14 articles in this issue
Corne Schutte
“The world wants you to be vanilla. They want you to be the same as everyone else.” - Ramit SethiOur feature article in this edition examines the value of money and the flaw-of-averages. One of the main insights provided is the contribution of uncertainty... see more
Paul Kruger,Sarma Yadavalli
Given the state of uncertainty in the world, decision analysis and decision-making under conditions of uncertainty are becoming more important. However, any rational decision-making requires a criterion on which to base the decision — which implies the av... see more
Kemlall Ramsaroop Ramdass,Fulufhelo Masithulela
Many organisations throughout the world are aggressively adopting the ISO 9001 international quality standard. It heightens improved productivity and efficiency at an operational level. However, the astronomical costs of implementation decrease the benefi... see more
Mark D Sklar-Chik,Alan C Brent,Imke Hanlu De Kock
The objective of the paper is to understand the integration costs of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in future energy generation scenarios for South Africa. The study used PLEXOS1 to conduct a bottom-up hourly simulation, incorporating the high renew... see more
Byeong-Yeon Kim,Hyesung Seok
Electricity scheduling for households based on real-time pricing (RTP) allows flexible and efficient consumption planning. However, this creates errors in predicted costs. Therefore this study used a genetic algorithm (GA) to reduce the error in predicted... see more
Enrico Naidoo,Jared Padayachee,Glen Bright
The implementation of reconfigurable fixtures is a major facilitator of mass customisation. Traditional scheduling techniques do not consider reconfigurable fixtures comprehensively. This paper describes a multi-stage optimisation method that manages the ... see more
Keith Richard Lambert
Supporting and maintaining complex systems in developing countries has numerous challenges, especially in systems that suffer from obsolescence and operate beyond their designed life. Existing methodologies in developing an integrated logistics support sy... see more
Shane Andrew van Heerden,Jan Harm van Vuuren
The retail problem of slotting refers to the assignment of stock keeping units (SKUs) to the available storage locations in a distribution centre (DC). Generally, the expected total distance travelled by stock pickers during an order consolidation and the... see more
Johannes Lodewyk Jooste,Louis Jona Botha
The quantitative relationships at the performance measurement system (QRPMS) is a methodology for identifying and quantifying relationships between key performance indicators. These relationships present additional information for decision-making purposes... see more
Cornelius Jacobus Fourie,Oliver Chimusoro,Olabanji Olumuyiwa Asekun
Previous studies of supply chain management systems have attempted to focus on transportation, logistics, storage space planning, and time-to-delivery. The biggest challenge for large organisations like the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, which has... see more
Boris Urban,Janine Chanston
Recognising the importance of the commercialisation of university intellectual property, the entrepreneurial intentions (EI) of research scientists and engineers at universities and science councils in South Africa are investigated. The study of intention... see more
Brighton Tshuma,Herman Steyn,Corro Van Waveren
Projects are unique, temporary structures that produce unique knowledge. For organisations to gain competitive advantage, this knowledge needs to be transferred effectively between projects. Knowledge transfer across projects is thus an important and deci... see more
Cornelius Jacobus Fourie,Oliver Chimusoro
The lack of maintenance engineering performance is one of the main causes of poor service delivery. In a passenger rail company, maintenance engineering performance is measured using several parameters, which include the ability of the organisation to upg... see more
Mncedisi Trinity Dewa,Andre Francois van der Merwe,Stephen Matope
Digitalisation has been advocated as a possible strategy to improve the competitiveness of tool, die, and mould-making (TDM) companies in the 21st century. The recent rise of digital technologies, such as Internet of Things devices, now makes digitalisati... see more