The need for capturing knowledge in the digital form in design, process planning, production, and inspection has increasingly become an issue in manufacturing industries as the variety and complexity of product lifecycle applications increase. Both knowledge and data need to be well managed for quality assurance, lifecycle impact assessment, and design improvement. Some technical barriers exist today that inhibit industry from fully utilizing design, planning, processing, and inspection knowledge. The primary barrier is a lack of a well-accepted mechanism that enables users to integrate data and knowledge. This paper prescribes knowledge management to address a lack of mechanisms for integrating, sharing, and updating domain-specific knowledge in smart manufacturing (SM). Aspects of the knowledge constructs include conceptual design, detailed design, process planning, material property, production, and inspection. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a methodology on what knowledge manufacturing organizations access, update, and archive in the context of SM. The case study in this paper provides some example knowledge objects to enable SM.
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September 2017
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Toward Knowledge Management for Smart Manufacturing
Shaw C. Feng,
Shaw C. Feng
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: shaw.feng@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: shaw.feng@nist.gov
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William Z. Bernstein,
William Z. Bernstein
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: william.bernstein@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
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Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Thomas Hedberg, Jr.,
Thomas Hedberg, Jr.
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: thomas.hedberg@nist.gov
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National Institute of Standards and Technology,
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Allison Barnard Feeney
Allison Barnard Feeney
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: allison.barnardfeeney@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Shaw C. Feng
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: shaw.feng@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: shaw.feng@nist.gov
William Z. Bernstein
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: william.bernstein@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: william.bernstein@nist.gov
Thomas Hedberg, Jr.
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: thomas.hedberg@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: thomas.hedberg@nist.gov
Allison Barnard Feeney
Systems Integration Division,
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: allison.barnardfeeney@nist.gov
Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8260,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
e-mail: allison.barnardfeeney@nist.gov
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Computers and Information Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING. Manuscript received August 22, 2016; final manuscript received June 20, 2017; published online July 24, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Yong Chen.
This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. Sep 2017, 17(3): 031016 (9 pages)
Published Online: July 24, 2017
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August 22, 2016
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June 20, 2017
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Feng, S. C., Bernstein, W. Z., Hedberg, T., , Jr., and Barnard Feeney, A. (July 24, 2017). "Toward Knowledge Management for Smart Manufacturing." ASME. J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. September 2017; 17(3): 031016. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037178
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