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Towards the implementation of e-manufacturing : design of an automatic tea drying control system
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-11)
Many of the production costs for producing tea are attributable to the process of drying the tea. E-manufacturing can assist companies to reduce these production costs by making crucial information available to decision-makers ...
South African iron and steel industrial evolution : an industrial engineering perspective
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the evolution of the South African iron and steel industry from the industrial engineering perspective. The earliest ironmaking in South Africa dates to the fifth century CE; but the ...
A decision support system framework for machine selection
(South African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Selecting the right machinery to machine a part is a multi criteria decision making problem which is crucial in production planning. The process becomes more complex and tedious when one has to choose ...
Application of lean principles in the South African construction industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-11)
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 generated during the process. Although ...
A decision-making framework for implementing digitalisation in the South African tooling industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-12-10)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this paper, a decision-making framework for implementing the concept of digitalisation within the South African tool, die, and mould-making (TDM) industry context is developed and employed. The purpose ...
Digitalisation of shop-floor operations in the south African tool, DIE, and mould-making industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-08-31)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Digitalisation has been advocated as a possible strategy to improve the competitiveness of tool, die, and mould-making (TDM) companies in the 21st century. The recent rise of digital technologies, such ...
Lean applications : a survey of publications with respect to South African industry
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African industry faces immense global competition from developed countries such as Germany probably because of the adoption of lean manufacturing techniques by the latter. This study is a survey on ...
Using failure modes and effects analysis as a problem-solving guideline when implementing SPC in a South African chemical manufacturing company
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-05-29)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Quality management has ceased to be an operational extra, and has become imperative to doing business in a saturated market environment with demanding clients. It is now a significant component of holistic ...
Production scheduling heuristics for frequent load-shedding scenarios : a knowledge engineering approach
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Most industrial machinery and equipment used by the South African manufacturing sector is powered by either a direct current or an alternating current electricity supply. With the recent frequent power ...
Investigation of the effect of scan vector length on residual stresses in selective laser melting of maraging steel 300
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-12-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Selective laser melting scanning strategies influence the quality characteristics of parts, such as form accuracy and residual stresses. Previous research on the effect of laser scanning strategy parameters ...