Information technology is another approach to transfer skills. Hiekata et al. (2005A, 2005B, 2006, 2007) developed knowledge transfer system, which can be applied effectively to acquire knowledge of elder experts. The characteristics of each job were revealed through questionnaire and structured interviews, and the job process is analysed and represented by workflow and related documents, where tacit knowledge of some tasks can be turned to explicitly documented knowledge. This system was applied to actual shipbuilding design process in Japanese several shipyards as a case study, and proved to be useful. Another approach to utilize information technology is the.
