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Volume 18 Number 2 Year 2007

12 articles in this issue 

A. Turner,

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the article is to explore the complexities of the ISO 14001 implementation process, with the objective of identifying the barriers to its implementation, the factors that influence these barriers, and finding... see more

 

A.C. Brent,N. Duffy

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Automobile Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have implemented formal Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) globally that require the OEMs to consider the environmental performance and potential liabilities in th... see more

 

J. Van der Poel,C.C. Van Waveren

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The management of a population of centrifugal pumps in the petrochemical industry can be daunting. A popular method for strategically optimizing the maintenance and operation of these centrifugal pumps is to measure the... see more

 

V.S.S. Yadavalli,M.A. Shahul Hameed,L. Prathaban,K. Thaga

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A system with extended availability and switchover delays with a single repair facility is considered, with a random extended available period having a switching delay from online failure to the repair of the facility. ... see more

 

R. Subburaj,G. Gopal,P.K. Kapur

ENGLISH ABSTRACTA Non-Homogenous Poisson Process (NHPP) model whose failure intensity function has the same mathematical form as that of a generalized exponential function was proposed for application as a Software Reliability Growth Mod... see more

 

S.A. Oke

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite stiff international competition in the global market, world-class manufacturers are increasing their market share and profits through low-cost production, waste reduction in manufacturing, production of hi... see more

 

K. Thaga,V.S.S. Yadavalli

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper proposes an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart that is capable of detecting changes in both process mean and standard deviation for autocorrelated data (referred to as the Maximum Expo... see more

 

M. Albertyn,S.D. Trichard

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The key objective is to present a simulation model to determine the optimum number of pilots in an air force. Background information about the simulation project, and a cursory description of the system under considerat... see more

 

J.K. Visser,G. Howes

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The maintenance of some sophisticated and complex equipment for example, diagnostic equipment used in hospitals is frequently outsourced to the original equipment supplier or another maintenance service provider. Comp... see more

 

R.P. Brand,N.D. Du Preez,C. Schutte

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper describes the role and use of enterprise engineering concepts as a formal approach to the deployment of sustainable networks of small businesses in South Africa. Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) operating in the inf... see more

 

H Van Zyl,N.D. Du Preez,C. Schutte

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The high failure rate of innovation projects indicates that many companies are not getting the full benefit from their innovation projects [1], [2]. A research project was carried out during 2005 that explored and compared the existing f... see more

 

S.S. Kumile,A.J. Buys

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is some concern about the future ability of South Africas Research and Development (R&D) system to produce R&D output. This paper documents a Delphi study that was conducted in order to gain insight into the... see more