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

PROLAMAT (PROgraming LAnguages for MAchine Tools) is a series of international conferences devoted to the filed of manufacturing - 1969 Roma, Italy; 1973, Budapest, Hungary; 1976, Stirling, Scotland; 1979 Ann Arbor, USA; 1982 Leningrad, USSR; 1992 Tokyo, Japan; 1995 Berlin, Germany; 1998, Trento, Italy; 2001, Budapest, Hungary; - organized by IFIP the International Federation for Information Processing. This triennial event has been a basic meeting for academic and industrial experts in manufacturing. Recently not only the original topics, but all other aspects of the computerized design and production of products and production systems from traditional to virtual ones have been covered and dealt with, including life-cycle issues. This volume contains the edited version of the technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. The main theme of this conference is "Knowledge Enterprise". These proceedings focus on the issue of how to translate data and information into knowledge in manufacturing enterprises. Profitability is no longer only a function of price, cost, and adequate quality.

Data Mining in Manufacturing: the Nature and Implications.- Digital Processes in Product Creation.- Collaborative Networks.- Integrated Quality Information System and China Experience.- Evaluation Model of Mnes' Knowledge Flow Management.- DSM as a Knowledge Capture Tool in CODE Environment.- Enterprise Knowledge Management Based on PLONE Content Management System.- Knowledge Management for Process Planning.- Neural Network System for Knowledge Discovery in Distributed Heterogeneous Data.- A Study on Product Optimization Design Based on Genetic Algorithms.- Design of the Body Frame of a Rail Detector.- The Spatial Shape Representation and 3D Modeling of Special-Shape Spring.- Product Robust Design with A Mixture of Random and Interval Factors.- The Designation of Cam's Contour for Pistom Pump with Steady Flux.- Parallel Sequence Alignment Algorithm for Clustering System.- Study of Data Mining Technique in Colliery Equipments Fault Diagnosis.- A Multi-Agent System Framework for Supply Chain Management Under District Alliance Setting.- Data Management in Group Purchasing System.- Development of a Decentralized Logistics Controlling Concept.- Effect and Effect Chain in Functional Design.- Study on Integrating Application Method for AD and TRIZ.- Computer Aided Innovation of Crankshafts Using Genetic Algorithms.- Research on CNC Technology Based on CAD and CAPP.- Nozzle Design and Assistant-Gas Flow Analysis in the Co2 Laser Cutting.- Research and Implementation of Quality Management System in ERP.-Modeling Technology and Application of Repairing Bone Defects Based on Rapid Prototyping.- A Unified Decision Model for Evaluation and Selection of MES Software.