An integrated information system for product design assistance based on artificial intelligence and collaborative tools

Byline: Jeremy Legardeur, Christophe Merlo, Xavier Fischer Most of the time, the innovative product concept identification is based on strategic and complex processes. Design actorsAE individual initiatives and development of new ideas emerge from conflicting contexts combining the technical, economical and social aspects. In this paper, we propose a new approach that aims at assisting design product from the early phases of the design process to the embodiment design phase. We suggest a combination of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system and specific developed tools (Meta-modelling techniques, Numeric-CSP solver and 'Innovation Development and Diffusion' (ID) system) to enhance cultural heterogeneity encountered within the team project and to take advantage of this aspect to foster design innovation and product quality.