What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
Literature review with relevance to research questions in mind.
Research Sections Research Question Research Objectives
Types of Airline Maintanence and outsourcing’s role in each part/section What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
• Understand the Lifecyle of aviation maintanence
• How outsourcing can be used
• How an airline can view outsourcing in degrees of criticality
Outsourcing and the requirements to implement What is the decision-making process surrounding outsourcing in aviation maintenance?
• How to identify your requirements
Comparing outsourcing suppliers What are the differentiators in outsource suppliers?
• The skill sets different suppliers have and identifying what your specific business needs
An analysis of outsourcing in a maintanence program What does a maintenance programme look like that involves outsourcing?
• How outsourcing impacts the business
• how to manage the outsourcing relationship
1. What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
2. What is the decision-making process surrounding outsourcing in aviation maintenance?
3. What are the differentiators in outsource suppliers?
4. What does a successful maintenance programme look like that involves outsourcing?
Sections to cover in Lit review
• Component repair and supply (parts suppliers, rotable parts exchange programs, supply chain and logistics)
• Types of MRO Model (listed below)
1. Joint Venture
2. Wholly Owned subsidiary
3. Fully integrate MRO
4. Partially Outsourced MRO
5. Mostly outsourced MRO
6. Wholly outsourced MRO
• 2 previous thesis papers (The determinants and impact of outsourcing on airlines performance) and also (Development of a relationship management framework and related performance metrics for outsourced aircraft maintanence)
• MRO provider selection
• Relationship management for outsourcing
• Key performance indicators
• Summary of literature review
