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New Ways to Work <strong>2000</strong><strong>European</strong> <strong>Telework</strong>this Action Group is that most ”needs” are in fact non-material. Telepresence techniques can help to reduce thematerial use involved in satisfying these non-material needs.Project period: March 1998 – February <strong>2000</strong>Contact:Research Institute for Applied Knowledge ProcessingHelmholtzstrasse 16D-89081 UlmGermanyThomas SchauerTel.: 49-731-5018633Fax : 49-731-501999E-mail: tschauer@faw.uni-ulm.deURL: http://asis.jrc.esASSIST 10934 Knowledge Management for Help Desk Operators IST ProgrammeThe ASSIST project focuses on the need of large organisations operating help desks to provide their operators,especially remote workers, with knowledge management facilities. The benefits sought with those facilities concern:effectiveness and efficiency of work, i.e. to support help desk operators with the relevant corporate knowledge andexpertise; corporate learning, i.e. to get feed-back from the help desk operators on customers problems in order toimprove both operations and support material; and flexibility and scalability of operations, i.e. to involve remoteworkers (be they working solely remotely or combining office and home work).The project combines innovative technologies such as XML-based knowledge representation, advanced user interfaceand integration of knowledge management with operations performance measurement. The ASSIST solution will bevalidated through pilot integration with 2 Help Desks in the sectors of Telecommunication and Postal services.The approach of rapid prototyping will be applied in the project and three successive versions of the system. This willallow a progressive validation of the ASSIST tools from a controlled environment to fully operational Help Desks.Particular emphasis will be put during the validation phase on (a) the assessment of the business benefit for theenterprises managing the Help Desks, and on (b) the satisfaction of Help Desk operators and customers.Project period: February <strong>2000</strong> – January 2002Contact:Saios saRue Albert 1er, 26-AL-1117, LuxemburgTeixeira-GuerraTel.: +352-4555 8420Fax : +352-253 682E-mail: rtei@saios.comASSIST Achieving Sustainability by using Substitutive Information Society IST Programme29044 TechnologiesASSIST is a study addressing a key issue in the contribution of IST to sustainability, that of the potential for thesubstitution of IST analogs for material consumption (virtualisation or immaterialisation). Most (say 75%)consumption is unrelated to basic needs (nutrition, shelter, etc) but is to satisfy non-material needs (place in society,individuality, etc). Consumption substitution by IST thus offers a powerful route to sustainability. However, design ofsubstitution techniques necessitates both a good knowledge of the reasons for consumption and of, inter alia, thesensory and ontological aspects of IST. ASSIST's objective is to contribute to IST by surveying existing multi andcross-disciplinary work in the area, (using workshops and action groups to expand the field of contributors), andmaking recommendations for future work and proposing new parameters for product and service design.Project period: Subject to contractContact:BARCO n.v.Noordland 5B-8520 Kuurne, BelgiumPol T. DescampsTel.: +32-56-233 211Fax : +32-56-233 332E-mail: Pol.descamps@barco.comIST ProgrammeATTRACT Advanced <strong>Telework</strong>ing Techniques and Tele-services for InsuranceAgents and CustomersThe ATTRACT project aims to transform the traditional working environment that exists in the Insurance sector toan advanced occupational tele-business environment, based on networked organizational structures, introducing newmethods of work for the insurance agents. Additionally, the project aims to set up new business opportunities forvendors, acting in content related complementary markets, introducing new methods of interaction with the potentialcustomers and new models for providing services to citizens (personalized on & off line cybermediation). Finally,ATTRACT will provide a set of value added tele-services to insurance customers, aiming to increase customersatisfaction as well as to gain customer loyalty. The above aims will be achieved through the development of anintegrated environment, using value added technologies and tested business practices.Project period: Subject to contract- 166 -

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