Browsing Department of Industrial Engineering by Title
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Rapid Tooling and the LOMOLD Process
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)The LOMOLD process is a new plastic moulding process being researched at the University of Stellenbosch. The process essentially combines injection moulding and compression moulding. Molten plastic is forced into the mould ... -
Real-time cloud-based stochastic scheduling incorporating mobile clients and a sensor network
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Scheduling within manufacturing environments is often complicated due to the complex, dynamic and stochastic characteristics such environments exhibit. These characteristics pose problems for off-line ... -
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. ... -
The recommendation and validation of an appropriate physical asset management policy for Prasa’s Metrorail division
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The decline of the passenger rail transport system of South Africa over the past two decades has left the passenger rail industry in a difficult position. The most significa ... -
Reducing risks in large scale projects : investigating the integration of systems engineering principles into project management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Project management (PM) is a very important field in engineering as a whole. The management of most projects has become more complex in recent times, due to greater technical complexity and the requirement ... -
Regional economic assessment of the planned De Beers pass road project in South Africa
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article analyses the magnitude of the possible regional economic impacts that might stem from the proposed De Beers Pass Route (DBPR) project in South Africa. The regional income multiplier and income ... -
Regression analysis of caterpillar 793D haul truck engine failure data and through-life diagnostic information using the proportional hazards model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Physical Asset Management (PAM) is becoming a greater concern for companies in industry today. The widely accepted British Standards Institutes’ specification for optimized management of physical assets ... -
Reinforcement learning for the control of traffic flow on highways
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traffc congestion has become a significant problem around the world, not only in first-world countries, but also in third-world countries such as South Africa. Due to spatial limitations, especially in ... -
Requirements specification for the optimisation function of an electric utility's energy flow simulator
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Efficient and reliable energy generation capability is vital to any country's economic growth. Many strategic, tactical and operational decisions take place along the energy supply chain. Shortcomings ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Resource-efficient process chains to manufacture patient-specific prosthetic fingers
(SAIIE, 2016-05)The high cost of quality prostheses, together with the lack of trained prosthetists, makes it challenging to obtain prosthetic devices in developing communities. Modern 3D digitising techniques and additive manufacturing ... -
Rethinking strategic sustainability planning for the electricity sector in South Africa
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A series of processes is now converging to force the issue of sustainability to drive South Africa’s low-carbon energy transitions. This raises the question of how a ‘sustainability transition’ framework ... -
A risk and cost management analysis for changes during the construction phase of a project
(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2016)In civil construction projects, changes are inevitable, impacting projects in terms of cost, time and quality. It is nevertheless expected of project managers to effectively manage the impacts of project changes, and to ... -
A risk and cost management model for changes during the construction phase of a civil engineering project
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The construction project environment is dynamic and prone to change. Project change can be defined as any event that alters a project’s original scope, execution time or the cost of the works. Improper ... -
Risk management solutions flow to implement quantitative methods as part of ISO 55000 for physical asset management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Physical asset management has undergone a phenomenal growth period in recent years and is being acknowledged as a value adding activity that is critical to the success of any organization. The recently ... -
A risk-reliability comparison of track sections in the passenger railway industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In chaotic maintenance environments, executing planned maintenance becomes difficult because the need for immediate corrective action escalates. Reverting back from a poor system state to a stable and ... -
A roadmap towards significant customer value in a complex product environment
(Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Three fundamental processes of an enterprise are development, operations and marketing. When a product or service (Knowledge Item) is introduced to a customer, a specific series of success events are ... -
A roadmap towards sustainability of fast growing companies within the manufacturing industries
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Any growing system is by definition in a transient phase, and consequently exhibits transient-, non-steady state-, unstable behaviour. Accordingly, this form of instability (systemic growth) is by and ... -
The role of open innovation intermediaries in entrepreneurial ecosystems design
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Unemployment levels in South Africa have reached astronomical levels. This has spurred the government to fund entrepreneurship initiatives such as the Enterprise and Supplier Development programmes. Thus ...
