Browsing Research Articles (Industrial Engineering) by Title
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3D-feature recogntion from measured data
(Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, 1999)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper presents a method to automatically extract analytical entities like planes, spheres and cylinders from a file containing a cloud of points. The method facilitates the manipulation and reduction ... -
The absence of a creative focus in the conventional engineering design process : identifying research opportunities to address this
(SAIIE, 2016-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper synthesizes an overview of various models of the engineering design process with an overview of the most relevant theories within the field of creativity studies to conclude that (i) creativity ... -
Adapting modern portfolio theory for prioritising asset care planning in industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-05)Productivity improvement within any organisation can lead to increased turnover. This study focuses on developing a maintenance productivity improvement model that is based upon an established financial investment portfolio ... -
Agility : a competitive weapon for South African manufacturers
(SAIIE, 1998)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Agility enables a manufacturing enterprise to manage change as part of its routine business. By aligning the whole company to a single strategic vision and goal, together with internal and external ... -
Alignment of internal and external business and innovation domains
(SAIIE, 2016-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “Instead of being really good at doing some particular thing, companies must be really good at learning how to do new things”. This ability to do new things involves both the identification and the mastery ... -
Analysis of the use of space and module-configured packaging to improve fruit export mass in a refrigerated container
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African fruit export industry is a key contributor to thecountry’s economy, and must be managed efficiently to that ensure its vital role is maintained. Significant increases in reefer freight ... -
The applicability of the centeno, chaudhary and lopez repair time standard methodology in a rail maintenance environment
(SAIIE, 2015)The establishment of labour standards within a production environment has become common practice, and is receiving growing recognition in the maintenance environment. However, the application of labour standards in a transit ... -
The application of business process mining to improving a physical asset management process : a case study
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business process planning and control is important for effectively managing and improving processes relating to the management of physical assets. This is especially true when processes affect the uptime ... -
The application of design criteria for locating a hub configured supply chain for a restaurant cluster in the Stellenbosch area
(AOSIS Publishing, 2013-06-25)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Restaurants, in general, utilise numerous suppliers. Normally they deliver on different days in the week and at different times during the day, logistically not an optimum approach. Not only does the ... -
Application of lean tools in the supply chain of a maintenance environment
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)Historically, Lean thinking has limited applications in the maintenance environment (that is, a non-manufacturing environment). This article reports on the Lean tools that can be implemented in the maintenance environment. ... -
An application of mechatronics in manufacturing with object-oriented programming in a windows environment
(SAIIE, 1999)This project is part of a program to establish mechatronics knowledge and skills in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. A low-cost, but accurate mechatronic application was developed ... -
Application of the aviation derived maintenance free operating period concept in the South African mining industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper analyses the use and possible application of the concept of the maintenance free operating period (MFOP), derived from the aviation sector, in the mining industry. The traditionally used ... -
An approach to improving marketing campaign effectiveness and customer experience using geospatial analytics
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article discusses a case study in which a South African furniture and household goods retailer wishes to improve its marketing campaigns by employing location-based marketing insights, and also to ... -
Apron layout design and flight-to-gate assignment at Lanseria International Airport
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Air traffic is continuously increasing and more efficient air transport systems are required to handle the air travel demand. The study investigates the expansion of Lanseria International Airport in ... -
Architecting the enterprise towards enhanced innovation capability
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-12-13)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In today’s competitive environment, organisations cannot afford to focus only on effectiveness and efficiencies – they also need to innovate. This is evident from most literature sources on innovation. ... -
Bedryfs- en tegnologiese vereistes vir die winsgewende lewering van spoorgoederevervoer
(AOSIS, 2017-11-17)In hierdie oorsigartikel word verslag gedoen oor die vernaamste bedryfs- en tegnologiese vereistes waaraan kommersieel lewensvatbare spoorvervoerstelsels in ’n ekonomies ongereguleerde goederevervoermark moet voldoen. ... -
Broadening the influence of asset managers through the six principles of persuasion
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Asset managers (AMRs) have long struggled to influence others within their organisations to support Asset Management (AM) practices. This dilemma was further highlighted with the issuance of the AM suite ... -
Building a scenario based active mapping investment tool within a physical asset management framework
(University of Pretoria, 2014)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the implementation of an integrated capital budgeting visual mapping framework comprised of both Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Real Options Analysis (ROA) techniques. Physical asset ... -
A business framework to network small South African enterprises for sustainability
(SAIIE, 2007)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper describes the role and use of enterprise engineering concepts as a formal approach to the deployment of sustainable networks of small businesses in South Africa. Small, medium and micro ... -
A case for implementing self-organising traffic signal control on South African roads
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traffic signal optimisation may lead to the alleviation, to some extent, of urban traffic congestion, particularly by using real-time data rather than expected traffic flow data. Recent advances in radar ...
