Traceability and structuring of cooperative knowledge in design using PLM

Expertise represents important capital in a company. The loss of this kind of knowledge has pushed companies to look for a means to capitalize on it so as to use in the future. In the design domain, many companies usually learn from previous similar experience, the designers develop an existing solution, or try to rework an old solution in order to adapt it to a new requirement. This tendency to reuse old solutions is strengthened by constraints of time, efficiency and search for maximum reliability. Therefore, the importance of the capitalization of design project knowledge is increasing more and more. This paper presents techniques to acquire and represent this type of knowledge in a design project memory, using Product Lifecycle Management platforms.