...Ja'far Alawadi; Ghaleb Yousef Abbasi; Abbas Al-Refaie Purpose Although the factors that affect the decision of outsourcing are variant from one industry to another and from one application to another, this paper aims to investigate the factors that influence the decision of outsourcing using...

... may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Strategy Capacity planning Outsourcing Preventive replacement Qualitative data analysis Metaheuristic Vehicles constitute the main resource used to meet transportation requirements both in-house (transportation...

...Mirghani N. Ahmed Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on the use of performance-based contracting in the outsourcing of a reliability-centered maintenance program of a Gulf oil refinery. Design/methodology/approach A case study method is used whereby data are collected...

...Jukka Holkeri Purpose The outsourcing of maintenance and other technical services is a growing trend and phenomenon in both military and civil aviation. The purpose of this paper is to characterize and analyze this trend by summarizing the existing research concerning outsourcing and the related...

...Massoud Bazargan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a new mathematical modeling approach to help airlines identify which types of heavy aircraft maintenance checks be performed in-house or outsourced. Design/methodology/approach – This study offers a mathematical model...

...Amir Toossi; Helen Louise Lockett; Jawwad Z. Raja; Veronica Martinez Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the diverse nature of tangible and intangible value dimensions that contribute to customers’ perception of value from outsourced maintenance services. Design/methodology...

... of the outsourcing contract. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a case study approach whereby cost data and information are collected from two case projects, then presented and analyzed. Economic tools (measures of worth) and excel software were used in the first project, where payback period method...

... to develop a conceptual model of MRO activities. This is evaluated through a SWOT analysis before an exploratory study of eight airlines is used to confirm the applicability of the conceptual model. Findings Four levels of MRO outsourcing are identified; from fully outsourced to fully in‐sourced. From...

... Group Publishing Limited 2006 Outsourcing Networking Intergroup relations Decision making Uncertainty management The research presented in this paper is an attempt to answer the above question. The study involves model development and hypothesis testing. It builds on the previous work...

...Encon Y.Y. Hui; Albert H.C. Tsang In this study, four sourcing strategies are identified in the delivery of maintenance service in facilities management, namely in‐sourcing, out‐tasking, outsourcing for cost saving, and outsourcing for capability. Since each of these strategies has merits under...

...John D. Campbell Presents the concept of outsourcing as a means for achieving strategic advantages. Describes the process of outsourcing and provides a practical approach which uses six steps. The six‐steps approach described provides a framework to outsourcing in a systematic way by addressing key...