| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R26757/01 |
| Title: |
Distributed and Collaborative Product Development and Manufacturing Knowledge Management |
| Principal Investigator: |
Maropoulos, Professor PG |
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| Department: |
Engineering and Computing Sciences |
| Organisation: |
Durham, University of |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
15 October 2001 |
Ends: |
14 October 2004 |
Value (£): |
189,362
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Design Engineering |
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Construction |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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This is a collaborative research project between the School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science of Cranfield University and the School of Engineering of Durham University. The main aim of this project is to investigate methods for the effective management of the Internet-based process of communicating new product requirements and manufacturing performance evaluations from the critical, early stages of product development throughout the product life cycle. Key elements are the development of methods for utilizing initial design data in an effective manner and the capturing and representation of manufacturing knowledge. The principal research hypothesis is that the present disconnect in the early stages of communicating concepts and potential manufacturing scenarios could be bridged by the synthesis of internet-based PDM and enterprise IT systems with novel techniques for aggregate factory modelling and knowledge management. The novelty of the project is t4vo-fold; (i) the definition of generic product knowledge models for th early stages of product development that can also support the rapid translation of designs into analyzable forms (aggregate product models) and (ii) the development of manufacturing knowledge representation and management methods that are embedded in the aggregate factory model and are Internet and PDM compatible. The project is relevant to a wide range of industry sectors and the potential benefits include improved quality of design and production decisions and increased front-end responsiveness, allowing companies to take full advantage of emerging e-business models.
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