Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by UP Author "Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C."

Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by UP Author "Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C."

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  • Architectural concepts for value chains 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)
    The Porter Value Chain has been widely adopted by the business community as a mechanism to understand and comprehend complexity in business environments, with the ultimate goal of structuring the business to maximize its ...
  • Can complexity analysis support business performance insight? 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2012-07)
    Most people intuitively understand complexity, but being able to analyse it scientifically is not a common practice. For business executives, ‘complexity’ must be one of the most important concepts to understand, as it ...
  • The design of a simulation generator 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1993-12)
    Successful simulation studies depend on a variety of expertise such as statistics, computer programming, systems analysis and design techniques. Unfortunately these requirements limit the availability of competent simulation ...
  • Enterprise architecture – new business value perspective 
    De Vries, Marne; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-05)
    Organisations today are characterised by conglomerate organisation structures that evolve through mergers and acquisitions. Corporate offices need to add superior knowledge and skills to ensure that the collection of ...
  • Enterprise resource planning solution selection criteria in medium-sized South African companies 
    Malie, M.; Duffy, N.; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-05)
    The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that medium-sized South African companies consider important in the acquisition of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. Through an extensive literature review, ...
  • Evaluating and refining the 'enterprise architecture as strategy' approach and artefacts 
    De Vries, Marne; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-05)
    Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a new discipline that has emerged from the need to create a holistic view of an enterprise, and thereby to discover business/IT integration and alignment opportunities across enterprise ...
  • A framework for good governance in project management in South Africa 
    Maharaj, Karishma; Heil, D.; Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    In the context of predicted positive economic growth in South Africa for the next three years, the economic landscape could well be characterised by a growth in investment in South Africa. Some of the investment will be ...
  • Key capability areas for change in collaborative initiatives 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2006-11)
    Technology has brought major challenges as to how organisations view global markets and customers, and how they operate within their industry value chains. The impact of technology has exposed participants in the market ...
  • An object oriented approach towards the specification of simulation models 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1994-12)
    To manage problems, is to try and cope with a flux of interacting events and ideas which unrolls through time - with the manager trying to improve situations seen as problematical, or at least as less than perfect. The ...
  • The open solution methodology approach to problem solving 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C.; Claasen, S.J. (Schalk Johannes) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1997)
    The Open Solution Methodology is a generic problem solving methodology which is used to solve system related problems through the application of problem solving techniques. The focus of the application of this methodology ...
  • Proposed business process improvement model with integrated customer experience management 
    Botha, G.J. (Gesina Jozina); Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2010-05)
    In these modern times it is more and more difficult to become and stay competitive in the business environment. Customers have increasingly more products to choose from and more channels through which they can satisfy their ...