History defines future progress
Dr. Ortloff discusses a measure by which the high-tech manufacturing industries can help shorten the development time of manufacturing technologies, make development more sustainable, save money and cushion the economic downturn by Covid-19. Much of what is needed to achieve this has already been learned and developed in previous crises. It is important to use this experience and to translate it into appropriate measures to meet the current challenges.
In this article you will read about how comprehensive, centralized knowledge management can foster innovation and improve the resilience against knowledge loss and inaccessibilty of R&D organization in preparation for crises and knowledge drain.