software systems. In this paper the focus is on Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) systems, these are considered to be internal engineering specific tools, while collaboration and need for knowledge sharing calls for coupled KBE systems between partners. In this context, knowledge sharing challenges within the extended enterprise are recognised to issues about who to trust and what and how to share. This affects how tightly coupled KBE systems can be. In general, this paper contributes to the ongoing discussion concerning collaboration issues in concurrent engineering design, but especially to the overall understanding of what new demands on KBE systems that are motivated by functional product collaboration.
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- Ericson, Åsa, et al.
(författare)
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Manufacturing knowledge : Going from production of things to designing value in use
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technologies. - : IOS Press. - 1872-4981 .- 1875-8843. ; 9:1, s. 79-89
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new vision in manufacturing is to develop product-service integrated value solutions. Today, few firms have fully realized this vision because they are not able to support the reasoning in the early stages of design. The purpose of this paper is to discuss engineers' cognitive challenge when replacing the core product rationale with value logic. The paper problematizes engineering design by dividing knowledge into the categories technically constructed (explicit) and socially constructed (tacit). In doing so, this study contributes the assumed effects of a perspective shift that could guide the development of computational tools.
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- Ericson, Åsa, et al.
(författare)
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Prompting innovation : dedicated places
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings. - : Luleå tekniska universitet. ; , s. 161-173
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In our view, close collaboration in joint work meetings has gained limited attention from universities. Our vision for promoting innovative forms of academia-industry collaboration is to bridging meeting content, goal and physical domains to facilitate the meetings and everyday interactions of creative and innovative teams. This paper provides an outline of how an emerging approach for team innovation encourages a reorganization of research and development work, as well as provides a new rational for the design and use of collaborative work spaces. The opportunity to dedicate a room, i.e., a boiler room, for creative collaborative meetings occurred when our offices was going to be refurbished. The space, i.e., the physical constraints of the room, was given. Structurally, it is a typical squared room, nothing remarkable about that. However, by observing and talking about our own collaboration and meetings a set of needs was identified. For the boiler room these needs was captured in the words static and flexible. On the foundation of these words the boiler room has been furnish. A furniture FocIn-FocOut was designed to guide people into different modes. The rationale for the boiler room has been made visible and thereby, also the notion of place as a cultural phenomena.
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- Håkansson, Anders, et al.
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Communicating the realization process during technology implementation
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technologies. - 1872-4981 .- 1875-8843. ; 9:1, s. 55-65
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- New technology implies improved efficiency. This potential is not always realized. It has been observed that implementation of new technology within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, (SMEs), is not as widely spread as it could be. There are several likely grounds for this, e.g. difficulties to keep up to date on the latest technology, financial grounds due to expensive technology and uncertainty regarding what gain one would get from the new technology. Looking at technology implementation, a major part of the failed implementation attempts are caused by non-technological reasons, such as organizational and human reasons. Visualizing the expected result and also the implementation process to the SME prior to the actual implementation, the communication is much more direct and the actions the SME has to perform before, during and after the implementation is made clear. When implementing new technology, the information process is crucial. This paper discusses the value of communicating the entire process and the results thereof when evaluating a technology for eventual implementation. The results is viewed in two ways, first the realization of the products whether they meet the needs of the companies or not, second the actual realization process is developed and analysed to suit each company.
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- Håkansson, Anders, et al.
(författare)
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Discussing the role of the physical model in intra-cognitive communication
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference of Cognitive Infocommunications. - Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Communications Society. - 9781467351874 - 9781467351867 ; , s. 505-509
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In industry today, many different tools and methods using 3D technology are used to create virtual prototypes or products. These tools are excellent for their purpose and offer great possibilities. However, even using these tools, some things are hard to transfer and examine within them. This paper gives you two examples of cases where organic objects are used as an original and then transferred into the digital world. Physical prototypes were used in both cases and the paper explains what they added in addition to the digital 3D-models.
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- Larsson, Tobias, et al.
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Project: NeedInn - Behovsdriven produktutveckling inom e-hälsa
- 2006
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Huvudsyftet med NeedInn är att det påbörjar processen med att skapa en plattform för ett regionalt innovationssystem inom hälso- och sjukvården där näringslivet, forskningen samt samhället tillsammans och fokuserat skapar kritisk massa och förutsättningar för ekonomisk tillväxt.
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- Nergård, Henrik, et al.
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Challenges for experience feedback in engineering design
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009. - New York : American Society of Mechanical Engineers. - 9780791848999 ; , s. 835-842
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper empirical finding from a study conducted at an aerospace company is compared to theory regarding Experience Feedback (EF), Lessons Learned (LL) and Decision Making (DM). The purpose with the study was to examine how EF within the organization was conducted and what problems and possibilities that was seen. A qualitative approach was taken and interviews and a workshop was conducted. The empirical findings show that EF exist on different levels within the organization but current feedback processes are currently leaning more towards archiving and storing than knowledge sharing and learning. Also passive dissemination approaches are mostly used whereas active dissemination within the correct context is needed The aim with this paper is to discuss issues and empirical findings that should be considered when creating work methods and systems that support learning by EF and LL dissemination.
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- Nergård, Henrik, et al.
(författare)
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Changes in present product design : opportunities for industrial oriented research
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications. - Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Communications Society. - 9781467351874 ; , s. 499-503
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The manufacturing industry applies approaches in early development stages, i.e. product design, that heavily relies on computer support. The concept of Knowledge Based Engineering systems could represent this approach. However an ongoing trend in manufacturing industry to increase the service contents in their offerings is commonly captured beneath the umbrella term Product-Service Systems (PSS). The paper discusses conceptual examples for changes in product design caused by this increased PSS focus. The examples given are brief descriptions of different demonstrators developed in research projects focusing on PSS and product development in early phases. Examples include a discussion how companies shift from single company to becoming inter-organizational partners, how intangible knowledge, and information in the design process can be made tangible and how companies and engineers shift focus from knowledge transfer to sharing experiences
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