Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Type "Mini Dissertation"

Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Type "Mini Dissertation"

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  • Developing a Residential Waste Generation and Service Analysis Model 
    Steyn, Llewellyn James (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Municipal solid waste collection is a costly service provided by governments all over the world. As a result of the costs and operational complexity associated with this service it has become the focus of many studies ...
  • Developing an industry solution to service bottom-end markets in South Africa 
    Prinsloo, Riandre (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    Logistics and distribution services have been around since the early 1950's. During this time it was only thought of as military services, but since then it has developed into a system that can give any company a competitive ...
  • Developing robust distribution networks for future urban planning scenarios 
    Karsten, Carike (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
    Supply chain planning of consumer goods distribution is a constant process with expanding cities and increasing consumer demand. This project is based in the municipality of Ekurhuleni, Gaut- eng, South Africa. The aim ...
  • Development of a crop production and allocation programme 
    Visser, Elke (2014)
    This report provides a snapshot of the overwhelming evidence for better environmental practices and operations plans to ensure on-going productive agricultural systems and food security in South Africa. It also serves to ...
  • The development of a decision support model for the picking, staging, combining and loading activities in the grocery distribution warehouse of a large fast moving consumer goods retailer 
    Van Niekerk, W.W. (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    The Pick 'n Pay grocery warehouse situated at the Longmeadow distribution centre (DC) has 10 790 stock keeping units that are received from 123 vendors and are distributed to 421 stores located in several provinces as ...
  • The development of a discrete-event based simulation model to improve large diameter steel water pipeline construction processes 
    Wannenburg, Stefanie (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
    Water pipelines is a convenient way of transporting water over long distances. Construction processes of water pipelines consist of a series of sub-processes with tasks that must be executed in a certain way to complete ...
  • Development of planning rules and an optimised Master Production Schedule for a new water and ice tea bottling plant 
    Coetzer, M. (Marilize) (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    The Clover group, a well-established branded consumer goods company in South Africa, has recently acquired a brand new water and ice tea bottling facility. In order to align the operations of this facility with the ...
  • Elevation based, fuel consumption predictions using a gami cation model : the South African Truck Simulator 
    Swanepoel, Anieke (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
    South Africa is a transport intensive country. Consequently, transportation costs are extremely high, which further snowballs into high logistics costs. High logistics costs negatively in uences the country's ability ...
  • Evaluating the Impact of Intermediate Facilities on Waste Collection Operations 
    Ammon, Sebastian (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    Given the importance of improving municipal solid waste management, the Optimisation Group from the University of Pretoria completed preliminary studies on data obtained from waste collection vehicle global position ...
  • Extrusion press optimisation 
    Botha, J. (Janelle) (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Wispeco is a leading aluminium extrusion company situated in Alberton. The direct aluminium extrusion process is a hot deformation process that produces aluminium profiles. A press is the machine used to transform a solid ...
  • Facilities planning : case study at Enterprise, a division of Tiger Brands 
    Keeve, A.F.S. (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    A facility planning project was conducted at Enterprise, a meat processing facility in Gauteng. The project involved the facility layout and design of the hamper room. The hamper room is defined as an area where four ...
  • A facility solution required to incorporate cold sterilisation in the supply chain of citrus exported to Europe 
    Le Roux, Hester (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    This document describes a Final Year Project (BPJ 420) required by the University of Pretoria in partial fulfilment of Systems and Industrial Engineering. This report describes the solution to an identified problem ...
  • Farm Site Development Method at a Livestock Farm 
    Hanekom, Eugene; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2015-05-13)
    Bloemhoek Farm has identified the need for the application of the Farm Site Development Plan to concisely and clearly state the necessary resource acquisition at the specified times in the development process to the ...
  • Feasibility Study and Strategic Location Modelling of a centralised distribution centre for Conways 
    Labuschagne, M. (Marthie) (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
    Facility location modelling has proven to be a unique and powerful tool in operations research. Location models are widely used to solve complex engi- neering problems across various industries. For Conways, a facility ...
  • Food Security in South Africa : improving the availability, affordability, and quality of fresh produce in informal communities 
    De Beer, Darren (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    This project addresses the growing concern of food security in informal communities in South Africa by carrying out a case study on the fresh produce supply chain in Soshanguve South. The focus of the project is to ...
  • Forecasting transportation service demand for fleet optimization: the case of a third party logistics provider 
    Van Aarde, Margo (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    Outsourcing is becoming increasingly popular in today’s age where customers have higher expectations from suppliers than ever before. Businesses are collaborating to aim to meet customer demand and stay competitive in the ...
  • Greedy Algorithm and Model for Analysis of a Bus Fleet's Operations 
    McGladdery, Duncan (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017)
    Bus Company (BUSCO) approached Fourier-E, an industrial engineering company, to develop and optimise the Duty Master for their Sowetan operations. The Duty Master is a scheduling blue print that dictates the operations ...
  • Hardware warehouse optimization 
    Krause, N. (Nicola) (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Wispeco is a growing company and has reached the point where their GS (Gauteng Stockist) storage warehouse does not possess enough storage space to keep up with the growing demand for Wispeco products. They have now ...
  • How Much Will They Buy? Optimal Forecast Selection for Predicting a Bakery’s Demand 
    Vally, Mohammed Alli (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
    SPAR-Roodeplaat is part of an international group of independently owned and operated retailers who work together in partnership under the SPAR franchise brand. The store does not only offer a wide range of day-to-day ...
  • Identifying markets for customized bicycles using data and business analytics 
    Els, Christelle (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2018)
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