20 articles in this issue
S.A. Adendorff
Plus change, plus c'est la me chose (The more things change, the more they are the same) Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) French critic, journalist, and novelistThe quote by Alphonse Karr has been copied and paraphrased many times by ... see more
P.S. Kruger
With due respect to: Travels with my Aunt (1969): A novel by Graham Greene and Travels with a Donkey in the Cennes (1879): An adventure story by Robert Louis StevensonThe BeginningNow this is not the end. It is not even the beginni... see more
B.T. Nonyane-Mathebula,A.J. Buys
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A positive relationship between economic growth and entrepreneurship has been widely established. The entrepreneur is the key player in the entrepreneurial venturing process. This paper primarily focuses on unders... see more
E. Emwanu,D.R. Snaddon
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Interest in consensus in strategic operations needs to be matched by the ability to measure it accurately. This paper identifies a weakness in current measures of consensus, and designs a new instrument, measuring... see more
G.J. Botha,P.S. Kruger,M. De Vries
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2010 Botha, Kruger & De Vries [5] introduced a framework for enhancing customer experience through improved business processes. They developed the Enhanced Customer Experience Framework (ECEF) by integr... see more
P.A. Gouws,A.C. Brent,W.T. Pierce
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Internationally, governments and lobby groups increasingly put pressure on organisations to reduce their impact on the environment. To this end, various studies show the drivers, barriers, and contributions of ... see more
E. Berhan,D. Kitaw
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the role of marketing information systems for service quality in Ethiopian industries in terms of their IT infrastructure, data acquisition, information processing, business function, and ser... see more
I.H. Abdul Razak,S. Kamaruddin,I. Abdul Azid
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper provides an understanding of performance evaluation as a valuable tool in determining the strengths and weaknesses of a maintenance worker. The Maintenance Workforce Competency Model is introduced to em... see more
H. Abdul Samat,S. Kamaruddin,I. Abdul Azid
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Maintenance is an important process in a manufacturing system. Thus it should be conducted and measured effectively to ensure performance efficiency. A variety of studies have been conducted on maintenance as affe... see more
S. Matope,A.F. Van der Merwe,Y.I. Rabinovich
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Van der Waals forces and other adhesive forces impose great challenges on micro-material handling. Mechanical grippers fail to release micro-parts reliably because of them. This paper explores how the prob... see more
Ming Ha Lee
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the properties of the variable sampling rate Hotellings T2 chart with runs rules. The average time to signal checking of the control chart is derived using a Markov chain approach. Numerica... see more
Y. Zare Mehrjerdi
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A technique that helps management to reduce costs and improve quality is lean supply chain management, which focuses on the elimination of all wastes in every stage of the supply chain and is derived from agile ... see more
N. Hassan,G. Bright
ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Current manufacturing environments do not possess the flexibility required for massproducing custom parts. A solution forming a hybrid manufacturing system that encapsulates computer-integrated manufacturi... see more
Mohammad Mirabi,Mohammad Saber Fallahnezhad
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this research, a Markov analysis of acceptance sampling plans in a single stage and in two stages is proposed, based on the quality of the items inspected. In a stage of this policy, if the number of defective ... see more
L. Engelbrecht,J. Bekker
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this paper, a decision support model for capacity planning of bus rapid transit stations is proposed. Static, deterministic models are used at present for station capacity design, whereas bus passenger flow thr... see more
N.J. Janse van Rensburg,E.N. Barkhuizen,K.J. Stanz
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research was to determine the safety mindset of managers, shift bosses, and miners as the production leaders in a South African platinum mine. The Safe Human Mindset Measuring Instrument (SHMI) was... see more
Hadi Shirouyehzad,F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi,Mir. B. Aryanezhad,Reza Dabestani
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Human resource management has become ever more important to organisational success. Many organisations have therefore realised that human resource management and performance can provide competitive advantage. The ... see more
D.N. Van Wyk,N.F. Treurnicht
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Agricultural activities in Namibia contribute 5.5% of Namibias GDP, while 70% of the population relies on agriculture for employment and day-to-day living. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relations... see more
S. Ghane,E. Ghazaryan
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper presents a hybrid Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) methodology for appropriate dynamic analysis, in order to improve the execution of development strategies ... see more
Zhi Li,P. Govender
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper presents the design of an intelligent recognition and sorting system. Intelligence is included in the system by using a multilayer feed-forward artificial neural network (ANN) for image recognition. ... see more