| Knowledge worker assembly line |
| Information Communication Technology ICT is the assembly line for knowledge workers. The ability to own, design, manage and operate an assembly line is a core business competancy. |
| Handbook of Research on Green ICT:
Technology, Business and Social Perspectives. Chapter 5 - Strategic
Business Trends in the Context of Green ICT |
| To meet the needs of the knowledge society, IT needs to move beyond the existing paradigm to deliver real time decision making to any device anywhere anytime. A change from IT solutions to utility infrastructure is the start of the process. Other changes include business driven design using proven design and engineering principles. |
| Disaster Recovery (DR) provides insurance for business operations, particularly around Information Communication Technology (ICT). Proven by the delivery of utility infrastructure worldwide, a focus on naturally redundant systems, that can take up capacity when required, rather than duplicating infrastructure that is seldom used, may provide a more effective and cheaper insurance for a business. |
| Information Communication Technology (ICT) is the assembly line for knowledge workers. Whether it is foreign exchange trades, selling real estate or managing life insurance policies, knowledge workers are often missing a properly designed and functional assembly line to guarantee service delivery. |
| In manufacturing we design a product and then implement an assembly line to deliver that product – why should it not be the same for knowledge workers? |
| An architecture and issues to address to support delivery to and from any device anywhere anytime. Issues include: |
| We know our knowledge workers are doing things but not what they do. They are essentially out of control. The application of assembly line techniques and standard operations that have been brought to other areas of business apply exactly the same to the knowledge worker. Can you afford not to lower hidden costs by applying the assembly line to the role of the knowledge worker? |
| Disparate e-business solution reflect the lack of standardised operations within a business. To deliver effective e-business solutions, you need to address the stymic business issues first. Application of assembly line techniques to the role of the knowledge worker is what the Internet is about and if it does not exist in business can it exist in e-business? |
