TOWARDS A RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF WEB-BASED COLLABORATIVE TOOLS IN FACTORY PLANNING

摘要

Web-based collaborative tools, also often referred to as Web 2.0 tools, facilitate multiple ways of cooperation, such as the common work on documents, improved task-centered communication or the general coordination of tasks. Today's factory planning, especially in the context of the digital factory concept, is mainly focused on digital models and methods of visualization and simulation of the shop floor. What it lacks is an explicit systematic approach for a profound support of cooperation through web-based collaborative tools. In similar knowledge-intensive disciplines, such as e-learning or software engineering, these tools have already become common practice and were examined in multiple case studies. The article introduces an approach for systematic gathering and weighting of Web 2.0-tool usage scenarios in the factory planning process, which aims at a recommendation system for the use of those tools in factory planning context.