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Comparing the sustainable development potential of industries : a role for sustainability disclosures?
(MDPI, 2018-03)Governments often seek to facilitate sustainable growth through the targeted support of specific industries that are deemed to have considerable sustainable development potential. However, the selection of appropriate ...
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Tiered-facility vehicle routing problem with global cross-docking
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The service delivery of public healthcare is severely threatened due to insu cient resources. A current South African public healthcare organisation responsible for processing pathological specimens ...
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Towards design rules for reinforced strain hardening cement composites (R/SHCC) in bending
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Strain Hardening Cement Composites (SHCC) are cement-based materials with remarkable characteristics. Its strain hardening ability under tension enables it to carry increased loads, after the material has ...
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Exploring innovation for inclusive development dynamics from an innovation systems perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Food security is still a pervasive problem, nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Industrial crop (IC) expansion has been at the centre of a debate as to whether ICs are assisting or hindering ...
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Ageing estimation models for lightly loaded distribution power transformers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Power transformers form an integral part of present day electricity networks. They allow for power to efficiently be transported over vast distances. They are however one of the most expensive assets within ...
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Smallholder food security impacts of industrial crop expansion and land use change in Malawi: a system dynamics simulation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Food security is still a pervasive problem, nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Industrial crop (IC) expansion has been at the centre of a debate as to whether ICs are assisting or hindering ...
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Evaluating different value adding processing systems for bamboo developments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mining contributed significantly to South Africa’s economic growth, but with the closure of mining operations several challenges arise. These challenges include land remediation, mine rehabilitation and ...
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Application of lean tools in rolling stock procurement supply chain management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main aim of this research study was an investigation of applicable lean tools in rolling stock procurement supply chain management (SCM). Lean principles resonate from the manufacturing environment ...
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Development of a continuous improvement framework for a small scale steelmaking company
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African steelmaking industry is currently sailing through a turbulent economic period characterised with commodity price instability and competition from European and Asian markets. This ...
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Developing a model to overcome the organisational communication deficiencies that exist in the PAM Industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a service providing industry such as Physical Asset Management (PAM), a strategic partnership is a business relationship that is established to reach organisational objectives and to obtain a competitive ...
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Energy metabolism in a hybrid / multi-structured urban informal settlement
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Municipalities and governments at different levels are faced with the challenge of establishing energy policies and strategies for urban informal settlements that are mostly located in marginal areas. ...
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The development of a policy framework for integrating smart asset management within operating theatres in a private healthcare group to mitigate critical system failure
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), health technologies are an essential basis for the correct functionality of an effective healthcare system. It is within this hospital environment that ...
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A strategic model of macro-economic and supply chain factors that influence the decision-making process of SA retailers when expanding their footprint in African countries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As part of the era of globalisation, the foreign market expansion of retailers is a trend that draws the attention of economists and researchers alike, and is an ever-expanding field of scholarly review. ...
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A management tool towards the development of healthcare innovation platforms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The healthcare sector is constantly under pressure given rising patient demands, an increasing population and a lack of infrastructure and resources available in South Africa (SA). These trends result in ...
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A framework for implementing lean practices and tools to support ISO 55000 compliance for physical asset management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract
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Impacts of industrial crops on food security in Swaziland, Tshaneni: a system dynamics approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Tshaneni, Swaziland has seen a prolific expansion in the cultivation of industrial crops over the last two decades. The effect of these industrial crops on local and regional food security is unclear. ...
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Generator maintenance scheduling based on the expected capability of satisfying energy demand
(Stellenbosch : Stellebosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The integrity of an electric power system is significantly threatened by unexpected downtimes of power generating units (PGUs). In order to minimise the occurrence of such unexpected PGU downtimes, planned ...
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Resource efficient process chain development of a modular CubeSat spaceframe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Southern African Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SA AMSAT) is designing and manufacturing an amateur satellite based on the CubeSat design. The mission of SA AMSAT is to provide Radio Amateurs ...
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A feasibility study framework for E-business start-ups: a case study on Sxuirrel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: E-businesses that use technology to infiltrate the biggest rising market today, the Millenials, have become more and more popular over the past few years. This market however is very unpredictable and ...
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A business model innovation framework for capturing white space opportunities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business models and business model innovation (BMI) have been receiving increasing attention in recent years, from both academics and practitioners. BMI is crucial for any business to stay competitively ...
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Development of a decision support system for assessing alternative agriculture land uses: A case study of the Stellenbosch wine region
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African wine industry is one of the oldest wine industries in the world apart from Europe and the Mediterranean. The wine industry, according to SAWIS (2015), is one of the biggest agriculture ...
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Investigating quality of data and the need for the restructuring of accident report form in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: reliable data quality system is a priority to all organisations or departments around the globe. Quality data is of great value to the agencies managing the road traffic system in South Africa in such ...
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An integrated Supply Chain Programme for the South African cotton garment industry – Pilot study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cotton is used in many products for its characteristics, flexibility, and comfort. It also forms part of a very important natural fibre used in the textile industry for weaving fabrics and producing ...
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Determining an appropriate electricity supply mix for the Hessequa Municipality: A system dynamics approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has a highly centralised, monopolistic and regulated electricity sector. Eskom is the country’s national electricity utility and a state owned enterprise. Steep electricity tariff hikes have ...
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A strategic management framework for the commercialisation of multi-technology renewable energy systems: The case of concentrating solar power technologies in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In today’s globalised world, mankind faces an increasing number of economic, social, and environmental problems. The complexity and integrated nature of these challenges has led to recognition of the need ...
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A model for the translation of South African economic activity into shipping container demand
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Quay wall container forecasts are often done by broad-stroke methods with large-scale infrastructure decisions then based on these forecasts. This research problem requires an investigation into more ...
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Self-organisation in traffic Signal control algorithms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two popular types of traffic signal control are fixed-time control and vehicle-actuated control. The latter method involves switching traffic signals based on detected traffic ows and thus offers more ...
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New multi-objective ranking and selection procedures for discrete stochastic simulation problems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In stochastic simulation optimisation, several system designs are considered. These designs are ranked in order and the best is selected based on one or more performance measures. Any ranking and selection ...
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Improving the efficiency of University technology transfer
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to improve the efficiency of university technology transfer. Research has shown that there are three primary ways of achieving this. First, determining how efficient technology transfer ...
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Real-time scheduling in a sensorised factory using cloud-based simulation with mobile device access
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Scheduling is a challenge that persists in the operational phase of the manufacturing life-cycle. The challenge can be attributed to the complex, dynamic, and stochastic nature of a manufacturing system. ...
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