scholarly journals Review of the Current Status of the Offshoring Industry: Insights for Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Liyanachchi Mahesha Harshani De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Current Situation Analysis ◽  
Research Frameworks

The aim of this literature review is to analyze the current situation of the offshoring industry and relate the offshoring practices into Sri Lankan context to identify the loopholes. Thereby this review identifies the challenges and opportunities for the expansion of offshoring industry in general and specific to Sri Lanka as a destination. Based on the review of 120 offshoring articles, this study extracts the insights for practice based on popular offshoring frameworks. Mainly three key major models were identified including Chile offshore services value chain, key provider evaluation criterion and A. T Kearney Global Services Location Index. These frameworks are presented with the aim of identifying a suitable study framework for future research in relation to the Sri Lankan context. This Literature review is organized into four sections such as offshoring: definitions & terms, current situation analysis, challenges of offshoring and research frameworks.

The Current Situation Analysis of Parking in Baotou Urban Center District and Countermeasures

2013 ◽  
Vol 779-780 ◽  
pp. 784-787
Author(s):  
Jing Fei Yu ◽  
Nan Nan Wang ◽  
Xin Jie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
Central District ◽  
Current Situation Analysis ◽  
Random Parking

For parking problems of Baotou: shortage of parking spaces, the unreasonable parking layout, parking difficulty, random parking, and the paper describes the existence reason of parking problems in Baotou urban center district through the current situation analysis of the parking in Baotou urban center district. On this basis, the paper discusses several countermeasures to solve the parking problems of the central district.

scholarly journals Digital Twins in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1088
Author(s):  
Yingjie Chen ◽  
Ou Yang ◽  
Chaitanya Sampat ◽  
Pooja Bhalode ◽  
Rohit Ramachandran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Process Analytical Technology ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

The development and application of emerging technologies of Industry 4.0 enable the realization of digital twins (DT), which facilitates the transformation of the manufacturing sector to a more agile and intelligent one. DTs are virtual constructs of physical systems that mirror the behavior and dynamics of such physical systems. A fully developed DT consists of physical components, virtual components, and information communications between the two. Integrated DTs are being applied in various processes and product industries. Although the pharmaceutical industry has evolved recently to adopt Quality-by-Design (QbD) initiatives and is undergoing a paradigm shift of digitalization to embrace Industry 4.0, there has not been a full DT application in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Therefore, there is a critical need to examine the progress of the pharmaceutical industry towards implementing DT solutions. The aim of this narrative literature review is to give an overview of the current status of DT development and its application in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. State-of-the-art Process Analytical Technology (PAT) developments, process modeling approaches, and data integration studies are reviewed. Challenges and opportunities for future research in this field are also discussed.

The Current Situation Analysis of Industrial Design and Development Management Proposal Based on Manufacturing in Central Regions

2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 205-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li Wang
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Wuhan City ◽  
Development Management ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Current Situation Analysis

With the development of the design industry, industrial design is becoming increasingly significant in manufacturing industry. Under the background of developing the manufacturing industry, industrial design based on the manufacturing industry in the central regions hasn’t been fully accepted or applied. This paper which taken Wuhan city in the central regions for example, analyzes the current development situation of industrial design firstly then provides a development management proposal of industrial design in the central regions based on the analysis above.

scholarly journals Lean for airport services: a systematic literature review and agenda for future research

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Syltevik ◽  
Stavros Karamperidis ◽  
Jiju Antony ◽  
Babak Taheri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Standards

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the key findings of a systematic literature review (SLR) on Lean for services and, in particular, airport services. Design/methodology/approach The authors have utilised an SLR methodology proposed by Denyer and Tranfield (2009). A total of 23 papers published in 18 scientific journals have been systematically reviewed for evaluating and establishing the current status of Lean for airport services. Findings It was observed that there are no journal publications on the use of Lean in UK airport services. Although value stream mapping has been widely accepted as a powerful Lean tool across many service organisations, its applications in airport services is in its early stages. One of the biggest challenges in the implementation of Lean for airport services is about maintaining the level of service standards. The most common barriers in the implementation of Lean for airport services may include: resistance to change, varied definitions of the term Lean for different people across the business and understanding the need for Lean in airport services as there is a misconception that Lean is confined to manufacturing. Research limitations/implications This paper seeks to contribute to and broaden the limited body of evidence of the applicability of Lean to airport services and identify areas for further research and review. Originality/value This paper makes an attempt to demonstrate the use of Lean thinking for service industries and, in particular, airport services. The authors have identified less than five papers on the use of Lean thinking in airport services and this paper sets the foundation for future research on the use of process excellence methodologies such as Lean. Moreover, the authors firmly believe that the results of this SLR can be extremely beneficial to many managers working in Airport Service contexts, irrespective of the country and culture of the organisation.

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