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The development of a healthcare innovation adoption readiness assessment tool (HIARAT)
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A disconnect exists between innovations and the adoption of such innovations, specifically within healthcare facilities. This disconnect results in various healthcare challenges — ones that could be ...
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 ...
Exploring the design of performance dashboards in relation to achieving organisational strategic goals
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Inadequate information sharing and ineffective monitoring are obstacles to strategy execution in an organisation. Performance dashboards are an information system tool used to translate theorganisation’s ...
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 ...
An analysis of the extent to which industry 4.0 has been considered in sustainability or socio-technical transitions
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A growing database of literature is geared towards the analysis and evaluation of Industry 4.0. One of the points of interest is the assessment of Industry 4.0 in the context of sustainability and sustainable ...
Additive manufacturing for sustainable custom-designed implants
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing (AM) has proven to be an attractive alternative manufacturing process compared with subtractive manufacturing (SM). Additive manufacturing has many advantages, such as mass ...
A systematic literature review of sustainable urban planning challenges associated with developing countries
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to uncover the most prominent challenges that urban planners face when tackling sustainable practices in developing countries. The time frame was set to after the 2012 Rio +20 ...
Development of a method of additive manufacturing by material extrusion along three-dimensional curves
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-11-15)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A method of additive manufacturing (AM) for the extrusion of material along three-dimensional curves is proposed as an alternative to conventional methods of layer-based AM for the manufacture of components ...
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 patient-centric Six-Sigma decision support system framework for continuous quality improvement in clinics
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-11-15)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Primary health care facilities are widely regarded as the backbone of the South African healthcare system. For this reason, formalised standards such as the ‘ideal clinic’ and ‘national core standards’ ...