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  • A complex three-unit parallel system with preparation time for repair 
    Mwanga, Y.A.; Joubert, Johan W.; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-05)
    It is reasonable to expect that preparation time is needed to ready a repair facility before a repair can be carried out. A three-unit system with a `preparation time’ for the repair facility is studied in this paper. ...
  • Architectural concepts for value chains 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)
    The Porter Value Chain has been widely adopted by the business community as a mechanism to understand and comprehend complexity in business environments, with the ultimate goal of structuring the business to maximize its ...
  • Managing the cold chain : a case study at a South African ice cream company 
    Grobler, Jacomine; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)
    This paper documents the results of a supply chain management (SCM) case study conducted at Centurion Ice Cream and Sweets CC, a producer of ice cream in the greater Gauteng area. The current SCM environment was first ...
  • Workforce sizing and scheduling for a service contractor using integer programming 
    Conradie, D.G.; Joubert, Johan W. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2004-11)
    Operations Research is perceived to be on the verge of demise as a decision support tool in industry. However, this is not true, since the relevancy and interdisciplinary nature of Operations Research makes it an indispensable ...
  • Evaluating or selecting a suitable information system development methodology : a case study 
    De Vries, Marne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2004-11)
    Information system development methodologies have been applied by numerous organisations since the mid-1980s in an attempt to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of designing and developing new information systems. ...
  • Stochastic model for common cause failures and human error 
    Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Bekker, Andriette, 1958- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-05)
    A consistent asymptotic normal (CAN) estimator and confidence limits for the steady-state availability of series and parallel systems subject to unit failures, common-cause shock (CCS)failures and human error are studied. ...
  • Distributed control architecture of an omni-directional autonomous guided vehicle 
    Tlale, Nkgatho S. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)
    Omni-directionality is the ability of a mobile robot to move instantaneously in any direction. This paper describes the wheel and controller designs of a Mecanumwheeled, autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) for reconfigurable ...
  • Integrated automotive manufacturing supply 
    Van Dyk, P.J.S.; Strasheim, J.J.; Van Schoor, Christiaan de Wet (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)
    Supply planning and traffic flow planning are major activities in the automotive manufacturing environment worldwide. Traditionally, the impact of supply planning strategies on plant traffic is rarely considered. This ...
  • The development and evaluation of a prototype cell phone controlled robotic system 
    Lubbe, Andre J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)
    New cell phone technology offers the possibility to implement long distance control of robotic systems, although cell phones were not developed for control purposes but rather for communication. In this publication it is ...
  • Supply planning in the South African automotive industry 
    Stark, V.; Van Schoor, Christiaan de Wet; Strasheim, J.J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2005-11)
    Supply planning in the automotive industry is a vital ingredient for supply chain integration. The role and function of a supply planner, although clearly defined in European developed methods, lacks the practical ...
  • The necessity of information quality for effective business intelligence 
    Conradie, Pieter J.; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-05)
    Data quality, or rather the lack thereof, has been the downfall of many Data warehousing (DW) / Business Intelligence (BI) projects. The concept of Information Quality (IQ) has become increasingly important as the ...
  • The development of a strategic industrial engineering philosophy 
    Leonard, Pierre; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944-; Moll, C.M. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-05)
    The proposed expansion of the Industrial Engineering discipline, termed Strategic Industrial Engineering, holds that scientific industrial engineering knowledge may be applied to capitalistic systems with the strategic ...
  • A modular design of a wall-climbing robot and its mechatronics controller 
    Tlale, Nkgatho S. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    The modular design of a wall-climbing robot, implementing two articulated legs per module (biped robotic modules), is presented in this paper. Modular design improves a wall-climbing robot’s manoeuvrability and flexibility ...
  • Flexible software reliability growth models 
    Kapur, P.K.; Gupta, A.; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Claasen, S.J. (Schalk Johannes) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    Numerous Software Reliability Growth Models (SRGMs) have been discussed in the literature. These models are used to predict fault content and reliability of software. It has been observed that the relationship between ...
  • A two-component production inventory-assembly system 
    Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    The paper considers a two-component continuous review inventory system where one of two components is produced by the organisation and the other is supplied by an outside supplier. The two components are assembled into ...
  • Key capability areas for change in collaborative initiatives 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    Technology has brought major challenges as to how organisations view global markets and customers, and how they operate within their industry value chains. The impact of technology has exposed participants in the market ...
  • Development and testing of a wireless controlled car using the internet as communication medium 
    Lubbe, Andre J.; Kluge, P. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-05)
    Recent innovations in wireless networking technology have brought low cost, high bandwidth and low latency communication to the consumer. Apart from the standard use of connecting computers to the Internet, the new wireless ...
  • Enterprise resource planning solution selection criteria in medium-sized South African companies 
    Malie, M.; Duffy, N.; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-05)
    The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that medium-sized South African companies consider important in the acquisition of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. Through an extensive literature review, ...
  • A framework for good governance in project management in South Africa 
    Maharaj, Karishma; Heil, D.; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    In the context of predicted positive economic growth in South Africa for the next three years, the economic landscape could well be characterised by a growth in investment in South Africa. Some of the investment will be ...
  • A new process improvement approach for management consultancy organisations 
    De Vries, Marne; Conradie, Pieter J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    Management consultancy organisations of the 21st century realise that they need to move away from balance sheet accounting systems as the primary tool of management. Intangible assets, such as knowledge, skills and process ...