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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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Metacognitive learning : skills development through gamification at the Stellenbosch Learning Factory as a case study
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has a high-cost, low-performance education system, which ultimately leads to unemployment and a skill shortage in the country. In order to bridge the skill shortage gap at a tertiary level, ...
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Mitigating delays in the operations of a business entity when converting to the ISO 55000 standard
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Existing business entities often employ their own operational procedures and guidelines regarding asset management. However, converting to the ISO 5500X standards can adversely affect the operational ...
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An investigation of cellular facility configuration for table grape packing
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although labour unrest in export fruit industries was limited to the Western Cape, the 50% increase in the minimum wage became applicable to the industry countrywide. Table grape packhouses in particular, ...
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Development of a condition based maintenance system for a sugar producing company
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-07)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With globalisation taking centre stage in almost every market; traditionally monopolistic manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe are struggling to compete with international companies whose operations are ...
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Analysis of a time based and corrective maintenance system for a sugar producing company
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Southern Africa sugar producers’ market is under threat from Brazilian sugar, with the latter’s sugar landing in Southern African countries - Zimbabwe in particular – at 75% of the selling price ...
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The base of the pyramid: a growth framework for SMME action
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A key challenge faced by South African enterprises operating in the market made up of the poorest socio-economic segment, namely the Base of the Pyramid (BOP), pertains to the difficulty of achieving ...
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Resource constrained project scheduling models and algorithms applied to underground mining
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The resource constrained project scheduling problem (RCSP) involves the scheduling of a number of activities over time, where each activity consumes a unit of some resource per time period. For a feasible ...
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Determining appropriate compensation for third-party logistics in Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to illuminate the important role of third-party logistics (3PL) within the distribution network of fast moving consumer goods, specifically beverage products, in the African market. The ...
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Investigating the effect of non-assembled product kits on the resource efficiency of process chains
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In order for manufacturing suppliers to stay competitive in the global market, innovative and resource-efficient process chains need to be a part of the manufacturing strategy. Global megatrends are ...
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Fostering sustainable energy transitions in South Africa: a system dynamics approach to achieving a sustainable electricity sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika ondervind tans talle uitdagings soos lae ekonomiese groei, maatskaplike ongelykhede en swak staatsbestuur, maar ondanks hierdie uitdagings streef die elektrisiteitsektor van die land na ...
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Emerging technologies: commercial readiness index(CRI) for medical additive manufacturing(AM)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technology Readiness Level (TRL) has been widely used as a measure of technology maturity. However, TRL is not necessarily a good indicator of commercial readiness. In the renewable energy sector a ...
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Sustainability assessment of technology systems that address the energy-water nexus: the case of desalination in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent decades, the critical interdependencies that exist between the energy and water sectors, referred to as the energy-water nexus, have been investigated. It has become apparent that a policy change ...
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Strategic local manufacturing supplier development roadmap as a decision support tool
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The support of local businesses is vital in ensuring the growth of a country‟s economy. The South African government, in particular, has created various support mechanisms and policies to assist the growth ...
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On the impact of different system strategies on the material performance of selective laser melting- manufactured TI6AL4V components
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a powder-based additive manufacturing process that has gained substantial interest in recent years due to its feasibility of producing geometrically- complex metallic ...
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A production planning method to optimally exploit the potential of reconfigurable manufacturing systems
(Elsevier, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Manufacturing companies must operate in a dynamic environment. Consequently, companies constantly have to adapt their manufacturing systems to stay competitive. One approach to ensure the success of ...
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Employee flourishing strategic framework
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper produces a preliminary version of a strategic framework for managing employee flourishing. ‘Flourishing’, a term from positive psychology, describes the experience of ‘the good life’. Providing ...
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An interactive supply framework to improve the successful outcome of the acquisition of a complex system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The investigation into and interest in the effect of the human factors in the successful execution of a program started in the middle part of the author’s 35-year career when he worked as a program manager ...
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Employee incentives engineering: towards a decision support system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the key challenges organisations face is how to enhance the level of performance of their employees. This research focuses on how incentive practices can be used to stimulate employee motivation. ...
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Towards an antifragile South African SME
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” – Bertrand Russell The contribution of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ...
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An application of the supply chain operations reference model for the service supply chain for standardised back office services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is common practice to apply manufacturing practices to services, with the intention of improving services through the practices of manufacturing. One of the manufacturing practices that has proven to ...
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An approach to enable and advance open innovation for small and medium-sized enterprises
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Small and medium-sized enterprises form a very important part of any economy. These organisations generally provide 60–70 percent of the employment in countries. The success and growth of SMEs have a ...
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The application of business process mining to improving a physical asset management process : a case study
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business process planning and control is important for effectively managing and improving processes relating to the management of physical assets. This is especially true when processes affect the uptime ...
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Water resource infrastructure implications of a green economy transition in the Western Cape Province of South Africa : a system dynamics approach
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-08)ENGLISH ABSTRCT: The Western Cape Province government in South Africa has established the transition to a green economy as a high priority. The sustainable use of water resources has been identified as a critical necessity ...
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Framework for identifying the most likely successful underprivileged tertiary study bursary applicants
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this paper, a decision support system framework is proposed that may be used to assist a tertiary bursary provider during the process of allocating bursaries to prospective students. The system identifies ...
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Single- and multi-objective ranking and selection procedures in simulation : a historical review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-08-31)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ranking and selection (R&S) procedures form an important research field in computer simulation and its applications. In simulation, one usually has to select the best from a number of scenarios or alternative ...
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An approach to improving marketing campaign effectiveness and customer experience using geospatial analytics
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article discusses a case study in which a South African furniture and household goods retailer wishes to improve its marketing campaigns by employing location-based marketing insights, and also to ...
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An integrated management strategy to reduce time and cost overruns on large projects
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The completion of projects beyond their budgets and scheduled times is one of the biggest problems faced by many infrastructure projects today. Large infrastructure projects are the most affected by these ...
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Mathematical models for sustainable wealth redistribution
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Economic inequality has increased in most large free-market economies during the last century and it has been suggested that this phenomenon is an inherent feature of free-market activities. It seems ...
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A note on flow-based formulations for solving resource constrained scheduling problems
(Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2017-02)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The resource constrained scheduling problem involves the scheduling of a number of activities over time, where each activity consumes one or more resources per time period. For a feasible solution to ...
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