Bridging the gap - From process related documentation to an integrated process and application knowledge management in micro systems technology

Abstract

Knowledge about the relations between process steps or dependencies of materials, technologies, designs, tools and machines is mostly stored in the product developers mind. The same effect takes place when one talks about product related knowledge and the referring technological requirements It is lost if the person leaves the company. The following paper describes a knowledge management approach for a product independent description of Micro System processes and presents a software prototype for decision support in early product development phases. © 2008 International Federation for Information Processing.