Open AccessCommunicating design knowledge to support technology management in the manufacturing industry:
Author(s) -
Janne Mämmelä,
Tuomas Korhonen,
Tero Juuti,
Pasi Julkunen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proceedings of pragmatic constructivism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2246-2821
DOI - 10.7146/propracon.v9i1.113925
Subject(s) - knowledge management , construct (python library) , context (archaeology) , product (mathematics) , computer science , new product development , process management , business , marketing , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , biology , programming language
The aim of this paper is to the advance pragmatic constructivist understanding about communication in the productdevelopment context. In particular, the paper provides new understanding about how proactive truth about designknowledge can be constructed and communicated within product development actors. The paper shows how companyrepresentatives in the manufacturing environment, e.g., managers and engineers can together understand the customervalue-creation mechanisms of a specific product and integrate their expert knowledge into visual form. Building thecollective understanding requires communication between these actors. Ultimately, the actors may be able to construct auseful proactive truth about related business potentials and thereby support technology management in the productdevelopment context.