Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Industrial Engineering) by Title
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An agent-based model of Eldana Saccharina Walker
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An agent-based simulation model is formulated in this dissertation in order to simulate the population dynamics of Eldana saccharina Walker infestation in sugarcane. The simulation model comprises four ... -
An air suspension cushion to reduce human exposure to vibration
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)Off-road working vehicles are subjected to high levels of vibration input on the rough terrain and irregular roads they work. The human operators are therefore exposed to high levels of whole body vibration (WBV) and at ... -
Alignment of internal and external business & innovation domains
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of strategic alignment, the “golden thread”, lies at the heart of this research. The idea that all available resources are simultaneously attracted by the magnetic pull of a company’s ... -
An application of the supply chain operations reference model for the service supply chain for standardised back office services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is common practice to apply manufacturing practices to services, with the intention of improving services through the practices of manufacturing. One of the manufacturing practices that has proven to ... -
Application of Van-der-Waals forces in micro-material handling
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)This doctoral dissertation focuses on the application of Van-der-Waals’ forces in micromaterial handling. A micro-material handling system consists of four main elements, which include: the micro-gripper, the micro-workpart, ... -
Applying the cross-entropy method in multi-objective optimisation of dynamic stochastic systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A difficult subclass of engineering optimisation problems is the class of optimisation problems which are dynamic and stochastic. These problems are often of a non-closed form and thus studied by means ... -
An approach to enable and advance open innovation for small and medium-sized enterprises
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Small and medium-sized enterprises form a very important part of any economy. These organisations generally provide 60–70 percent of the employment in countries. The success and growth of SMEs have a ... -
The base of the pyramid: a growth framework for SMME action
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A key challenge faced by South African enterprises operating in the market made up of the poorest socio-economic segment, namely the Base of the Pyramid (BOP), pertains to the difficulty of achieving ... -
Bi-objective generator maintenance scheduling for a national power utility
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the key focus areas for the management of a power utility in a regulated energy market is planned preventative maintenance of the power generating units in its power system. The so- called generator ... -
A competitive strategy framework for E-business start-ups
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The strategic tools and insights that e-business start-ups require to better formulate their competitive strategies are obscured by the staggering amounts of strategy literature that is available. Yet at ... -
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology adoption in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa (SA) aims to generate 42 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy technology sources by 2030. To achieve this target, the government started the Renewable Energy Independent Power ... -
A critical success factor model for asset management services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business-to-business services relating to physical asset management are playing an increasingly important role in industry. This is in the midst of the current pressures which asset owning organisations ... -
Decision support for response selection in maritime law enforcement
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the context of maritime law enforcement (MLE), a human operator is typically required to make a variety of counter-threat decisions following the detection and evaluation of threats at sea. These ... -
Design and development of a real-time scheduling system in a sensorised job shop using cloud-based simulation with mobile device access
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Traditional scheduling approaches used in manufacturing systems address scheduling problems before production commences, which poses possible problems when the system is interrupted by unexpected events. ... -
Development and optimisation of incremental sheet forming of titanium grade 2: process mapping
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Manufacturing products ensure value creation from natural resources. The change in manufacturing systems to a greater emphasis on personalisation, increase the need for customised products. Manufacturing ... -
Development of a process chain for digital design and manufacture of patient-specific intervertebral disc implants with matching endplate geometries
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Back pain is a common concern amongst a growing population of people across the world today, where in most cases the pain can become unbearable resulting in major lifestyle adjustments. Seventy to eighty ... -
The development of a telemedicine service maturity model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A telemedicine service is a healthcare service (-medicine) that is delivered over a distance (tele-). The interest in the potential of telemedicine to increase the quality, accessibility, utilization, ... -
Digitalisation of shop-floor operations in the South African tool, die and mould making industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This doctoral dissertation focuses on the digitalisation of shop-floor operations in the South African Tool, Die and Mould Making (TDM) industry through the development of a Mobile Data Collection (MDC) ... -
Edge criticality in secure graph domination
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The domination number of a graph is the cardinality of a smallest subset of its vertex set with the property that each vertex of the graph is in the subset or adjacent to a vertex in the subset. This ... -
Employee incentives engineering: towards a decision support system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the key challenges organisations face is how to enhance the level of performance of their employees. This research focuses on how incentive practices can be used to stimulate employee motivation. ...
