Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Supervisor "Botha, G.J. (Jozine)"

Browsing Mini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Supervisor "Botha, G.J. (Jozine)"

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  • Automation in production of vehicles to improve the sequential delivery of the vehicles 
    Cloete, Ulindi; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (2012)
    The project on sequential building to ensure sequential delivery will be done at the Rosslyn Plant Nissan SA (NSA). A production line on building vehicles needs to incorporate or make use of sequential building to achieve ...
  • Developing efficient production lines within a powder coating plant at Wispeco 
    Lesisa, Tumela Gift; 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, )
    This project aims to identify the area(s) that needs to be improved in the lines to increase the capacity of the company, and to respond well on an increasing demand.
  • Development of an optimal distribution plan for GSA 
    Macchelli, Tanya; 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)
    Investigation of the AS-IS state of a glass distribution company, GSA, in terms of the network, available fleet, demand and costs involved in order to create a optimisation model for the routes travelled, recommendations ...
  • Health post location and resource allocation models for community oriented primary care 
    Le Roux, Franzel; 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)
    The aim of this project is to develop operation research models to determine the optimal location of health post in a community by taking both financial considerations and presented demand into account. A model is ...
  • An investigation into the financial feasibility of intensive commercial white rhino farming in South Africa: a strategic approach 
    Hall, Catharine Mary Susan; 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, 2012)
    There has been a drastic increase in the illegal hunting of rhino for their horns, due to a horn trade ban implemented by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). By banning the trade in rhino ...
  • Locating police service points in rural areas of South Africa 
    Cramer, Shaun (2014)
    A total count of 2,178,700 crimes was committed in South Africa during the year 2012 (Crime Stats SA, 2012). 15,940 murders were committed, resulting in a murder rate of 31.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, and ranking South ...
  • Locating Police Service Points in the Rural Areas of Limpopo, South Africa 
    Webber, Kirsten; 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)
    Identification of optimal sites for SAPS service points to improve access to SAPS services using a service location model in Flowmap.
  • An operations research and simulation-based study 
    De Jongh, Eben; 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)
    The consumption of natural gas is Unilever Boksburgs’ Household Care and Laundry factory’s greatest expense. In response to the pursuit of decreasing expenses as well as carbon footprint, the efficiency of the drying ...
  • Process and information system design for Aircraft Sales Central’s aviation information system 
    Minnaar, Francois; 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, 2012)
    Based on the on-going involvement at Aircraft Sales Central (Pty) Ltd and previous projects done there, an opportunity has arisen to conduct a final year student project for the completion of the requirements of an Industrial ...
  • Simulation of potential benefits for implementing waste water heat recovery activities at Life Little Company of Mary Hospital 
    Donkin, B.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, 2011)
    Monte Carlo simulation is used to simulate scenarios that are defined not by definitive figures, but rather distributions of values. Using sampling techniques and Monte Carlo methods the current state of waste for two ...