In this article the place and capacity of combined heat and power [CHP] prediction unit wasdetermined dynamically with use of modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO). It was done inoptimization palace and with a capacity of CHP as a production resource with the aim to increasethe reliability capacity. Decrease the loss and provide the electrical and thermal energies ofindustrial city. The f...

This paper tests four main factors of outsourcing configuration that are believed to contribute to the success and failure of information technology (IT) outsourcing relationships between clients and suppliers. It presents a research model based on the analysis of substantive in-depth interviews with 28 professionals in four pairs of client and supplier organizations. The findings suggest that ...

tendency to optimization in last decades has resulted in creating multi-product manufacturing systems. production planning in such systems is difficult, because optimal production volume that is calculated must be consistent with limitation of production system. hence, integration has been proposed to decide about these problems concurrently. main problem in integration is how we can relate pro...

This paper studies the extent and variation in production cost pass-through for U.S. outsourcing imports. Data from 4,676 products imported through the U.S. overseas assembly program (OAP) show that outsourcing imports were characterized by incomplete pass-through of production and trade costs to import prices. Notably, passthrough was higher for products assembled in high education countries w...

Managing an information systems (IS) outsourcing relationship is regarded as a critical success factor in commercial practice. However, there has been limited academic research on how an IS outsourcing relationship is governed to ensure its success and a continuous relationship. In particular, it is challenging for companies to achieve such a feat in China due to the institutional instability o...

Despite the fact that there is a large body of literature on Production Routing Problem (PRP), we were struck by dearth research outsource planning and lateral transshipment. This paper presents mixed-integer linear programming model for incorporating outsourcing, transshipment, back ordering, lost sales, time windows into production routing problems. Then robust optimization will be introduced...

Recent case study research has examined the role of organization control as a critical component of outsourcing performance (Kang et al. 2012a. Journal of Business Research 65, 1195–1201). In contrast to case study methodology, this paper aims to empirically examine the relationships among outsourcing strategies and organizational control in the Chinese context and refine the theoretical and ma...

The study examines two dimensions of IT outsourcing contract structure: contract specificity and flexibility. We posit that the contract structures are influenced by (a) relational elements such as prior interactions, current nature of relationship between the contracting parties, and future interactions; and by (b) the attributes of transactions such as investment specificity and task and tech...

Our research contributes to the quest for management action items that drive outsourcing management success. We hypothesize and empirically show that a certain piece of IT governance, the explicit documentation of roles and responsibilities of staff residing in the client firm’s retained organization contributes to social alignment in terms of interaction quality, shared knowledge, and trust be...

In recent years, many firms have adopted outsourcing as a means to govern their information technology (IT) operations. While outsourcing is associated with several important benefits, it also entails risk. The main purpose of this study was to validate measures of the risk factors associated with outsourcing IT operations. Insights from transaction costs theory suggest that risk factors are in...