Design of a model for determining the strategy of outsourcing in the maintenance operations, in manufacturing units
Subject Areas : Futurology
M.
Alborzi
1
(ندارد)
H.
Adab
2
(نویسنده مسئول یا طرف مکاتبه)
Keywords: Outsourcing, Maintenance, core competency, Decision making, competency analysis, AHP,
Abstract :
Most organizations don't follow a specific method to decide how to outsource their activities. Studiesshow that most organizations make these decisions mainly based on their overhead costs. In theseorganizations, those activities are selected for outsourcing which decrease the overhead costs.In spite of wide studies about outsourcing a documented and comprehensive procedure for decisionmaking is not provided in the literature. In most articles, Only a quantitative spect of the decision makingprocess, that is cost, is considered or some guidelines are provided about the strategic nature of the decisions.In this study, a model is provided to make decisions about the amount of outsouring of maintenancesystems in manufacturing companies.Maintenance of equipment is mainly one of the candidates of outsourcing in manufacturing companies.With respect to importance of the system, while making decisions to outsource them, all related advantagesand risks should be considered and their short and long term outcomes should be regarded.In this model, first, using cluster analysis technique, all maintenance activities will be divided to someclusters. Then, it will be decided which of the clusters should be outsourced. Decision – making stepsinclude; Core competence, suppliers' market analysis, Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP), sensitivityanalysis and final decision – making. Therefore, determining the amount of outsourcing of maintenancesystem will be accomplished via determining its subsystems and decision – making about them.
