Knowledge enterprise: intelligent strategies in product design, manufacturing, and management : proceedings of PROLAMAT 2006, IFIP TC5 international conference, June 15-17, 2006, Shanghai, China - 207

This volume contains the edited technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. The papers collected here concentrate on knowledge strategies in Product Life Cycle and bring together researchers and industrialists with the objective of reaching a mutual understanding of the scientific - industry dichotomy, while facilitating the transfer of core research knowledge to core industrial competencies.