20 articles in this issue
Corne Schutte
“For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." ? TS Eliot The journal had a very successful year. We introduced the Special Edition this ... see more
Paul Kruger,Sarma Yadavalli
Uncertainty is ever-present and is an integral part of life. Recognising the existence of uncertainty and its possible effects on decision-making may be important for the profitability, financial success, or even survival of an organisation. A relatively ... see more
Liezl Bell,Cornelis Cristo van Waveren,Herman Steyn
This paper examines mechanisms to use lessons learned on individual projects within an organisation. A Delphi study highlighted the organisation’s responsibility for incorporating knowledge from projects into a project management methodology. Knowledge fr... see more
Gerard David Ungerer,Steve Cayzer
The hyper-competitive nature of e-business has raised the need for a generic way to appraise the merit of a developed business strategy. Although progress has been made in the domain of strategy evaluation, the established literature differs over the ‘tes... see more
Charles Benjamin Hirschowitz Nel,Wyhan J.L. Jooste
The concept of ‘smart’ is increasingly used in the commercial environment, and relates to a perception of technological intelligence. The concept of ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) has also become a reality that makes a different approach to managing physical ... see more
George Maluleke,Leon Pretorius
The contribution of mining activities to social infrastructure and human development is a complex socio-economic development issue in South Africa. Complexity theory has introduced a new approach to solving problems in social systems, recognising them as ... see more
Lara Kriege,Wyhan Jooste,PJ Vlok
People are fundamental to the success of managing physical assets. Line managers are increasingly becoming responsible for people- management activities that were traditionally placed within the human resources function, while often lacking effective peop... see more
Jared Padayachee,Glen Bright
A dynamic cellular manufacturing system is a system where cell configurations change in order to respond to changing production requirements. This paper proposes methods for multi-period cell and part family formation. The method of fuzzy C-means clusteri... see more
Samuel Mensah Sackey,Andre Bester
With its potential to change significantly the knowledge and skill-set requirements for industrial engineers (IEs), Industry 4.0 creates a need to reassess the place of IEs to avoid a greater shock than that caused by the information technology identity c... see more
Tiaan Oosthuizen,Keshav Nunco,Pieter Conradie,Dimitri Dimitrov
The objective of machining performance is to reduce operational costs and to increase the production rate while maintaining or improving the required surface integrity of the machined component. Together with industrial partners, several benchmark titaniu... see more
M.D. Sklar-Chik,A.C. Brent,I.H. De Kock
The purpose of this paper is to critically review the ‘levelised cost of energy’ metric used in electricity project development. This metric is widely used, because it is a simple metric to calculate the cost per unit of electricity for a given technology... see more
Ian van Zyl,Ina Yadroitsava,Igor Yadroitsev
Direct Metal Laser Sintering produces 3D objects using a layer-by- layer method in which powder is deposited in thin layers. Laser beam scans over the powder fusing powder particles as well as the previous layer. High-concentration of laser energy input l... see more
Cornelius Jacobus Fourie,Tinashe George Tendayi
In this paper, a life cycle costing (LCC) framework for effective maintenance management is investigated and developed for use in a railway rolling stock environment. The framework consists of combining typical mission-critical components together with th... see more
Ateekh Ur Rehman Rehman
Multi-criteria decision approaches are preferred for achieving multi-dimensional sustainable renewable energy goals. A more critical issue faced by the wind power industry is the selection of a location to tap prospective energy, which needs to be evaluat... see more
Juan Oosthuizen,Alan Colin Brent,Josephine Kaviti Musango,imke H de Kock
The Western Cape Government in South Africa has identified the concept of a green economy as a way to transform the Province’s economy to one that is more sustainable from an economic, social, and environmental perspective. System dynamics modelling was u... see more
Wessel Pienaar
This article analyses the magnitude of the possible regional economic impacts that might stem from the proposed De Beers Pass Route (DBPR) project in South Africa. The regional income multiplier and income accelerator analysis are used to estimate the gro... see more
Srdja Kovacevic,Ljubisa Papic,Goran Janackovic,Suzana Savic
This paper describes the two-step method used to analyse the factors and aspects influencing human error during the maintenance of mining machines. The first step is the cause-effect analysis, supported by brainstorming, where five factors and 21 aspects ... see more
Rogers K Banda,Leon Pretorius
This research was carried out to determine the effect of scope definition on public building projects that are implemented by project implementing agencies (PIAs) in Malawi. The research sought to investigate the relationship between the level of scope de... see more
Ryno Brits,James Bekker
The ability of a coal-fired power station to meet its generation targets is influenced by periods of coal shortage. In this article, we propose a multi-objective inventory model to assist with the management of coal stockpiles. The model is applicable to ... see more
Barnes Sookdeo
This article aims to demonstrate that work study techniques must be used to determine standard times for operations and to develop efficiency reporting systems to sustain organisations. Many organisations do not measure their efficiencies and do not have ... see more