ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To maximise the throughput of a production system the capacity constrained resource needs to be protected from variation and uncertainty. In the Theory of Constraints philosophy such protection is provided ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research was initiated by an opportunity within the petro-chemical company Sasol to explore, improve and integrate various analytical techniques used in the modelling, design and optimisation of supply ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two fundamental aspects in modem business success are performance management and physical asset management. The current problem in the asset management environment is the lack of structured performance ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Rapid Product Development Division (RPD) of the Global Competitiveness Centre (GCC) identified the need to automate and integrate their organisational business processes a nd to share common data ...

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 ...

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 ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The technology of Constraint Programming is rapidly becoming a popular alternative for solving large-scale industry problems. This paper provides an introduction to Constraint Programming and to Constraint ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis was to develop a scheduling model and solution algorithms for a generic problem that can be used to solve a scheduling problem at Autocarriers. The main characteristics of the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Shipping is the lifeline to maritime nations. Therefore it is essential that approaches to harbours and other strategic areas are kept free of threats by sea mines. With the technological possibility ...

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 ...