But the firms also offer "traditional" IT outsourcing, such as the remote management of whole systems, consultancy and research and development (R&D).Satyam's boss, B. Ramalinga Raju, who this year holds the rotating chairmanship of NASSCOM, describes his company's growth as taking place in six "orbits".
Burnout happens quickly, workers cite symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder and whole health consultancies like Workplace Wellbeing have sprung up to assist scarred moderators.
"Every Chinese firm can do the industrial part, not the whole hybrid," says Karl Lichtblau of IW Consult, a consultancy.
The system has spawned a whole industry of S106 avoidance, with consultancies set up specifically to help developers get out of paying for affordable housing at all scales of development.
The share of public servants in the province is 50% higher than in the country as a whole, according to Ernst & Young, a consultancy.
But Gerhard Fasol of Eurotechnology Japan, a consultancy, expects the industry as a whole to benefit.
"The more you look at it, the more frightening the whole thing becomes," mutters Jane Seddon of Process Management International, a consultancy whose work is based on looking at systems as a whole.
But now management consultancy has been taken to a whole new level -- one that, at first glance, will seem almost impossible.
For example, data analysis may subsequently show that investment in the form of staff development may generate additional commitment to improvement and loyalty to the organisation as a whole, whereas relying on external resources, for example consultancy, does not.
The learning factory is a part of a whole research institute for intelligent manufacturing in China including consultancy and application support.
