Title :
Information infrastructure for innovative product design in SCM using semantic TRIZ
Author :
Paik, Incheon ; Kim, Kyubo ; Park, Wonhee ; Komiya, Ryohei
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
Supply chain management (SCM) is a promising management strategy in enterprises for knowledge management, electronic (e-) business and commerce. In the supply chain process, the initial product planning and design stages play a crucial role in saving money and time in the production process. In particular, innovative design for improving a product makes enterprises more competitive. Innovation can be enhanced by constructing the information infrastructure to consider four attributes of the product: cost, quality, function and technology [10]. Extracting innovative design considerations for a product from the information infrastructure requires large knowledge bases and solutions to technical contradictions. The theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ) supports designers for innovative product design, but can require machine searching of large databases. We describe the construction of the TRIZ ontology and its application to the information infrastructure for product design in the SCM process. We show that TRIZ can automatically treat and share enormous amounts of information through its ontology. We can therefore deduce and suggest versatile alternatives to produce innovative products in the SCM process. This may open up new possibilities to design innovative products.
Keywords :
database management systems; ontologies (artificial intelligence); planning; problem solving; product design; supply chain management; TRIZ; cost attribute; database machine search; electronic business; electronic commerce; enterprise management strategy; function attribute; information infrastructure; innovation; innovative product design; knowledge management; ontology; product design stage; product planning stage; quality attribute; supply chain management; technology attribute; theory of inventive problem solving; Global Positioning System; Production; Information infrastructure; Ontology; Semantic Web; Supply chain management; TRIZ;
Conference_Titel :
Awareness Science and Technology (iCAST), 2011 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0887-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICAwST.2011.6163084