Purpose of this paper The paper presents an information architecture for managing product information during the whole lifecycle about "dumb" products as well as products that have their own processing capabilities. Real-life implementations presented show the technical feasibility of the architecture and attempt to illustrate the potential commercial impact. Design/methodology/approach As defi...

alloy steel, which is versatile in such qualities as grade, property and application, can play an important role in the technical and economic development of the country. the present consumption of the key industrial sector to this strategic material, specified basically as semi- finished products exceeds 100,000 tons per year. however, a rough estimation of the true potential needs, does clear...

From the innovative perspective of the products, the function model of products and analysis are the basis of formulation of the innovative design. In order to solve this typical engineering problem, a function model of an actuator of shearer was constructed. Based on the foundation of function model analysis, the main problems of actuator of shearer productivity were clarified. An expression o...

the objects do not exist alone and are material. they were produced by men, which integrates the social systems. an object can be formed by other objects but also into a broader technical ensemble. technically, they are in relationship with other data such as materials, sources and forms of energy, other objects surrounding them. historians of technology believe that making the history of produ...

This paper explores, if computer support provides benefits beyond facilitation, one of the kqs to success in GSS environments and one of the possible explanations of inconsistent GSS results. The analysis is based on an empirical study of 40 meetings with 360 participants in the Hohenheim CATeam Meeting Room. Teams of different size worked on an experimental task under one of three working cond...

A hierarchical search history for Web searching was developed based on user-centered design principles and was proposed to assist users in controlling a Web search process. Two experimental search engines and browsers were developed. One was based on currently available search engines and the other was based on the user-centered search history design. An experiment was conducted to test the eff...