| dc.description.abstract | This research explored contract management issues for an international airlines in Taiwan by observing its operation practices and procedures in maintaining its customer’s airplane engines. The observation was bases skills, knowledge, and tools in project management. Thus, this research aims at resolving such issues by a few simple but practical methods in project management, such as schedule management software and just-in-time concepts.
From the maintenance schedule aspect, this research firstly compared the original planned schedule and an improved schedule that were both generated by Microsoft Project for maintaining the engines. A most appropriate schedule was then obtained based on the improved schedule in which maintenance activities were rearranged and simulated by the Monte Carlo method to prove their validity using the simulation software provided by the Public Construction Commission. As for pricing of engine maintenance, it is suggested to establish a database of detailed maintenance prices which contains unit prices for each repair task and each single part; thus, a rough total maintenance cost can be calculated as soon as required parts are confirmed. This way is must faster in pricing instead of waiting for completion of the maintenance job.
This research also discusses a turnkey type contract, PBTH (Power By The Hour). Under such contract, the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) is responsible for all the duties of engine maintenance and monitoring, and the customer will only pay the monthly fee based on the actual engine on-wing flight hours. The PBTH contract is suggested by this study due to its reasonable and profitable characteristics. Shortcomings of the PBTH contract are also discussed in this research to avoid possible disputes in the future.
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