Automated feature recognition (AFR) has provided the greatest contribution to fully
automated CAPP system development. The objective of this paper is to review various …

Feature is an essential concept during design and manufacturing. It has universal characters
for specific definitions of interest. Feature Recognition (FR) is a technique to identify and …

This paper provides an exploration of the concept and content of agile manufacturing (AM). It
describes the nature of the content of AM and synthesises the literature to propose a …

Although current CAD systems are declared to be feature-based, in fact, the so-called
feature is just a modeling macro or menu name such as Protrusion, Revolution, Cutout …

Feature-based product modeling is the leading approach for the integrated representation of
engineering product data. On the one side, this approach has stimulated the development of …

Knowledge Management is a wide, critical and strategic issue for all the companies, from the
SMEs to the most complex organizations. The key of competitiveness is knowledge …

In recent years, product knowledge has played increasingly significant roles in new product
development process especially in the development of One-of-a-Kind products. Although …

Purpose Agile manufacturing (AM) has evolved as a revolutionary way of manufacturing the
products while managing the uncertainties, product introduction time, responsiveness …

In this article, we present an examination of the interlocks between knowledge acquisition
from social media (KAfSM), organizational microfoundations structure and design …

For seamless automation, computer-aided design and manufacturing activities have to be
linked by computer-aided process planning (CAPP). An important subtask in CAPP is setup …