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South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
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ISSN 1012-277X · Stellenbosch University · 811 artikel di indeks
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DYNAMIC OPTIMISATION OF DEEP-LEVEL MINE REFRIGERATION CONTROL
Artificial cooling remains vital to the deep-level mining industry. This is mainly to ensure a safe underground working environment. Unfortunately, the refrigeration systems of South African gold mines are outdated. Aging infrastructure and increasing distances to active mining areas present this…
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HYBRID MANUFACTURING FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURERS’ FLEXIBILITY TO MARKET TURBULENCE IN A MULTI–PRODUCT ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDY OF A MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINE
Market flexibility can be described as the ability to react competently to customers’ fluctuating demands. This ability has become critical to the survival of small to medium-sized enterprises. This study aimed at improving small to medium-sized manufacturers’ flexibility. The framework proposed in…
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MODULARISATION AS A COMPETITIVE CRITERION IN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT IN BRAZIL
This research aimed at identifying the competitive criteria that, together with modularisation, impacted the differentiation strategy in industries manufacturing machinery and equipment in Brazil. This was survey-type research that used structural equation modelling (SEM-PLS) for data analysis. A…
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A FRAMEWORK FOR AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING LEARNING FACILITY PARADIGM TOWARD INDUSTRY 4.0
As the industrial world inches ever closer to adopting the Industry 4.0 paradigm, it becomes necessary to evolve a model industrial engineering (IE) learning facility framework that is comprehensive enough to accommodate the full range of exposures required to give students a total practical…
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A FUZZY EVENT TREE METHODOLOGY MODIFIED TO SELECT AND EVALUATE SUPPLIERS
The supplier selection problem becomes more urgent as competition in the market increases. Quality, cost, and the timely delivery of a product mostly depends on the manufacturer’s suppliers and the materials supplied. Therefore manufacturers are very elaborate in selecting their suppliers and work…
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INNOVATION FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT: MAPPING AND AUDITING THE USE OF ICTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
Inclusive education aims to identify and minimise barriers to learning and maximise learner participation in the education system. With a focus on the use of information and communication technologies in the South African primary education system, this study aims 1) to create a framework with which…
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USING FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING GUIDELINE WHEN IMPLEMENTING SPC IN A SOUTH AFRICAN CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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 operational management. The ultimate aim remains customer satisfaction, using the most…
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12 STUDY ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
The Congolese construction industry faces many difficulties in dealing with the different factors that affect the proper performance of the construction process. Several key indicators (factors) that influence the construction performance in the Congo were selected for study and discussion. This…
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EVALUATING HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE USING FUZZY LOGIC
The basic determining elements of healthcare services are the patient’s satisfaction with the service provided by hospitals, which includes behavioural and sentimental aspects and the quality and efficiency of the hospitals themselves. Patients are sometimes very confused, and so express their…
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IMPLEMENTATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR PROGNOSTICS FOR RAILWAY WHEEL FLANGE WEAR
Machine learning has become an immensely important technique for automatically extracting information from large data sets. By doing so, it has become a valuable tool in various industries. In this investigation, the use of machine learning techniques for the production of railway wheel prognostics…
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IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY: HOW TO INTRODUCE HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION LINES
In 2016 Mercedes-Benz SA introduced hybrid vehicles into their East London factory, pioneering high-voltage automotive manufacturing in the country. When the implementation decision was made, the factory was given less than a year to introduce this potentially dangerous new technology at a level…
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THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF REDUCED WEAR BANDSAWS
The objective of this work was to analyse the cost and the benefit of extending the useful life of bandsaws by improving their wear resistance in a parawood saw mill. Changeover of worn bandsaw causes downtime 15 minutes. Saw blade change frequency is two to four times per shift, at a sawn rate of…
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UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK
Although manufacturing operations management (MOM) could play an important role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution by making manufacturers more competitive, MOM projects are complex and expensive, and their implementation challenging. The aim of this qualitative research was to establish the…
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PRIORITISING THE PRACTICES THAT INFLUENCE THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS USING HYBRID AHP-TOPSIS ANALYSIS
Organisations cannot put their efforts equally into all the best practices that impact operational performance, due to their limited resources, their ineffective usage, government policies, and inadequate strategic planning. In this contribution, we aim to identify and prioritise the practices with…
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DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE-BASED MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS
Industry stands to benefit from adopting Internet of Things (IoT) practices. However, reliability and quality of service are of the utmost importance. Challenges such as intermittent connectivity in wide-area wireless communications can hamper the adoption and efficiency of IoT principles in…
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CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF WAFER PROBE YIELD IN DRAM MANUFACTURING USING MAHALANOBIS-TAGUCHI SYSTEM AND NEURAL NETWORK
Wafer yield is a key indicator to pursuing excellence in semiconductor manufacturing. With the increased wafer size, the enhanced complexity and precision of wafer fabrication is possible. Using monitoring to improve the process by predicting the yield has become an important quality issue. Most…
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Assessing performance of automobile industry using Malmquist productivity index with R
The aim of this study is to measure the performance of the top ten automobile manufacturers for the years 2011 to 2016. After evaluating the data from annual reports, only six manufacturers meet the requirements. The Malmquist productivity index (MPI) is used as the measurement of performance. The…
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SINGLE-MACHINE SCHEDULING OF THE INDIVISIBLE MULTI-OPERATION JOBS
This paper considers a single-machine scheduling problem of multi- operation jobs where each job consists of several operations processed contiguously, rather than being intermingled with the operations of different jobs. That is, the jobs are indivisible. A sequence-independent setup is required…
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH INDUSTRY 4.0 HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN SUSTAINABILITY OR SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS
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 development. However, there seems to be a gap in the literature focusing on transitions to…
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TOWARDS INDUSTRY 4.0: A ROADMAP FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEAVY INDUSTRY SECTOR
The rapid growth and expansion of the Internet, as well as technical advances in the area of sensor technology, allow for the interconnection of physical objects for the purpose of achieving collective goals, which paves the way for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Industry 4.0 paradigm is a…