A Proposal on Knowledge Transfer Method for Production Process

Abstract

In the design of production processes in the manufacturing industry, it is necessary to transfer the defect investigation knowledge, which is the empirical knowledge of experienced workers, to beginners. Leonard and Swap pointed out the importance of acquiring empirical knowledge through experimental learning. However, they have not clarified the explicit empirical knowledge representation method and the experimental learning method. If the experimental learning process cannot be clarified, the knowledge transfer from experts to beginners is difficult.In this paper, we propose a double loop experimental knowledge transfer (DLEKT) method consists of trial experience of novices and advises of experts for investigating defects in the production process. In addition, we clarify the effectiveness of the proposed method by describing a sample learning process with DLEKT. In addition, we will discuss future research.