Knowledge Enterprise: Intelligent Strategies in Product Design, Manufacturing, and Management : Proceedings of PROLAMAT 2006, IFIP TC5 International Conference, June 15–17, 2006, Shanghai, China

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.