• Usability of virtual tools for participatory enterprise modelling 

  Venter, Anthea; De Vries, Marne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)

  Participatory modelling (PM) is focused on actively involving enterprise stakeholders and modelling experts in the modelling process. Typically, participants are co-located and encouraged to collaborate to avoid conceptual ...
• A comparative review of the complementary and conflicting nature of lean production and green manufacturing implementation 

  Machingura, Tinotenda; Adetunji, Olufemi; Maware, Catherine (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE : Buoyed by the increasing demand for improved productivity and environmentally conscious manufacturing, research in the area of lean production and green manufacturing has experienced significant growth since Dües ...
• A hierarchical complementary Lean-Green model and its impact on operational performance of manufacturing organisations 

  Machingura, Tinotenda; Adetunji, Olufemi; Maware, Catherine (Emerald, 2024-01)

  PURPOSE : This research aims to examine the complementary impact of Lean Manufacturing (LM) and Green Manufacturing (GM) on operational and environmental performance. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : A survey was conducted ...
• A multi-method simulation model to investigate the impact of sunflower seed segregation on silos 

  Coetsee, Louise; Bean, Willemiena Lodewika (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  The South African sunflower industry is considering transferring to a quality-based marketing system driven by an incentive. However, the ability of silos to offer necessary segregation services is critical in such a ...
• Improving active participation during enterprise operations modeling with an extended story-card-method and participative modeling software 

  De Vries, Marne; Opperman, Petra (Springer, 2023-08)

  The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need for process automation, using agile software development practices. However, when agile methods are used in scaled contexts, many software development efforts fail, mainly due to ...
• As easy as OEE : enabling productivity improvement in schools by using overall equipment effectiveness as framework for classroom data analysis 

  Doyer, Ilse; Bean, Willemiena Lodewika (Emerald, 2023-08)

  PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper was to develop a quantitative classroom observation method that is able to analyse the school day to identify Time-on-Task losses comprehensively and systematically, at a level of detail ...
• A four-echelon supply chain inventory model for growing items with imperfect quality and errors in quality inspection 

  Sebatjane, Makoena; Adetunji, Olufemi (Springer, 2023-07-11)

  To safeguard the livelihood of consumers, food producers are required, either by law or regulatory bodies, to inspect their products for quality before selling the products to consumers. This is because food processing, ...
• The impact of preservation technology investments on lot-sizing and shipment strategies in a three-echelon food supply chain involving growing and deteriorating items 

  Sebatjane, Makoena (Elsevier, 2022-06-02)

  Food production systems are complex industrial operations that often involve multiple parties. This study proposes inventory management strategies for a multi-echelon perishable food supply chain with growing and ...
• Testing self-perception theory with agent-based simulation 

  Joubert, Johan W.; Hitge, Gerhard; International Workshop on Agent-based Mobility, Traffic and Transportation Models, Methodologies and Applications (12th : 2023 : Leuven, Belgium) (Elsevier, 2023)

  Conventional wisdom is that a person's attitude towards an issue dictates their behaviour. In contrast, self-perception theory accounts for how a person forms their attitude. In the context of this paper, the theory asserts ...
• Optimum predictive modelling for a sustainable power supply mix : a case of the Nigerian power system 

  Ibrahim, Hanif Auwal; Ayomoh, Michael Kweneojo (Elsevier, 2022-11)

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• Identification and prioritization of factors affecting the transition to renewables in developing economies 

  Ibrahim, Hanif Auwal; Ayomoh, Michael Kweneojo; Ayomoh, Michael (Elsevier, 2022-12)

  There is a rapid increase in energy demand across several developing economies all over the world. This can be attributed to population growth, industrialization, urbanization, globalization, and occasional unforeseen ...
• A lot-sizing model for a multi-state system with deteriorating items, variable production rate, and imperfect quality 

  Tshinangi, Kapya; Adetunji, Olufemi; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (Ram Arti Publishers, 2022-10)

  Conventional production systems assume that during the manufacturing processes, machines operate without breakdown over an infinite planning horizon and manufacture only products of good quality. Imperfect production ...
• A case study on inter-organisational technology transfer in the defence industry 

  Bezuidenhout, Saija; Bean, Willemiena Lodewika (Emerald, 2022-02)

  PURPOSE : This paper aims to establish a systematically constructed defence offset technology transfer (TT) process description and to identify the process pain points and critical success factors from the supplier ...
• Selecting a public service delivery assessment tool for South Africa : an application of the AHP method 

  Ajayi, O.; De Vries, Marne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-05-06)

  Many service delivery performance assessment (SDPA) tools exist globally that address the need to measure actual performance against pre-defined standards and to take corrective action to improve service delivery. The ...
• Virtual obstacles for sensors incapacitation in robot navigation : a systematic review of 2D path planning 

  Ngwenya, Thabang; Ayomoh, Michael Kweneojo; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (MDPI, 2022-09-14)

  The field of mobile robot (MR) navigation with obstacle avoidance has largely focused on real, physical obstacles as the sole external causative agent for navigation impediment. This paper has explored the possible option ...
• Demonstrating the elaborated action design research (eADR) model to address communication challenges during software development 

  Venter, Anthea; De Vries, Marne (Springer, 2023-06)

  Communication is a powerful, universal, everyday activity that impacts many, if not all, aspects of our lives. The importance and complexities of communication are however still often overlooked. Inadequate communication ...
• Are we getting vehicle emissions estimation right? 

  Grabe, Ruan Johannes; Joubert, Johan W. (Elsevier, 2022-11)

  Simulation is a valuable prediction tool to evaluate the impact of climate change interventions prior to disruptive implementations that may yield unintended and unwanted consequences. Advances in agent-based simulation ...
• Real driving emissions data : Isuzu FTR850 AMT 

  Joubert, Johan W.; Grabe, Ruan Johannes (Elsevier, 2022-02-22)

  RDE is becoming a necessary element of the emissions certification of automotive vehicles. Real Driving Emissions (RDE) helps to ensure that the regular operation of a car, or heavy vehicle, is still within the acceptable ...
• A nodal approach for estimating potential cycling demand 

  Hitge, Gerhard; Joubert, Johannes Willem (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  Establishing cycling as a prominent utility mode is recognised as central to creating sustainable transport systems in many cities around the world. Strategies of starter cycling cities are often biased to the supply of ...
• An enterprise-engineering based approach to develop enterprise capacity 

  De Boer, Andreas; De Vries, Marne (Springer, 2021-04)

  Significant progress has been made in the South-African early childhood and Grade R spheres. However, South-Africa has a long way to go to meet the needs of majority of its children. Institutional capacity (IC) refers to ...

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