Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

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  • Economic evaluation of drilling and blasting on the dragline dig-ability 
    Ntimba, Thomas Phineas; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-05-11)
    Landau Colliery is one of Anglo Thermal Coal’s mines that want to investigate the economic impact of both the drilling and blasting process on the overburden removal process (Dragline), they want to know how the drilling ...
  • 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 ...
  • Eliminating waiting time at a 24 hour medical emergency facility 
    Smuts, Elize; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-08)
    Medipark is a 24-hour Medical emergency facility situated in Rooihuiskraal, Centurion. Currently this practice is providing a daily average of 350 patients with vital healthcare services. The practice is constantly aiming ...
  • Employee turnover and absenteeism in a workforce as a factor of recruitment 
    De Villiers, J.D.; 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, 2011)
    This Project’s aim is to determine the value of a recruitment system with regards to absenteeism and employee turnover. The approach taken is to define the cost relations and implications of absenteeism and employee turnover ...
  • Energy saving : re-use of exhaust gas at Wispeco aluminium’s remelt department 
    Du Plessis, L.J. (Louw J.); University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-03-31)
    South Africa is faced with a major problem regarding power supply and consumption. Companies throughout South Africa do not practice efficient energy usage although we are a country that suffers from major power outages ...
  • An enterprise architecture approach : towards a method for standardising processes across different business units at a tertiary education institution 
    Engelbrecht, Rika; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-01)
    History has shown that companies survive because they are able to adapt to change faster than their competitors. EA gives organisations the agility necessary, by creating a holistic view of the enterprise and thus ...
  • Environmental management systems: appraising implementation in the mining industry 
    Van der Walt, Hendrik Willem; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-08)
    Environmental awareness has encouraged the implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) in many companies, including the mining industry. Although the general consensus is that “it must be good for the ...
  • Environmental performance assessment 
    Kotze, Melodie; 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, 2011)
    Analysis of process elements and increase environmental performance with recommendations, and make framework to measure environmental performance
  • ERP System Design for IMPERIAL Distribution 
    Kubheka, Mandlenkosi; 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, November 2)
    The purpose of the mini-dissertation is to conduct research to investigate current ERP systems and trends and make a recommendation of a possible solution that can be implemented to help IMPERIAL Distribution cut costs and ...
  • 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 ...
  • Evaluation of shortest path heuristics 
    Botha, Rohann; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2009-07-20)
    In a time where everything needs to move faster, safer and more frequently the need for a quick accurate shortest path algorithm increases. The purpose of this document is to do research on the shortest path algorithms, ...
  • Exploring ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the textile supply chain 
    Nagel, Stefanie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2010-11-26)
    With the ever-increasing awareness of global warming and the consequences our actions have on the environment, enterprises have been urged to re-examine their business practices in favour of eco-friendly alternatives. From ...
  • 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 design and process modeling for ECO Technology 
    De la Pierre, J.; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2010-01-28)
    Competing in the computer hardware industry can be a challenge under the best of circumstances, seeing how today’s futuristic technology, will be tomorrows junk. Competing in the industry forces companies to ensure that ...
  • Facilities layout plan for the assembly of replaceable modular traffic lights 
    Biddulph, R.C.; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-01)
    Due to the high rate of failures and damages occurring with current traffic light assemblies because of motorists striking them or the nature of the components, there is a need for optimizing the production rate. This need ...
  • Facilities management: optimisation of maintenance schedules 
    Lebese, Aubrey; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-01)
    This is the formal document for the project conducted to optimise maintenance schedules for ABC. ABC is a facilities management company that o ers total integrated facilities management to its clients. ABC's objective is ...
  • Facilities plan for a centralised timber depot for BedRock Mining Support (Pty) Ltd 
    Muntz, Jonathan; 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, 2013-04-29)
    BedRock Mining Support (Pty) Ltd is a fully integrated timber-based mine support company that supplies timber support to the gold and platinum mines. BedRock runs a J.I.T process and therefore has a challenge to consistently ...
  • 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 and work flow design for Unilever 
    Mbatha, Wiseman P.; 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, )
    The main aim of this document is to serve as a design recommendation and a recorded documentation for the tactical decisions that had to be made when designing the factory. The report also serves as a design guide line ...
  • Facility design of the piggery at the school of agriculture (North West University) 
    Ndou, Mukondeleli Patience; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2011-04-08)
    Growth brings about change and change has a potential of disrupting a system that was otherwise operating on known constraints. Therefore with changes in the resources for a system comes an inevitable necessity for ...