Towards Advanced Collaboration Systems for Design Reviews in Product and Production Development
2026 (English)In: SPS 2026 - The 12th Swedish Production Symposium 24/03/2026 - 26/03/2026 Luleå, Sweden, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2026, article id 012040Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Design reviews are essential checkpoints in product and production development, yet their current implementation often leads to coordination difficulties and weak traceability. This paper defines what qualifies as an advanced collaboration tool for design reviews and identifies the core capabilities that distinguish such systems from conventional setups. The study builds on workshops with two industrial partners in the automotive sector, where participants reflected on the capabilities needed for more effective collaboration. Transcribed discussions were coded into capability clusters and grouped into three categories: interaction-related, process management-related, and domainspecific. The analysis identifies three core affordances that enable more effective design reviews: shared spatial presence, in-scene deictic indication, and independent navigation with presenter follow. Supportive capabilities such as anchored documentation, lightweight roles, and integration with managed records further improve participation and traceability. The proposed definition shifts attention from specific technologies to observable affordances that enable teams to jointly reason about complex geometry. It provides a practical foundation for evaluating and implementing collaboration systems that make design reviews more participatory, accountable, and efficient.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2026. article id 012040
Series
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, ISSN 1757-8981, E-ISSN 1757-899X ; 1342
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies Other Mechanical Engineering
Research subject
Socio-TEchnicAl SysteMs Engineering (STEAM)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-26924DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1342/1/012040ISI: 001803535300040OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-26924DiVA, id: diva2:2088348
Conference
SPS 2026 - The 12th Swedish Production Symposium 24/03/2026 - 26/03/2026 Luleå, Sweden, Leading the transformation towards net zero industry
Projects
PLENary multi-User developMent arena for industrial workspaces (PLENUM)
Funder
Vinnova, 2022-01704
Note
CC BY 4.0
E-mail: francisco.garcia.rivera@his.se
This research was funded by Swedish innovation agency Vinnova in the PLENUM project (Grant Number: 2022–01704).
2026-07-272026-07-272026-08-25Bibliographically approved