Knowledge Maintenance in Knowledge-Based Product Development Systems

Knowledge-Based Product Development Systems (KBPDS) are important tools for obtaining a competitive advantage and leverage using what the company “knows”. An important characteristic of a KBPDS is providing the right knowledge to the right people at the right time in the right format, therefore structuring and maintaining knowledge within the KBPDS is critical for the future. This paper focuses on research concerned with knowledge maintenance using a manufacturing information models infrastructure in an integrated product development system.