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A case study in project management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Project Management has already moved beyond the realms of an "orderwinning"- criteria to a "necessary-to-survive"-criteria. Increasingly people are drawn into project management without the correct ... -
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 -
High speed cutting and electric discharge machining as complementary processes in the die and mould industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: High Speed Cutting (HSC), specifically milling is a significant contemporary development in machining. The Die and Mould industry is experiencing a difficult business climate. There is competitive ... -
An integrated control system for the subsets of a mobile robot
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project, tided An Integrated Control System for the SubsetJ of a Mobile Robot, concerns the integration of subsets for a mobile robotic system developed in the past. It was found that these subsets ... -
Intelligent risk profiling for project management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Whenever projects fail, analysis of the causes has shown that risks were present from day one. Often individuals at some level in the project team have knowledge of these risks and they could have been ... -
An investigation into the applicability of lean thinking in an operational maintenance environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It has been postulated that lean thinking principles can be successfully applied to any industry. Following on that postulation, there have been great advances in the area of lean thinking outside the ... -
Manufacturing intelligence : a dissemination of intelligent manufacturing principles with specific application
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence has provided several techniques with applications in manufacturing. Knowledge based systems, neural networks, case based reasoning, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic have been ... -
A performance measurement model for a service partnership
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The problem with which many organisations struggle in the current economical environment is that of focus. They are trapped in a situation where limited resources or lack of inherent knowledge withhold them ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 systematic approach to enterprise risk management
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the current economic climate where credit crises, fluctuating commodity prices, poor governance, rising unemployment and declining consumer spending exist, risk management is of utmost importance. ... -
TCP/IP facilitated flexible robotics controller
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)Robot control by TCP/IP communication is investigated in this thesis for existing robots used in tertiary education. The request for newer software for robotic computer control came from the University of Stellenbosch ... -
Value-adding business process modelling : determining the suitability of a business process modelling technique for a given application
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organizations formally define and document their business processes in order to properly understand them and to subsequently enable their continuous development, improvement and management. In order to ...
