A model for collaborative technologies in manufacturing

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2003

Abstract

Groupware or collaborative systems allow a team to interact in a shared workspace despite geographical separation or diverse schedules. Current collaborative integrated manufacturing systems tend to focus on the design stage of the development process. However, design is only one stage of standard frameworks for problem-solving-based development, which typically include a more comprehensive set of stages from problem formulation, planning and design to testing and deployment. Problem solving methodologies and tools, originally developed for single-user environments, can be extended to multi-user collaborative problem solving models and systems. This paper considers the characteristics of existing collaborative systems in manufacturing and then proposes a methodology-based, object-oriented view of the structure of such systems, which also addresses such factors as the effect of distributed cognition and social protocols. We then show that existing research on both individual and collaborative problem solving models pertinent to groupware systems theory, as well as work on the effect of factors such as group cognition, group psychology, sociology and team dynamics, support this approach to the design of collaborative manufacturing environments.

Identifier

0142185192 (Scopus)

Publication Title

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192031000089246

ISSN

0951192X

First Page

357

Last Page

371

Issue

4-5

Volume

16

Grant

01-801020-02

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