13 articles in this issue
Corne Schutte
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.”- Elizabeth Edward... see more
Hani Mohammad Aburas,Ibraheem Batarfi,Abdullah Bahshwan,Ramzi Alzahrani,Abdullah Qarout
Evaluation of the educational process is essential to its development and improvement. This paper aims to create a model for evaluating students’ satisfaction with industrial engineering courses using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) tools. The resea... see more
Kgabo Mokgohloa,Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana-Katumba,Rendani Maladzhi,Sbusiso Xaba
Postal operators across the globe are faced with inescapable business model disruptions in the era of the digital economy, and Southern Africa is no exception. The advent of the digital age presents both opportunities and threats to business models of the... see more
Frans Hendrik Barnard,Elma Van der Lingen
‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) holds various benefits for organisations; however, SaaS solutions are not enjoying widespread adoption in South Africa. Hence, to improve the competitiveness of South African organisations, this study ranked SaaS adoption fa... see more
Jennimi Laubscher,James Bekker,Simon Ackerman
The South African forestry supply chain is a complex system that involves both the production of trees (site preparation, re-establishment, tending, and maintenance operations) and the production and distribution of wood products from plantation stands to... see more
Yunchun Cao,Yuzhan Liu,Danyang Shen
Scattered failure frequency, variable and complex influencing factors, and a low accuracy in predicting inventory demand are characteristics of line replaceable unit (LRU) parts. Some high-priced repairable LRU (HR-LRU) parts have a considerable impact on... see more
Tshepang Clinton Moeketsi,Petrus Tshotleho Letaba
The relationship between Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and innovation makes for an interesting case, as innovation seeks to unlock a level of competitiveness for its users, the extent of which is covered in this research paper. The premise of ... see more
Terrence Sisira Perera,Banu Calis
Steadily increasing demand requires neonatal units and networks to improve their overall capacities. Given the operational complexities involved, simulation is a popular choice for capacity planning studies. , For efficient model building, simulation exer... see more
Vijayakumar Kamala,T Paul Robert
The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a tool for measuring an organisation’s ergonomic level. The study was carried out to fill a research gap in which no attempt had been made to design an index for evaluating a company’s ergonomics. An... see more
Louis Schoonbee,Willem Moore,Jan Van Vuuren
Companies routinely experience difficulties in collecting debt incurred by their customers. As an alternative to the reactive techniques typically employed to increase a company’s ability to collect debt, preventative techniques could be employed to predi... see more
Allyn John Zackarias,Taryn J Bond-Barnard,Cornelis Cristo van Waveren
Skills and knowledge gaps between senior and junior staff is prevalent in engineering projects. This study aimed to identify the factors that affect knowledge transfer and methods to retain transferred knowledge between senior and junior staff in the Sout... see more
Kemlall Ramsaroop Ramdass,Kgabo Mokgohloa
The gradual financial decrease through national and international competition led approximately 50% of clothing manufacturers to shut down their businesses in the past decade. In a grapple for improved productivity, organisations are evaluating human asse... see more
Quintin Mokoena,Ilesanmi Daniyan,Khumbulani Mpofu,Oluwayemisi Abisuga
This paper discusses strategies to improve the application process for drones and Part 101 of the regulations for the approval of applications. Drones have the potential to transform the world by doing things differently and improving technology in the fu... see more