From Product Data to Product Data and Knowledge Management - Requirements and Research Perspective

As a subgroup within the Esprit Working Group 21108, Integration in Manufacturing and Beyond (IiMB), the authors are concerned with the management of product related data and knowledge in the extended enterprise considering the paradigm of the learning organisation. The focus of the work is on concepts, approaches and methods for capture, maintenance, management and use of data and knowledge about products covering the whole life cycle from idea generation, via product and process design to operation and recycling of a product. This working paper reports on our current understanding of the problems and requirements of product data and knowledge management in the extended enterprise.