17 articles in this issue
Corne Schutte
2017 is nearly halfway, and it is a pleasure to publish our first edition of the year. As last year, we plan again 3 standard editions, and then also a special edition with selected articles from associated local conferences. This edition: has a total of ... see more
Johannes W Prinsloo,Cornelis Cristo van Waveren,Kai-Ying Chan
Knowledge dissemination, as part of the knowledge exchange process, is particularly challenging in any project environment due to the temporary nature of projects. Although several studies in the earlier literature studied the factors that influence knowl... see more
Pavel Krakhmalev,Ina Yadroitsava,Gunnel Fredriksson,Igor Yadroitsev
To remove residual stresses, an as-built SLM object is usually post- treated. This treatment can affect the microstructure, changing the final mechanical characteristics. This investigation is focused on the microstructural characterisation of 316L austen... see more
Noah Omondi Ogano,Leon Pretorius
Many projects in the electricity energy sector in the Sub Saharan Africa region experience quality challenges and delays, leading to frequent power outages that slow the overall economic activity in the region and frustrate investor confidence in the regi... see more
Ateekh Ur Rehman Rehman
In response to highly dynamic markets, manufacturing industries need alternative feasible manufacturing strategies. The strategy currently adopted is to reconfigure the existing manufacturing system. The conditions to reconfigure existing configurations c... see more
Hari Purnomo,Edi Giyono,Ayudyah Eka Apsari
Training based on competency is a government effort to improve employee candidates’ job competence. The T echnical Implementation Unit of the Technopark Ganesha Sukowati Sragen is a training centre in the Sragen Regency. Ergonomic issues have still not re... see more
Angela Liza Rademeyer,D J Lubinsky
The use of a decision support system (DSS) for efficiently optimising and managing field workers’ visits is discussed. This tool was designed after years of consulting experience and algorithmic research. It includes not only an innovative memetic algorit... see more
Sara S. (Saartjie) Grobbelaar,Isabel A. Meyer
Despite progress towards improved cooperation within the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), it can be argued that real economic integration is still lacking. Cross-border value chain (VC) development has been proposed as a potential enabler of regiona... see more
M Rajmohan,C Theophilus,M R Sumalatha,S Saravanakumar
In health care supply chain management, particularly in the area of organ transplantation, organ procurement and the transplantation network play an important role. The organ procurement organisation (OPO) should coordinate so that organs are prepared and... see more
Richmore Aron Dondofema,Stephen Matope,Guven Akdogan
South African industry faces immense global competition from developed countries such as Germany probably because of the adoption of lean manufacturing techniques by the latter. This study is a survey on publications concerning implementation and adoption... see more
Samuel Mensah Sackey,Andre Bester,Dennit Adams
To manage the impact of Industry 4.0 on industrial engineering (IE) education curriculum requirements, realistic teaching and learning infrastructure such as a learning factory are required. This paper scans the literature to determine Industry 4.0’s prin... see more
Keith Richard Lambert
The business environment is constantly changing. For organisations to gain competitive advantage, they require innovative methods to achieve future business goals. The capital assets of an organisation, such as its high-technology, complex systems, typica... see more
Jacobus Bosman Smit Van Niekerk,A.C. Brent,Josephine Kaviti Musango,Imke Hanlu De Kock
The Western Cape Provincial government in South Africa has introduced a green economy framework, ‘Green is Smart’, to create a more sustainable economy. This framework stipulates plans for the Western Cape Province to implement more sustainable farming pr... see more
Rowena Chrystal Simons,Andre Bester,Mellet Moll
A reliable quality assurance (QA) function in the nuclear environment is underpinned by the effective identification of risk, and by effective decision-making processes in relation to the risk identified. The need for competent auditors who are able to re... see more
S A Binoosh,G M Mohan,D Bijulal
This paper intends to predict time-related fatigue experienced among workers involved in the overhead assembly of submersible pumps. Borg’s CR-10 scale, the Samn-Perelli fatigue scale (SPFS), and dimensions of the Swedish occupational fatigue inventory (S... see more
Cornelius Jacobus Fourie,Nicholas E Umeh
Historically, Lean thinking has limited applications in the maintenance environment (that is, a non-manufacturing environment). This article reports on the Lean tools that can be implemented in the maintenance environment. To achieve this, a typical suppl... see more
Gavin J Le Roux,Stephan E Visagie
An order picking system in a distribution centre consisting of parallel unidirectional picking lines is considered. The objectives are to minimise the walking distance of the pickers, the largest volume of stock on a picking line over all picking lines, t... see more