An Integrated Open Approach to Capturing Systematic Knowledge for Manufacturing Process Innovation Based on Collective Intelligence

• Published in: Applied sciences 2018-03, Vol.8 (3), p.340
• Main Authors: Wang, Gangfeng, Hu, Yongbiao, Tian, Xitian, Geng, Junhao, Hu, Gailing, Zhang, Min
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cognition; Collaboration; collective intelligence; Complex systems; computer-aided innovation; Developed countries; Developing countries; Economic development; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Environmental protection; Global economy; Innovations; Integrated approach; Intelligence; Knowledge management; Knowledge organization; knowledge-based engineering; LDCs; Manufacturing; manufacturing process innovation; Mechanical engineering; open innovation; Optimization; Problem solving; Sustainable development; Web 2.0
• ISSN: 2076-3417; 2076-3417
• DOI: 10.3390/app8030340

Because the structure of the world economy has undergone significant changes, with demand for energy saving and environmental protection becoming increasingly urgent [8,9,10], developing countries need to transform and upgrade their manufacturing industries with process innovation to reduce energy consumption and achieve sustainable development; developed countries, accordingly, are trying to guide and accelerate the global return of manufacturing industries by means of process innovation [11,12]. [...]manufacturing process innovation is a cross-industry and interdisciplinary type of complex system engineering, which requires not only domain experts with multidisciplinary knowledge, but also technical or management personnel of manufacturing sites with process know-how [14,19]. [...]our goal in this research work is to construct an open knowledge capture approach, which can obtain structured, formalized, and systematic innovation knowledge from open environments and thus support manufacturing process problem-solving. Problem solving is a complex intellectual activity based on high-order cognition, and innovative problem solving is considered to be the process of overcoming at least one obstacle that impedes the achievement of the desired goal [52]. [...]the problem-solving of process innovation actually mainly includes analysis and formulation of process problems, process conflict extraction and resolution, detailed design of process innovation schemes, and evaluation and optimization of the scheme.