Externalization of Individual Knowledge and Utilization as Organizational Knowledge in Design and Development : Applying to the Modeling Knowledge Providing System in Rapid Prototyping

Abstract

We have developed a SmartPrototyping^[○!R] which is remote-control modeling system with rapid prototyping equipment. In order to be operated the rapid prototyping equipment like skilled person by every designer over a network, it was necessary to develop the system which shared the knowledge of the skilled person. Then, we examined how to extract individual knowledge at real or virtual field (Ba), and how to convert individual knowledge into organizational knowledge based on SECI model which is one of the knowledge creation theory. This way was applied to developing the Modeling Knowledge Providing System of SmartPrototyping^[○!R].