dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Amar | |
dc.contributor.author | Seshasai, Satwik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-02T00:50:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-02T00:50:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102802 | |
dc.description.abstract | The term “24-Hour Knowledge Factory” connotes a globally distributed work environment in which members of the global team work on a project around the clock; each member of the team works the normal workday hours that pertain to his or her time zone. At the end of such a workday, a fellow team member located in a different time zone continues the same task. This creates the shift-style workforce that was originally conceived in the manufacturing sector. A globally distributed 24-hour call center is the simplest manifestation of this paradigm. The true example of the 24-hour factory paradigm discussed in this paper involves groups working together to accomplish a given set of deliverables, such as a software project, and transcending conventional spatial and temporal boundaries. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2006-14 | |
dc.title | Toward the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |