Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

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  • Gebruik van simulasie as deel van 'n besluitnemingsondersteuningshulpmiddel vir ondergrondse steenkoolmynbou 
    Steynberg, Hendrik; Conradie, Pieter J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1997)
    'n Ondergrondse steenkooImyn is vandag grootliks gemeganiseerd. Eenvan die mynboumetodes is pilaarontwikkeling wat die aanwending van duur hulpbronne soos delwers, wisselkarre, dakbouters,voerderbrekers en vervoerbande tot ...
  • Generating intra and inter-provincial commercial vehicle activity chains 
    Van Heerden, Quintin; Joubert, Johan W. (Elsevier, 2014)
    Modelling large-scale traffic flow systems at a disaggregate level can be data intensive as it requires extensive knowledge about the activities and activity chains of vehicles. This paper focuses on activity chain ...
  • Generic building blocks for simulation modelling of stochastic continuous systems 
    Albertyn, Martin; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2003)
    The key objective is to present the generic building blocks of a methodology that can be used to model stochastic continuous systems efficiently. The original simulation model of a real-world system is used as the basis ...
  • Guiding the development of enterprise design approaches 
    De Vries, Marne (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016-11)
    Enterprise engineering (EE) is an emerging discipline that aims to address several phenomena in the evolution of an enterprise. Previous research highlighted a particular phenomenon that requires more research - i.e., the ...
  • Having a crack at bottle scuffing using agent-based mobility 
    Dempers, Clemens A.; Joubert, Johannes Willem (Elsevier, 2019)
    Recent advances in large-scale mobility models have shown that much system-level insight can be gained when modelling at the disaggregate, individual level. Although the focus is often on the movement of vehicles and/or ...
  • 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 ...
  • How integrated is integrated logistics? 
    Pretorius, Pieter J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1997)
    Industry and academia still have a major problem in grasping the extent and relationships of all functions involved in integrated logistics. This is because business logistics and logistics engineering developed separately, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Identifying scenarios to guide transformations from DEMO to BPMN 
    De Vries, Marne; Bork, Dominik (Springer, 2021-04)
    The heterogeneity in enterprise design stakeholders and models generally demands for consistent and efficient transformations of enterprise design knowledge between different conceptual modelling languages. A systematic ...
  • Illustrative examples of Expert Systems 
    Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1989-06)
    The purpose of this paper is primarily to explore and illustrate the concepts and possible application areas of expert system technology, as well as the characteristics and features of some expert system development ...
  • 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 ...
  • Impact of vehicle automation and electric propulsion on production costs for mobility services worldwide 
    Becker, Henrik; Becker, Felix; Abe, Ryosuke; Bekhor, Shlomo; Belgiawan, Prawira F.; Compostella, Junia; Frazzoli, Emilio; Fulton, Lewis M.; Bicudo, Davi Guggisberg; Gurumurthy, Krishna Murthy; Hensher, David A.; Joubert, Johannes Willem; Kockelman, Kara M.; Kroger, Lars; Le Vine, Scott; Malik, Jai; Marczuk, Katarzyna; Nasution, Reza Ashari; Rich, Jeppe; Carrone, Andrea Papu; Shen, Danqi; Shiftan, Yoram; Tirachini, Alejandro; Wong, Yale Z.; Zhang, Mengmeng; Bosch, Patrick M.; Axhausen, Kay W. (Elsevier, 2020-08)
    Automated driving technology along with electric propulsion are widely expected to fundamentally change our transport systems. They may not only allow a more productive use of travel time, but will likely trigger completely ...
  • Implementation drivers for BPR at Siemens Telecommunications 
    Koorts, Casper-Cobus; Conradie, Pieter J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2000)
    With the embracing of new management philosophies or redesigned processes, it is becoming a popular opinion that often the practical problem lies with the implementation of the new concept, rather than with the concept ...
  • 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 ...
  • The industrial engineer as enterprise designer 
    Rottier, Johan (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1997)
    A method is proposed by which the suitability of development capabilities can be evaluated for Enterprise design. The method is based on a model for development and models for various aspects of Enterprises. The evaluation ...
  • Industrial engineering : rooting for roots, hankering for heroes 
    Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2003)
    The “roots” of Industrial Engineering are certainly extensive, diverse and deep. Similarly, there are numerous historical “heroes” that made significant contributions to the development of the Industrial Engineering ...
  • Inferring commercial vehicle activities in Gauteng, South Africa 
    Joubert, Johan W.; Axhausen, Kay W. (Elsevier, 2011-01)
    To address the underreporting of freight from a transport geography point of view, we present a novel analysis of the time and spatial characteristics of disaggregated commercial vehicle activities. The activities were ...
  • An integrated approach for modeling the electricity value of a sugarcane production system 
    Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious; De Vries, Marne; Mbohwa, Charles; Kumar, Dillip Das; Rogner, Holger (Elsevier, 2016-09)
    The spatial system dynamics model (SSDM) of sugarcane industrial ecosystem presented in this paper is towards an integrated approach to simulate a bio refinery system suggesting directions for bagasse and trash-derived ...
  • 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 ...
  • An integrated optimization model for selection of sustainable suppliers based on customers’ expectations 
    Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Darbari, Jyoti Dhingra; Bhayana, Nidhi; Jha, P.C.; Agarwal, Vernika (Elsevier, 2019)
    Due to intensification of market competence and customers increasing socio-environmental concerns, sustainability has become a focal point for most organizations. Thus incorporation of customer sustainable expectations into ...