Knowledge reuse in industrial practice: evaluation from implementing engineering checksheets in industry

Stenholm, Daniel; Catic, Amer; Bergsjö, Dag Henrik

doi:10.1017/dsj.2019.10

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“…This would facilitate searches for specific objects that do not require knowledge of which specific guideline contain the feature. Another suggestion is to divide the guidelines into thin slices of information, as proposed by Stenholm, et al [8]. In this way, the need of a specific function could be met by displaying a set of best-practice design features in a Set-based approach [10] that present the alternatives to the designers.…”

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“…Knowledge assets are of special interest to product developing companies because knowledge is the basis for the design of new products, processes and services. In this context, knowledge and learning serve as the basis for organizational development as stated by Stenholm, et al [8], who presents a framework for knowledge reuse in industrial practice. This is based on engineering checksheets that can be reused in the organization to facilitate creation codification, and transfer of knowledge.…”

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A Study of the Application of Design Assets in Product Development

Raudberget

Elgh

Lennartsson

et al. 2022

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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The introduction of product platforms has been acknowledged as a strategic enabler for increased business competitiveness. A vast body of research has described different aspects of platforms, but little work has been done on defining or delimiting the different types of elements that may build up a platform. Design assets include platform elements that are not commonly considered as a part of a platform. Previous research has suggested the introduction of formalized design assets to systematically extend an items-based platform with intangible elements. These are transdisciplinary objects, specifically prepared for reuse between projects to provide support for a wide range of engineering activities: specialized CAD geometry, working methods, spread sheets, function models or different types of knowledge representations, among others. The presented research is part of a larger project seeking to improve the collaboration between product development and manufacturing. This paper focuses on the use of potential and formal design assets at a development department of a global manufacturer of consumer products. The results show that the application of formal design assets depends on several factors, such as the level of professional experience and individual working styles. The contribution of the paper is a description of which formal and informal design assets that are used and a discussion on how the formal assets can be better utilized.

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A Study of the Application of Design Assets in Product Development

Raudberget

Elgh

Lennartsson

et al. 2022

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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“…This indicates that the DHAM may be useful in cross-cultural design situations and that significant changes to the DHAM are not needed for different cultures. Additionally, the ability to ‘play’ with an object may help the user of the DHAM understand the concept faster (Spallek & Krause 2017) and possibly help them retain the information longer (Golinkoff, Hirsh-Pasek, & Singer 2006). This is also supported by some of the statements in Table 7, in which the users indicate their ability to quickly recall the objects in the future through a small reminder, and in Table 5, in which some of the participants specifically mention liking to play with the objects.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast to Hamraz & Clarkson (2015), who carried out the evaluation of an engineering design method with 1 engineering company and 10 engineers, we report the evaluation of the DHAM with 3 companies and 19 engineers in total. It is not the goal of this research to make quantitative statements about the use of DHAM in industrial situations, but rather to take more of a case-study approach (Yin 2014), which is typical for assessments of design methods in industry (Albers et al 2019;Bertoni & Bertoni 2019;Sjögren et al 2019;Stenholm, Catic, & Bergsjö 2019;Dordlofva & Törlind 2020). In this section, the DHAM are first briefly reviewed.…”

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Industrial evaluation of design heuristics for additive manufacturing

Blösch-Paidosh

Shea

2022

Des. Sci.

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Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained prominence over the last 15 years and become a viable manufacturing option. Since there is great industrial interest to implement serial production of products using AM, the education of engineers in design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) is important today. DfAM extends on design for manufacturing to provide knowledge about the new design opportunities enabled by AM. A set of design heuristics for additive manufacturing (DHAM) to assist designers with conceptual-level DfAM has previously been proposed. In this paper, these DHAM are evaluated through workshops with 3 engineering companies and 19 engineers, in which the participants re-design existing company products for AM using the DHAM as an aid, and then give feedback. The DHAM are well received by the workshop participants, and they find that the DHAM are good for teaching others about the capabilities of AM, provide a checklist of items to consider to help avoid oversights, and encourage the generation of new ideas. Criticisms include the number of examples provided and the lack of information about how to implement the ideas concretely. It is also found that the DHAM fulfil 16 of 18 criteria for early design phase DfAM methods, identified in academic literature.

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“…These inconsistent findings have demonstrated the importance of examining potential moderators in the relationship between knowledge reuse and its actual performance from the level of the individual trait. Existing literature, however, has tested only the organizational-level and task-level moderators in this relationship (Stenholm et al , 2019; Szulanski, 2000; Stenholm and Bergsjö, 2020).…”

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Managing knowledge reuse: the duality of innovator personality

Zhao

Jiang

et al. 2022

JKM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights for managing knowledge reuse in terms of the duality of innovator personality. Continuously developing new products is crucial for firms to maintain and enhance their competitive advantages. However, the limited and highly specialized knowledge can cause innovators of firms to face difficulties in the process of new product development (NPD). In this setting, knowledge reuse becomes a solution that may benefit innovators to overcome the innovation dilemma. Given the fact that innovators with different personality are likely to form incongruent cognitions and affection on knowledge reuse, thus subsequently affecting the performance of NPD, there is an urgent need to investigate the effects of innovator personality in the entire process of knowledge reuse. Design/methodology/approach This paper exploits five-factor model (FFM) of personality to comprehensively investigate the dual effects of innovator personality in managing knowledge reuse based on the two distinct sets of knowledge reuse initiation and implementation. Findings By using the data from 981 innovators of knowledge-intensive firms in China, this study finds that the FFM traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness had opposing effects on initiation and implementation of knowledge reuse. While the FFM traits of emotional stability and openness to experience both positively affect the knowledge reuse initiation and implementation. Moreover, the FFM traits of extraversion benefit the shaping of knowledge reuse initiation whereas encumbering the implementation of knowledge reuse. Originality/value First, this study reveals the different roles of cognitive and affective traits of personality in shaping knowledge reuse. Second, this study exposes the role of innovator personality in determining the performance effects of knowledge reuse implementation. Third, this study highlights the dual effects of innovator personality in managing knowledge reuse. This study offers evidence for arranging the innovators with appropriate FFM traits in various stages of knowledge reuse.

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Knowledge reuse in industrial practice: evaluation from implementing engineering checksheets in industry

Cited by 35 publications

References 44 publications

A Study of the Application of Design Assets in Product Development

A Study of the Application of Design Assets in Product Development

Industrial evaluation of design heuristics for additive manufacturing

Managing knowledge reuse: the duality of innovator personality

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