The 24-Hour Knowledge Factory: Can It Replace the Graveyard Shift?

The 24-Hour Knowledge Factory: Can It Replace the Graveyard Shift?

Alternative Title: THE 24-HOUR KNOWLEDGE FACTORY: CAN IT REPLACE THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT?

Author: Gupta, Amar

Citable URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59378

Department: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity

Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Date Issued: 2009-01

Abstract:

Collaborating centers in time zones six to eight hours apart can transfer work so that every center is working during the daytime. Although this concept avoids the hazards of night work, it requires careful planning and a way to automatically capture evolving knowledge.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59378

ISMN: 0018-9162

Version: Final published version

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Published As: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2009.25

Journal: Computer

Keywords: Knowledge factory, Computing profession, Collaborative computing

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