Browsing Department of Industrial Engineering by Title
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Scanning and motion capturing of vertebral kinematics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)In the context of intervertebral disc replacement and customized implants, human simulation studies are of great importance. Simulation models need input data. This study investigated different in vivo motion capturing ... -
Scheduling evenly spaced routes in networks
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-08-10)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract. -
Scheduling program based on the theory of constraints
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this thesis is to provide a stepping-stone for the design and development of a software package that implements the Goal System Algorithm, based on the Theory of Constraints (TOC). This ... -
Scheduling sequence-dependent colour printing jobs
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A scheduling problem in the colour printing industry is considered in this paper. The problem is to find an optimal assignment of print jobs to each of a set of colour printers, as well as an optimal ... -
A SCM approach to project management in the South African construction industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The two factors that motivated this research were, the failure of construction projects to adhere to budget and schedule and the lack of insight into the management of complex construction projects in ... -
Scoping phase comparison of development opportunities by making use of publicly available sustainability information
(Elsevier, 2017)With sustainable business strategies and sustainability reporting now a norm, the public domain has in recent years been flooded with sustainable development information from a wide range of organizations. Although this ... -
Selecting and tailoring design methodologies in form of roadmaps for a specific development project
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates answers to the question: "How does one decide on the approach to implement when planning, managing and executing a development project?". By examining the prescriptive ... -
Selection of a decision model for rolling stock maintenance scheduling
(SAIIE, 2015)Rolling stock is the most maintenance intensive part of the railway system and therefore, the most vulnerable if maintenance is neglected. It is therefore, essential to have an efficient maintenance schedule for rolling ... -
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 ... -
Shift scheduling for a maintenance workshop
(SAIIE, 1990)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A big passenger transport company experienced problems with the utilization of their maintenance crews. Large amounts of overtime were logged, while at the same time a lot of idle time was experienced. ... -
Silver, copper and aluminium coatings for micro-material handling operations
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-08)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Micro-material handling has challenges accompanying it because of adhesive forces, which make the picking and placing of micro-parts difficult. The adhesive forces hinder the picking of a micro-part, and ... -
A simplified numerical decision making toolbox for physical asset management decisions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The management of physical assets has become a popular eld of study over recent years and is being acknowledged in multiple disciplines world wide. In this project, research on Physical Asset ... -
A simplified numerical decision-making methodology for physical asset management decisions
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-05)The management of physical assets has become a popular field recently, and is acknowledged in many disciplines worldwide. Physical Asset Management (PAM) is a complex subject that requires the participation of many ... -
Simply optimal - beyond EOQ for a popular class of inventory problems
(SAIIE, 1999)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: True optimal solution s to real life problems are normally only achievable at the expense of great complexity. Every now and then however, one is almost stunned by the simplicity of a good solution to ... -
Simulation of fruit pallet movement in the port of Durban : a case study
(Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2005)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper gives an overview of a discrete-event simulation study that was performed on pallet movement at Fresh Produce Terminals in the port of Durban, South Africa. The study formed part of an extended ... -
Simulation-based online scheduling of a make-to-order job shop
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)Scheduling is a core activity in the manufacturing business. It assists with efficient and effective utilization of capital-intensive resources and increased throughput, thus increasing profitability. The focus in this ... -
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 ... -
Small and medium enterprise transformation (South African manufacturing)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT "The environment sets many new requirements and SMEs can reactively adapt or they can design themselves to affect and operate in the environment as effective as possible. " - Trade and Industry Minister ... -
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 ... -
Socio-demographic insights into South African student drinking behaviour
(HESA, 2017)Hazardous and harmful drinking is on the rise among adolescents and young adults and has been classified as a major health problem. University students is a subgroup of young adults that are characterised by more frequent, ...
