scholarly journals Research Trends and Performance of IIoT Communication Network-Architectural Layers of Petrochemical Industry 4.0 for Coping with Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Yiqing Zhao ◽  
M. Prabhu ◽  
Ramyar Rzgar Ahmed ◽  
Anoop Kumar Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Research Challenge

In the present era, many Petrochemical Industries (PIs) are driven energetically due to IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) Communication Networks/Architectural Layers (CNs/ALs), abbreviated as PI4.0-CNs/ALs. PI4.0 fruitfully participated to achieve the Circular Economy (CE) by speeding the reutilization, recovery, and recycling of scrap materials by minimizing cost, unproductive operations, energy consumption, emission of flue gases, etc. Recently, it has been ascertained that the identification and measurement of Research Trends (RTs) of CNs-ALs help the PI4.0 to build the future CE. In addressing the said research challenge, the objective of this research dossier is turned towards inculcating into future PI4.0 researchers the RTs of CNs/ALs of PI4.0, so that the researches can be organized over the very weak and moderately performing CNs-ALs to hike the future CE. To materialize the RTs of PI4-CNs/ALs, the authors conducted the Systematic Literature Survey (SLS) focusing on PI4.0-CNs/ALs, i.e., Internet of Things (IoTs), Cyber Physical System (CPS), Virtual Reality (VR), Integration (I), Data Optimization (DO), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Plant Control (PC), Data and Analytics (DA), Network (N), and Information and Data Management (IDM). The authors searched three hundred two research documents, wherein two hundred seventy-five research manuscripts qualified as RQ2. Next, the authors collected the DOIs/URLs corresponding to each CN-AL and explored the Sum of Digit Scoring System (SDSS) to summarize the DOIs/URLs of PI4.0-CNs/ALs. The RTs of DO have been determined as excellent and stronger over 2007-2017 than residue CNs/ALs. Eventually, the authors advised scholars to focus on the research areas of very weak and moderately weak performing CNs/ALs in order to attain future CE.

AWE-Inspiring Electrically Small Antennas

2022 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Richard W. Ziolkowski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Electrically Small Antennas ◽  
Active Systems ◽  
Small Antennas ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Future ◽  
Forward Looking

Anytime-wireless-everywhere (AWE) aspirations for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications to be enabled through current 5G and evolving 6G and beyond ecosystems necessitate the development of innovative electrically small antennas (ESAs). While a variety of ESA systems are reviewed, those realized from the near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) antenna paradigm are emphasized. Efficiency, bandwidth and directivity issues are highlighted. Multifunctional, reconfigurable, passive and active systems that have been achieved are discussed and illustrated; their performance characteristics and advantages described. This overview finalizes by going back to the future and considers enterprising research areas of current and forward-looking interest.

Infoprocess

2014 ◽  
pp. 222-255
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
And Performance

This chapter explores the concept of infoprocess. Concepts of process in various disciplines are examined in preparation to conceptualizing process from the management and IS perspectives. Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Business Process Management (BPM) are discussed as the approaches relevant for IS research. The discussion proceeds to infoprocess (short for “informing process”), which is defined in terms of interrelated informing activities that deliver an outcome to a customer. The concept of infoprocesses involves aspects of data, cognition, and their intersection that results in information. Many organizational processes are infoprocesses, or have infoprocess segments. An analytical framework that applies to business process and infoprocess alike is elaborated. It includes two essential segments—design and performance. Infoprocess design is discussed in terms of composition, coordination, complexity, flexibility, and technology. Infoprocess performance is discussed in terms of process time, costs, and customer value. Process design determines process performance. Better performance can be achieved by optimizing each design aspect. Ensuing discussion covers the process-centered organization in conjunction with Enterprise Resource Planning systems and the BPR methodology. Challenges of BPR are examined and contrasted to the BPM approach. In the second part of the chapter, attention turns to the role of process approach in advanced forms of organizing. The virtual organization is discussed and expanded with exploring virtualness at large and a model of Tree of Virtual Life. Next, organizations enabling e-commerce and the mobile enterprise are examined from the process perspective. The discussion concludes by looking at potential perils of the process approach framed as a collision of different concepts of time.

Maximizing the Value of Packaged Software Customization

2021 ◽  
pp. 580-596
Author(s):  
Bryon Balint
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Packaged Software ◽  
Nonlinear Relationships ◽  
Software Customization ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
And Performance

Organizations that purchase packaged application software – for example, an Enterprise Resource Planning system – must make choices about customization. Packaged software vendors and practitioners recommend that organizations customize software as little as possible, and instead adapt their processes to meet the “best practices” of the software. However, organizations continue to exceed their budgets on implementing and maintaining customized software. This suggests that either these organizations are making poor decisions, or that the conventional wisdom about customization is incorrect. In this paper the author models the primary factors in the customization decision, most notably the “fit” between desired processes and the procedures inherent in the packaged software. The author then consider costs related to development, maintenance, and technical corrections due to poor integration and performance; and benefits related to increased fit, technical corrections, and user acceptance. This paper extends prior work by (1) modelling nonlinear relationships between the amount of time spent on custom development and the resulting benefits, (2) modelling nonlinear relationships between development costs and maintenance costs, and (3) modelling corrective development as a function of development related to fit and user acceptance. The author uses simulation techniques to illustrate the conditions under which customization is likely to provide value to the organization, as well as conditions under which customization should be avoided.

Component-Based ERP Design in a Distributed Object Environment

2002 ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Bonn-Oh Kim ◽  
Ted Lee
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Tight Coupling ◽  
Distributed Object ◽  
The Future

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) vendors have seen a dramatic increase in their sales this decade. Even though several vendors are producing great products and making huge profits, there are some problems to be resolved to make ERP applications a continuous success in the next decades. Current ERP applications have the low reusability and interchangeability of various modules among different vendors’ packages. One of the main reasons for these shortfalls is a tight coupling of ERP domain knowledge with the particular implementation tools. Also, efforts in establishing and using the standards in specifications of ERP applications have been inconsequential. In this article, strategic steps to wield a dominant power in the future ERP market are discussed. These steps are as follows: 1. Knowledge Modeling: Abstraction of Domain Knowledge from Tools; 2. Componentization of Domain Knowledge; 3. Implementation of Componentized Domain Knowledge; 4. Marketing Strategies for Domain Knowledge Components.

scholarly journals Assessment of Universities’ and Higher Education Centers’ Preparedness for Successful Establishment of Enterprise Resource Planning Based on SWARA Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-506
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Taghavi ◽  
Jurgita Antucheviciene ◽  
Seyyed Aria Yaghobian
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Successful Establishment ◽  
Higher Education Centers ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

Regarding existing pressures for effectiveness and performance improvement, there is a steep rise for the establishment of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Unfortunately, failure rate for successful ERP establishment is high. Thereupon, evaluation of organizations’ preparedness to ensure organizational capabilities aimed at reaching desired outcomes is of paramount importance. The current research is intended to suggest Step-wise Weight Assessment Ractio Analysis (SWARA) method and assess the preparedness of our case study, i.e. the University of Mazandaran, for successful ERP implementation. Related factors impacting on the accomplishment of the ERP system were identified from former studies and weighted according to a hierarchical structure using our suggested methodology. After receiving numerical results, the preparedness of the University of Mazandaran for successful ERP implementation was calculated when the final weights were determined. Results showed that motivations required for ERP establishment as well as processes and IT infrastructures are average, while the influencing cultural factors, protective factors, and capabilities of the organization are weak.

scholarly journals Risk Analysis on Industrial Internet of Things (Iiot) Integration with Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) Inmanufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 3007-3011
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Industrial Internet Of Things ◽  
Customer Data ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Industrial Internet

At the onset of liberalization, privatization and globalization, enterprise resource planning has become an integrated part of any business. It has become imperative for businesses to go in for IIoT. With implementation of IIoT and analytics companies can become more profitable and productivity can increase constantly. With this comes the risk of data security in ERP due to real time capturing huge volume of data in manufacturing plants, which are under security risk. This has forced the companies to implement measures to ensure that the product design and customer data are stored securely without compromising on business. This paper presents the possible sources of risk in IIoT and presents the solutions for preventing the risk.

To Code or Not to Code

2021 ◽  
pp. 1426-1445
Author(s):  
Bryon Balint
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning System ◽  
Packaged Software ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
And Performance

Businesses that purchase packaged application software – for example, an Enterprise Resource Planning system – must make choices about customization. Software vendors, anecdotal evidence, and practitioner-oriented research all recommend that organizations should customize software as little as possible, and instead adapt their processes to meet the “best practices” of the software. However, businesses continue to exceed their budgets on implementing and maintaining customized software, often to a significant extent. This suggests that either these organizations are making poor decisions, or that the conventional wisdom about customization is incorrect. In this paper we model the primary factors in the customization decision: “fit” between the desired business process and the packaged software; costs related to development, maintenance, integration, and performance; and benefits related to increased fit, integration, performance, and user acceptance. We use simulation techniques to illustrate the conditions under which customization is likely to provide value to the organization, as well as conditions under which customization should be avoided.

scholarly journals Brazilian farmer perception of dynamic capability and performance over the adoption of enterprise resource planning technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-527
Author(s):  
Caetano Haberli Júnior ◽  
Eduardo Eugênio Spers ◽  
Tiago Oliveira ◽  
Mitsuru Yanaze
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Internal Operations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
On Farm

The study investigates the perceptions of the effects and impacts on the performance of agricultural and livestock farms based on the view of obtaining dynamic capabilities by the adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology. The dimensions for measuring farmers’ perceptions of ERP adoption were technological, organizational and environmental and their diffusion and the impacts measured on dynamic capabilities were on internal operations, costs, sales and natural resources. A total of 502 farmers directly involved in managing the production, located in the main agricultural areas of Brazil were interviewed. The results indicated that the perception of obtaining dynamic capabilities in the farms by adopting the ERP was significant, but with lower levels in costs and natural resources. The influence of farm size on ERP adoption and its perception on farm performance was not significant. The proposed model proved to be adequate and can be validated and compared with other producing regions.

scholarly journals  The Engineer … No Longer a Person but a Number on an Excel Sheet: Enterprise Resource Planning and Commoditisation of Labour

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajalaxmi Kamath ◽  
Eureka Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Integrated Development Environments ◽  
Production Techniques

Based on transcripts provided by 145 engineers working in various information technology organisations in Bangalore, India, the article examines the commoditisation of labour in this sector. In doing so, we specifically want to problematise algorithm-based decision-making embedded in the wider technology of Integrated Development Environments like Enterprise Resource Planning and its ramifications for business and labour processes. Standardisation and modularisation of tasks have made wide inroads in workers’ lives, resulting in a replication of Taylorist mass-production techniques. In unpeeling the “materiality” behind such a development, we elaborate on how efficiency and profit motives of these firms are turning engineers into numbers on a spreadsheet. We conclude by commenting on the implications of this on labour’s organisation and resistance and the future trajectory of working life.

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