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The impact of the moratorium on the regulation governing vehicle height restriction : a South African high cube container case
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African National Road Traffic Act stipulates a legal vehicle height of 4.3 metres. The standard flat deck trailer fleet used in South Africa, combined with the international standard high cube ... -
Factors affecting the location of economic activities : a multi-disciplinary review and conceptual framework
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A holistic framework that enables a systematic evaluation of the factors affecting the location of economic activities has thus far been lacking. Using a structured review, this research summarises the ... -
Towards technological awareness and wisdom
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-12-14)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article aims to enhance technology foresight by contributing to technological awareness and wisdom. It is based on an understanding of the fundamental nature of technology, and requires an overarching ... -
System development for the five-axis extrusion of a photopolymer
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of a novel method of additive manufacturing involving the support-free extrusion of a photopolymer is discussed. The objectives of the paper are the presentation of mechanical and electrical ... -
Validation of supervisor effectiveness determinants for engineering team-based organisations
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify, validate, and describe the determinants of supervisor effectiveness in the context of engineering team-based organisations. Five supervisor effectiveness determinants ... -
The state of the art of gendered energy innovations : a structured literature review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The impact of restricted access to sustainable energy is the worst in vulnerable urban poor areas, and so an alternative approach to energy innovations is needed. To explore the possibilities for energy ... -
Modelling the tendencies of a residential population to conserve water
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Water scarcity is both a global and a local phenomenon. In order to address this, investigations into water demand management strategies and the conservation tendencies of a population are imperative. ... -
Production scheduling heuristics for frequent load-shedding scenarios : a knowledge engineering approach
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Most industrial machinery and equipment used by the South African manufacturing sector is powered by either a direct current or an alternating current electricity supply. With the recent frequent power ... -
Exploring factors that influence the mainstreaming of gendered energy interventions in poor urban environments : a structured literature review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy sectors are faced with the interconnected challenges of urbanisation and providing a growing population with accessible and sustainable energy that facilitates economic development, energy security, ... -
Using machine learning to predict the next purchase date for an individual retail customer
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Targeted marketing has become more popular over the last few years, and knowing when a customer will require a product can be of enormous value to a company. However, predicting this is a difficult task. ... -
An integrative review of the potential barriers to and drivers of adopting and implementing sustainable construction in South Africa
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While sustainable construction has gained increasing international attention, a limited number of studies address the issue of sustainable construction in South Africa. The adoption and implementation of ... -
Best practices for demand-driven supply chain management in public healthcare sector : a systematic literature review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-08-31)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Healthcare supply chains ensure that there is a cost-effective availability of medicines at healthcare facilities. However, it appears that public healthcare supply chains in South Africa are experiencing ... -
A framework for the sustainability assessment of (Micro)transit systems
(MDPI, 2019-10-24)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasing global focus on sustainability is bringing the question of the sustainability of transport systems—which are still exhibiting numerous negative effects as evidence of their unsustainability—to ... -
Using failure modes and effects analysis as a problem-solving guideline when implementing SPC in a South African chemical manufacturing company
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-05-29)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Quality management has ceased to be an operational extra, and has become imperative to doing business in a saturated market environment with demanding clients. It is now a significant component of holistic ... -
Transparent polyvinyl-alcohol cryogel as immobilisation matrix for continuous biohydrogen production by phototrophic bacteria
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-06-09)Background: Phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) have gained attention for their ability to produce a valuable clean energy source in the form biohydrogen via photofermentation of a wide variety of organic wastes. ... -
A heavy goods vehicle fleet forecast for South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)Purpose: To develop and apply a methodology to calculate the heavy goods vehicle fleet required to meet South Africa’s projected road freight transport demand within the context of total surface freight transport ... -
Development of a framework for tracking goods in manufacturing networks using a distributed ledger technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalisation, shorter product life cycles, and increasing product varieties have led to complex supply chains. At the same time, there is a growing interest by customers and governments in having a ... -
The design and development of technology platforms in a developing country healthcare context from an ecosystem perspective
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-03-12)Background: Research on the development and functioning of technology platforms specifically for health applications in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is limited. The healthcare sector has also been resistant to platform adoption ... -
Goederevervoermodusse wat in internasionale handel gebruik word
(AOSIS, 2018)Sedert die ekonomiese deregulering van goederevervoerbedrywighede in nywerheidslande oor die wêreld heen en die vrymaking van internasionale handelspraktyke het dit nodig geword om ’n praktiese kennis van die tipe ... -
Die effek van veelvuldige lynverwydering op die onafhanklikheidsgetal van ’n asikliese grafiek
(AOSIS, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A subset X ⊆ V of the vertex set V of a graph G = (V,E) is an independent set in G if no two vertices of V are adjacent in G. The cardinality of a largest independent set in G is called the independence ...