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Process systems engineering applications, challenges and opportunities in the toll manufacturing industry
Author(s) -
Arora Akhil,
Hasan M. M. Faruque
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of advanced manufacturing and processing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-403X
DOI - 10.1002/amp2.10040
Subject(s) - toll , outsourcing , business , industrial organization , process (computing) , key (lock) , production (economics) , manufacturing engineering , supply chain , manufacturing , process management , computer science , marketing , engineering , economics , computer security , operating system , genetics , macroeconomics , biology
There is a drive in chemical industries toward outsourcing many operations so that companies can effectively focus on their core competencies, and can rapidly acquire processing capabilities without setting up new facilities. This concept of toll manufacturing is based on a sharing‐economy model for on‐demand chemical production services. In toll manufacturing, the customer or consumer company provides raw materials to a toll manufacturer who then offers the rest of processing services. Due to distributed chemical production supply chains and decentralized nature of tolling model, a new set of challenges arise for both consumers and manufacturers. This article presents the prevalent applications of toll manufacturing in chemical industries, identifies key challenges of the sharing‐economy model, and highlights the opportunities and key issues of using process systems engineering (PSE) approaches to help toll manufacturing.