Department of Industrial Engineering

Determination of the cost component in the social cost-benefit analysis of road projects in South Africa

Pienaar, Wessel (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-05)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The article deals with the preferred approach to determine the cost component in the social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) of road projects in South Africa. The article is in four parts. The first part, the ...

Time-driven activity-based costing related to digital twinning in additive manufacturing

Anderson, Anje Marjorie; Van der Merwe, Andre (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-05)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many businesses in the additive manufacturing industry have limited equipment capacity. This method of using time-driven activity-based costing in collaboration with digital twinning will be advantageous ...

A conceptual framework for the certification of laser powder bed fusion process quality management systems for aerospace applications

Gibbons, Duncan William; Van Der Merwe, Andre Francois (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to develop a conceptual framework for the certification of laser powder bed fusion quality management systems for aerospace applications. This research is structured around industry standards ...

Supplier segmentation : a case study of Mozambican cassava farmers

Matshabaphala, Ntebaleng S.; Grobler, Jacomine (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over 3 000 Mozambican smallholder farmers supply cassava to Company XYZ. XYZ needs an effective supplier segmentation method to gain insight into how it should direct its resources for the greatest impact. ...

Circular supply chains and renewable chemical feedstocks : a network configuration analysis framework

Srai, Jagjit Singh; Tsolakis, Naoum; Kumar, Mukesh; Bam, Wouter (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to provide a comprehensive decision-making process and a framework for exploring the commercial viability of supply chains (SCs) arising from renewable chemical feedstocks ...

A framework of key growth factors for small enterprises operating at the base of the pyramid

Van der Merwe, Michael D.; Grobbelaar, Sara S.; Meyer, Isabel A.; Schutte, Cornelius S. L.; Von Leipzig, Konrad H. (MDPI, 2020-11-10)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Enterprises operating at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) find it difficult to simultaneously achieve economic (profitable growth) and social (poverty alleviation) outcomes. This study builds on a previously ...

Application of lean principles in the South African construction industry

Maradzano, Isabellah (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is a developing country that invests billions of rands annually in the construction industry. This industry consumes resources, and inevitably, waste is ...

The impact of advanced planning systems on the design of central inventory planning teams in retail

Stemmet, Petrus Louis (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The retail supply chain has evolved significantly over the last three decades, with retailers becoming the dominant partner in the overall supply chain. Retailers are no longer passive recipients of ...

Towards a maturity model for the assessment of data management of healthcare entities in developing countries

Van der Merwe, Laubscher (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study focused on healthcare data management in developing countries.Data management is important for good healthcare service delivery. Data helps management with decision-making based on facts and ...

Development of a management tool for value creation supported by information systems in healthcare: an ecosystem perspective

Hlongwane, Sanelisiwe Nongcebo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa’s healthcare sector has faced numerous challenges,that still persist today,that are rooted in policies that existed during the colonial and apartheid era. The current challenges that exist ...

Methods of enhancing the MOO CEM algorithm

Trankle, Veronique (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Optimisation refers to solving a problem as accurately as possible while making the most effective use of the available resources. Whilesome problems may have a single best solution, problems ...

A Framework for selecting data acquisition technologies in support of railway infrastructure predictive maintenance

Van Schalkwyk, Johannes Wallace (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract

Predicting process performance in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors using machine learning techniques

Khoza, Sibusiso Comfort (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The business-to-business (B2B) expenditure in the African manufacturing industry is projected to rise to almost two-thirds of$1 trillion by 2030, whilst the global agriculture and agriprocessing sector ...

Gamification and simulation teaching -- a system created to improve the depth of knowledge and knowledge retention of engineering students

Redelinghuys, Zaan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study presents research done on the possibilities of implementing an improved method of education in some of the modules in theindustrial engineering programme at Stellenbosch University. The ...

Drivers of violent property crime in South Africa: a system dynamics model focussing on education- and income inequality

Adam, Felix Martin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Crime statistics released by the South African Police Service (SAPS) indicate that the total number of annually reported crimes decreased steadily between 2008 and 2019. However, annual reported robberies ...

An investigation into the required investment to transition the heavy-duty vehicle sector of New Zealand to hydrogen

Kotze, Rick Marius (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector is known to be an important contribution to climate change mitigation. With looming climate commitments, it is becoming increasingly ...

An activity-based workload modelling approach for determining diagnostic radiographer staffing requirements within a diagnostic radiology practice.

Cloete, Cosmo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Radiology is a medical speciality that uses imaging technologies to obtain and interpret medical images. Radiology forms a crucial part in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, thus the ...