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BALANCING EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP REQUIREMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
The purpose of higher learning is to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to support their respective professional …
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USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TO QUANTIFY THE COST IMPACT OF SYSTEMIC RISK FACTORS IN A PROJECT PORTFOLIO: A CASE STUDY
In terms of project risk management, ‘systemic risk’ is identified as risks which are artefacts of the environment which a …
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BEYOND THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FRONTIER: A FEW STEPS IN HISTORY AND A GIANT LEAP INTO THE FUTURE
Industrial engineering is a discipline that has grown parallel to that of the industrial revolutions. However, what are the next …
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Note from the Editor
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” - Samuel Johnson A year ago, in May 2020, we …
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A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF LASER POWDER BED FUSION PROCESS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS
This study aims to develop a conceptual framework for the certification of laser powder bed fusion quality management systems for …
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DECISION TO OUTSOURCE MAINTENANCE IN THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY
The success rate of outsourcing in South Africa is fairly low. Companies that make the incorrect decision to outsource maintenance …
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SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL FIVE-DEGREES–OF-FREEDOM PARALLEL KINEMATIC MANIPULATOR
This paper presents the design and analysis of a novel five degrees-of- freedom (DOF) parallel kinematic manipulator (PKM) for part-handling, …
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SUPPLIER SEGMENTATION: A CASE STUDY OF MOZAMBICAN CASSAVA FARMERS
Over 3 000 Mozambican smallholder farmers supply cassava to Company XYZ. XYZ needs an effective supplier segmentation method to gain …
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DETERMINATION OF THE COST COMPONENT IN THE SOCIAL COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ROAD PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
The article deals with the preferred approach to determine the cost component in the social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) of road …
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ACROSS DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES IN A PROJECT ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF A BOTSWANA MINING ORGANISATION
Effective knowledge transfer is essential in obtaining a competitive advantage. In a project environment, knowledge transfer occurs across different boundaries …
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TIME-DRIVEN ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING RELATED TO DIGITAL TWINNING IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Many businesses in the additive manufacturing industry have limited equipment capacity. This method of using time-driven activity-based costing in collaboration …
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
In the editorial of the first edition of 2020, I referred to the Spanish Flu, and the fact that we …
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SYSTEMIC EFFICIENCY: A KEY CONSIDERATION IN THE DESIGN OF NEW DEDICATED RAIL FREIGHT PROJECTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Crafting systemic engineering fundamentals into a structured design model that includes demand definition, systemic design, and efficient operations enables the …
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STEPS TO IMPROVE LOGBOOK COMPLIANCE FOR DIESEL REBATES: A PROCESS-DRIVEN APPROACH
Diesel accounts for up to 46 per cent of mining operations costs. In 2001, the Customs and Excise Act was …
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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT — CROSSING THE GREAT DIVIDE
Project management (PM) and systems engineering (SE) practitioners and academics experience various challenges regarding meaningful interaction while seeking project success. …
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DEVELOPING A STRUCTURED SYSTEM FOR SPECIALISED INDUSTRIAL REPORTING
Reporting assists with informed decision-making. For industrial processes, accurate reporting of data can be vital to the success of a …
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UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM FAILURE IN HEALTH CARE: A MENTAL MODEL FOR DEMAND MANAGEMENT
The load on health systems caused by systemic overburden leads to heightened costs, longer waiting times, a reduced quality of …
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A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL LINKING INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY TO IMPROVE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITY EFFICIENCY
Organisations implementing homogeneous and intellectual resource organisational capabilities, such as innovation (INNO) and knowledge management capability (KMC), suffer from organisational …
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ESTIMATING THE RELIABILITY OF CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE DATA USING CONTEXTUAL MACHINE-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS
In the mining industry, inter-connected machinery operates under harsh conditions 24 hours a day. Naturally, this degrades their state, and …
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A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE TELEVISION MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN EGYPT
In this paper, a system dynamics approach is introduced for the macro- planning of the selection of new product families …