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Volume 30 Number 2 Year 2019

15 articles in this issue 

Corne Schutte

“You are all dreamers. You are wonderful dreamers and visionaries that want to be creators. You are deeply immersed in the future and understand the power of turning dreams intoreality.”- Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South AfricaThe above quote, fro... see more

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Jacobus Johannes Oschman

This article proposes, through an extensive review of prominent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) literature, a conceptual framework implementing an AS9100 quality management system (QMS) for the aerospace industry. The conceptual frame... see more

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Ismael Cristofer Baierle,Miguel Afonso Sellitto,Rejane Frozza,Jones Luís Schaefer,Anderson Felipe Habekost

The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a knowledge-based system that, aided by rules, can support the decision-making processes of the sales department of a company. The knowledge-based system can bring reliability and agility to th... see more

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Kylie de Jager,Chipo Chimhundu,Trust Saidi,Tania S. Douglas

The evolution of medical device development in South Africa was investigated for the period 2001-2013. Collaboration networks for four sectors — academia, healthcare, industry, and science and support — were derived from a bibliometric... see more

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Chao Ou-Yang,I-Hsiu Yin,Yeh-Chun Juan

This research proposes a benchmarking-based process redesign approach for a new product development (NPD) process. The proposed method compares the semantic similarities of the design activities in the as-is NPD process with the activities in the design c... see more

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Jen-Der Day,Muhammad Farid

The aim of this study is to measure the performance of the top ten automobile manufacturers for the years 2011 to 2016. After evaluating the data from annual reports, only six manufacturers meet the requirements. The Malmquist productivity index (MPI) is ... see more

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Jinho Ahn,Kyeongjin Park,Kyungdoh Kim

There is a lot of investment in research on displaying texture through a stylus pen. However, little is known about the effect of a stylus pen that can provide the texture of pen and paper on user experience. This study investigated whether there is a cha... see more

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Awais Khan,G Moeenuddin,A H Kazim,M S Kamran,M Asim

In this article, an integrated computer-assisted process-planning and computer-assisted fixture layout planning system is presented for the automatic generation of process and fixture maps. The part feature model is created using various algorithms and th... see more

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Rajenlall Siriram

This paper makes a contribution to knowledge by proposing a project management (PM) investigative framework with seven constructs and 60 sub-scales. The research consisted of an eight- step process. First, a project management assessment (PMA) tool was de... see more

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Hendrik Johannes van Niekerk,Wilna Bean

The fast-moving consumer goods industry is a complex trading environment, with many companies experimenting with various ways to increase profit. Outbound logistics, as an integrated concept within supply chain management, remains a key focus area for com... see more

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Samantha Jane Movius,Jan Harm van Vuuren

Traffic signal optimisation may lead to the alleviation, to some extent, of urban traffic congestion, particularly by using real-time data rather than expected traffic flow data. Recent advances in radar technology have made it possible to observe detaile... see more

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Pinar Kaya Samut,Hande Erdogan Aktan

Companies need to cooperate with reliable and high-performing suppliers of goods and services, and build mutual long-term relationships in order to sustain their existence and increase their market share. An engineering manager can determine the most effe... see more

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Keshika Bugwandeen,Marius Ungerer

Inadequate information sharing and ineffective monitoring are obstacles to strategy execution in an organisation. Performance dashboards are an information system tool used to translate theorganisation’s strategy into objectives, metrics, initiatives, and... see more

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Ahmed Ameen,Jorg Lalk

There is a need for a framework that can be applied to wind energy developments in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) context that will facilitate technology-sustainable assessments to promote wind energy. This paper applies such a framework to potential wind ... see more

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Saija Bezuidenhout,Amey Dippenaar

The objective of this research is to develop a robust water supply risk management and response plan for Somerset Hospital thatreflects the institution’s specific requirements, and to preparegeneral guidelines for the Western Cape Government Health Depart... see more

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