Search for dissertations about: "outsourcing maintenance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words outsourcing maintenance.

2. 1. Property Maintenance : Concepts and determinants

   Author : Henry Muyingo; Hans Lind; Göran Lindahl; KTH; []
   Keywords : Housing maintenance; property management; real estate; housing companies;

   Abstract : Introduction Strategic property management aims at balancing the question of how the needed space is to be secured, maintained, increased or disposed of in a cost effective manner under a mixture of decisions and actions. In recent years, the interest in building maintenance has increased as more and more of the housing stock built after the Second World War is in need of major renovation. READ MORE

4. 2. Exploring Public Procurement of Swedish Railway Infrastructure Maintenance

   Author : Jens Aldenlöv; Bjarne Bergquist; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Per Erik Eriksson; Henrik Eriksson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Public Procurement; Railway Maintenance; Supply Chain Management; Contract Design; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology Management;

   Abstract : In 2002, Sweden started to outsource its railway infrastructure maintenance. Through gradual exposure (i.e. outsourcing one contract area at a time), the Swedish Transport Administration has developed its competence of being a client towards its contractors. READ MORE

5. 3. Unwrapping Cobol : Lessons in Crisis Computing

   Author : Linda Hilfling Ritasdatter; Susan Kozel; Maria Hellström Reimer; Florian Cramer; Nishant Shah; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : Crisis; Execution; Maintenance; Cobol; Automation; Global Flows; Y2K; Human Factor; Outsourcing; Development; Legacy Systems; Programming Languages; History of Computing; HCI; Software Wrapping; Postcolonial Studies; Diffraction; Broken world thinking; Grace Hopper; Media Archaeology; Debugging; Zombie Media; Obsolescence; Technological Development; Unsettling Ontologies; Fourth Industrial Revolution; Artificial Intelligence; Interaktionsdesign; Interaktionsdesign;

   Abstract : By engaging with COBOL, a detested and would-be obsolete programming language, the dark sides of automation are examined in this thesis: hidden workforces and computational infrastructures that are, in reality, central to the execution and maintenance of global economic and informational flows. Frictions within these flows are made more visible in moments of crisis when asymmetrical power structures are surfaced, as demonstrated in an analysis of the infamous Y2K Bug, its connection to the outsourcing boom in India and the legacy of COBOL. READ MORE

6. 4. Managing Risks in Business Critical Outsourcing : A Perspective from the Outsourcer and the Supplier

   Author : Mike Malmgren; Mats Abrahamsson; Dan Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Outsourcing; managing risks; TCA; organizational relationships; telecom industry; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Companies are increasingly outsourcing business critical activities to suppliers of outsourcing services. As the complexity and business  criticality of the outsourced activities increases, the risk of poor performance increases. READ MORE

7. 5. Dependability and maintenance analysis of railway signalling systems

   Author : Amparo Morant; Peter Söderholm; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Drift och underhållsteknik; Operation and Maintenance Engineering;

   Abstract : Railway signalling systems are composed of several different systems; each has its own purpose, but the main functionality of the overall system is determined by the interoperability between them. Railway signalling systems ensure the safe operation of the railway network, and their reliability and maintainability directly affect the capacity and availability of the railway network, in terms of both infrastructure and trains. READ MORE