Browsing Research Articles (Industrial Engineering) by Title
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Food availability and accessibility in the local food distribution system of a low-income, urban community in Worcester, in the Western Cape province
(Medpharm Publications, 2013)Objectives: The objective was to understand the local food distribution system in Avian Park, with a focus on food availability and accessibility. Study design: This was a quantitative food store survey that employed ... -
A framework for establishing a human asset register for the improved management of people in physical asset management
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: People are fundamental to the success of managing physical assets. Line managers are increasingly becoming responsible for people- management activities that were traditionally placed within the human ... -
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 ... -
Gold CIP and CIL process optimization in a capital constraint environment
(The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2017-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article focuses on the use of a model in combination with economic analysis to extract maximum value out of current gold operations, without the need for additional capital. Two South African case ... -
A guide for integrating total quality management and physical asset management in the food industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-12-10)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The integration of an organisation’s asset management and total quality management systems has become important in addressing operational challenges in the food industry. This paper proposes a guideline ... -
High-speed 5-axis machining for tooling applications
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2012-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the modern metalworking industry, production moulds often have complex geometry, with undercut regions, small corner radii, sharp edges, deep cavities, or large cores. Conventional manufacturing process ... -
Implications for the agriculture sector of a green economy transition in the Western Cape Province of South Africa : a system dynamics modelling approach to food crop production
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Western Cape Provincial government in South Africa has introduced a green economy framework, ‘Green is Smart’, to create a more sustainable economy. This framework stipulates plans for the Western ... -
Implications of biofuel production in the Western Cape province, South Africa : a system dynamics modelling approach
(University of Cape Town, Energy Research Centre, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The national government instated a mandatory blending policy to facilitate the uptake and establishment of a biofuels sector in South Africa. Uncertainty exists, however, regarding the implications and ... -
Improvements in the capability profile of 3-D printing : an update
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-08)Knowledge about the capabilities of a production system is an important issue. The three-dimensional (3-D) printing (drop-on-bed) process has become a well-established Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology. Initially ... -
Improvements towards the identification and quantification of relationships between key performance indicators
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-08-31)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The quantitative relationships at the performance measurement system (QRPMS) is a methodology for identifying and quantifying relationships between key performance indicators. These relationships present ... -
The industrial engineer : caught between two revolutions?
(SAIIE, 1994)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Industrial Engineer is caught between the Industrial Revolution and the Information revolution. He is confronted with choosing between pragmatic improvements in productivity and efficiency of a ... -
Influence of heat treatments on the microstructure and tensile behaviour of selective laser melting-produced TI-6AL-4V parts
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In industry, post-process heat treatments of Ti-6Al-4V are performed with the aim of improving its tensile behaviour. While heat treatments of wrought Ti6Al4V have been standardised (e.g., Aerospace ... -
Initialising customer-orientated digital transformation in enterprises
(Elsevier, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Digitisation forms a part of Industrie 4.0 and is both threatening, but also providing an opportunity to transform business as we know it; and can make entire business models redundant. Although companies ... -
Integrated product and enterprise design for global competitiveness
(SAIIE, 1998)This paper presents an overview of the challenge to integrate product and process life cycles in maintaining global competitiveness of an enterprise and proposes IEKOS as a possible solution . It provides the reader with ... -
Integration costs of renewable energy technologies in future energy generation scenarios
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-08-31)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of the paper is to understand the integration costs of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in future energy generation scenarios for South Africa. The study used PLEXOS1 to conduct a bottom-up ... -
An introduction to rapid casting : development and investigation of process chains for sand casting of functional prototypes
(SAIIE, 2007)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the results obtained from studies on different Rapid Tooling process chains in order to improve the design and manufacture of foundry equipment that is used for sand casting of ... -
Investigating a green economy transition of the electricity sector in the Western Cape Province of South Africa : a system dynamics approach
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Western Cape Government in South Africa has identified the concept of a green economy as a way to transform the Province’s economy to one that is more sustainable from an economic, social, and ... -
Investigating components affecting the resource efficiency of incorporating metal additive manufacturing in process chains
(Elsevier, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pursuing more sustainable process chains, manufacturers are constantly striving to enhance the resource efficiency of their manufacturing processes. As part of this, additive technologies have become ... -
Investigating of eco- and energy-efficient lubrication strategies for the drilling of light metal alloys
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineerg, 2010)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy use will be one of the main drivers for the achievement of more eco-efficient drilling processes in the automotive industry. Industry awareness of the environmental impact of used cutting emulsions, ... -
Investigating the effects of automating process chains towards sustainable manufacturing in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Automation of processes is becoming increasingly popular within manufacturing. However, in third world countries such as South Africa, automation could lead to the loss of jobs and even higher unemployment. ...
