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A decision support system (DSS) was conceptually developed to support the decision maker (DM) in classify the activities into core and non-core competencies, and to establish their outsourcing relationship. This DSS is recommended because companies have seen the outsourcing as an alternative for business survival in a competitive market. Thus, for each manufacturing process, the DM needs to be able...