Smart Innovation Engineering (SIE): Experience-Based Product Innovation System for Industry 4.0

Abstract

<p>This paper presents a semi-automatic system capable of facilitating product innovation process. This system, known as Smart Innovation Engineering (SIE) system, helps in decision-making by using the explicit knowledge of formal decision events. The SIE system carries the promise to support the innovation processes of manufactured products in a quick and efficient way. It stores and reuses the past decisional events or sets of experiences related to innovation issues, which significantly enhances innovation progression.</p><p>This system can be potentially used in large enterprises manufacturing a range of similar products or a group of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The analysis of basic concepts and implementation method proves that SIE system is an expert system facilitating Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and it can play a vital role towards Industry 4.0. This system provides flexibility and customization of products, is quick and systematic, and can be further extended and used for lean innovation and sustainable innovation.</p>