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Browsing Research Articles (Sustainable Life Cycle Management) by Issue Date
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(Elsevier, 2005)Business sustainability entails the incorporation of the objectives of sustainable development, namely social equity, economic efficiency and environmental performance, into a company's operational practices. Companies ...
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(Elsevier, 2005)The pressure on businesses to incorporate the principles of sustainable development into policies and activities is mounting. Project management methodologies are not excluded from this pressure. The current project ...
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Asset life cycle management : towards improving physical asset performance in the process industry (Emerald, 2005)Purpose – Asset management is often one of the last options to maximise cost savings in a competitive global economy due to its intrinsic complexity, especially in many developing countries. Asset management in the process ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-05)The principles of operational research (OR) and related mathematical methods have been applied to environmental issues for the past five decades. However, the increasing pressures experienced by industry over the last ...
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(Elsevier, 2005-05)Life cycle management (LCM) implies that the environmental impacts associated with suppliers must be incorporated in the decision-making framework of manufacturing facilities. In the developing country context, little ...
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Strategic change in procurement orientation in the South African automotive industry : a case study (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)The South African automotive industry faces increasing challenges for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers to produce high-quality products at low costs. Items purchased by OEMs from the supply chain ...
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(Elsevier, 2006)Responsible Life Cycle Management (LCM) of mines has received much attention in the South African legislation. However, there is currently a mis-alignment between the mining industry and the various government authorities ...
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(Elsevier, 2006)The South African economy is strongly based on coal as a mined resource, and various grades of coal are supplied to local and international customers. However, the environmental impacts associated with the preparation and ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)The development and management of new technologies is fundamental to the manufacturing sector as a core operational initiative. Managers of a new technology are increasingly pressurised to consider the economic, ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2007-05)A Sustainability Cost Accounting (SCA) procedure has been introduced that expresses the impacts on sustainable development associated with a developed technology, by means of a common financial denominator. This paper uses ...
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Sustainability assessment criteria for projects and technologies : judgements of industry managers (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2007-05)Industries are increasingly under pressure to incorporate the objectives of sustainable development into company policies and decision-making processes. This study introduces a framework of sustainability assessment ...
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(Elsevier, 2007-08)This paper focuses on the application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique in the context of sustainable development to establish and optimise health care waste management (HCWM) systems in rural areas of ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2007-11)Automobile Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have implemented formal Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) globally that require the OEMs to consider the environmental performance and potential liabilities in the ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2008-02)Industrial ecology seeks to apply the knowledge of systems in nature to the design and operation of industrial activities, to achieve integrated and sustainable relationships between the natural world and industry. Although ...
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(Water Research Council, 2008-04)The water utility sector in South Africa is presently facing numerous challenges. Amongst the most urgent and important priorities is ageing infrastructure, which has the potential to end in failures with detrimental impacts ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-05)The complexity of integrating the concept of sustainable development and the reality of technology or innovation management practices has been argued. The primary objective is to introduce a conceptual framework of technology ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)Environmental degradation is a burgeoning problem owing to the continual expansion of industrial production, and high-levels of energy and material consumption associated with economic growth. Cleaner Production (CP) is a ...
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(Journal of Contemporary Management, 2009)Quantitative management research on the African continent is often hampered by the lack of large data sets and the unreliability of electronic as well as conventional communication. This paper advocates the use of qualitative ...
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(Elsevier, 2009)Sustainable energy provision is regarded as one of the most significant challenges facing the realm of development, especially in Africa where large proportions of the population still lack access to energy services. ...
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(Juta, 2009)The carbon footprint of materials and products is becoming an increasingly important factor in international trade. At present the carbon emissions balance of the South African economy is not well understood, especially ...
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