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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 ...
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 ...
The development of techniques to select a control policy during proactive on-line planning and control
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The worldwide trend for systems is to become more complex. This leads to the need for new
ways to control these complex systems. A relatively new approach for controlling systems, called
on-line planning ...
Analysing product development best practices and improvement of associated activities with an application to a South African company
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dynamic and highly competitive environment that most product development
organisations find themselves in demands a method to constantly assess the maturity of the
organisations' product development ...
Attributes and multi-criteria decision analysis in machine selection for process chains
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project is to find a means to evaluate a number of machines
to optimise a process chain. Firstly seven machine types were identified to be
included in the study. These machine types ...
On monitoring and intelligence in an integrated manufacturing system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Some concepts of manufacturing on their own playa decisive role in manufacturing like
Integration, Intelligence and Remote Monitoring. They have been tried and tested with great
success in various ...
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 investigation towards developing capability profiles of rapid prototyping technologies with a focus on 3D-printing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rapid prototyping (RP) technologies have expanded vastly over recent years.
With the advent of new materials along with new processes, each technology
has been contributing to the diversities in different ...
Computer control of a metal bar bending press
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mechatronics is an exciting research area that stemmed from huge progress in computer
technology from the 1970s onwards. In such systems, computer controlled electronic and mechanical
devices interact ...
E-commerce web site evaluation : developing a framework and method for the systematic evaluation of e-commerce web sites and using correspondence analysis to represent the results graphically per industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The corporate web site is essential to companies who use the Internet for e-commerce
purposes. For these companies, the web site is the platform used to communicate with
customers and facilitate business ...