Journal
VINE JOURNAL OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 18-32Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/VJIKMS-02-2020-0019
Keywords
Knowledge sharing; KM; Manufacturing; Product portfolio; Knowledge transferring costs; Fuzzy binary linear programming
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- Research Council of Semnan University
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This paper aims to determine an optimal product portfolio by minimizing the knowledge transferring costs.
Purpose The success of any organization in a knowledge-based economy depends on effective knowledge transferring and then proper use of the transferred knowledge. As is known, optimizing the knowledge transferring costs in a product portfolio plays an important role in improving productivity, competitive advantage and profitability of any organization. Therefore, this paper aims to determine an optimal product portfolio by minimizing the konlwedge transferring costs. Design/methodology/approach Here, a fuzzy binary linear programming model is used to select an optimal product portfolio. The model is capable of considering the knowledge transferring costs while taking into account the human-hours constraints for each product by a fuzzy approach. Using fuzzy ranking functions, a reasonable solution of the model can be achieved by classical or metaheuristic algorithms. Findings Numerical experiments indicate that the proposed fuzzy model is practically effective. Originality/value The contributions of this work essentially consist of considering knowledge transferring costs in selecting an optimal product portfolio and using the fuzzy data which make the model more realistic.
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