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Knowledge‐based integrated production management model

Jorge Muniz (Professor of Production Management in the Production Department, São Paulo State University, Guaratinguetá, Brazil)
Edgard Dias Batista Jr (Professor of Information System, Statistics and Transport Planning Field in the Production Department, São Paulo State University, Guaratinguetá, Brazil)
Geilson Loureiro (Professor of Systems Engineering at the Laboratory of Integration and Testing (LIT), Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brasil)

Journal of Knowledge Management

ISSN: 1367-3270

Article publication date: 26 October 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to propose a model of production management that integrates knowledge management, as a third dimension, to the production and work dimensions and to identify factors that promote a favorable context for knowledge sharing and results achievement in the production operations shop floor environment.

Design/methodology/approach

The model proposed is built from opportunities identified in the literature review.

Findings

The factors in the model integrate its three main components: knowledge management, production organization and work organization, providing a representation of the dynamics of the workplace and shop floor environment.

Practical implications

The proposed model and its factors allow managers to better understand and to improve the organization activities, because it integrates knowledge management with the production organization and work organization components of traditional models.

Originality/value

Literature acknowledges the role of knowledge as competitive advantage, but it is still dealt in an implicit way within the traditional models of production management. This paper proposes a model and factors that provide a favorable context for tacit knowledge sharing and results achievement in the production operations shop floor environment. The model explicitly integrates knowledge management with traditional models' components.

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Citation

Muniz, J., Dias Batista, E. and Loureiro, G. (2010), "Knowledge‐based integrated production management model", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 14 No. 6, pp. 858-871. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673271011084907

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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