Research Paper
Use of Artificial Neural Network for the Selection of Sales Intermediaries | |
Orhan Saracoglu, Ilker Topcu |
A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach For Complex Procurement Systems | |
Anirban Kundu, Vipul Jain |
A Coordination and Optimization Method for Multi-Bridge Waterjet Cutting Processes | |
Jun Li, Qirui Sun, Xianzhong Dai |
A Decision Support System for Nurse Scheduling at a Public Hospital in South Africa | |
Sonja S Friedrich, Liezl Van Dyk |
RAPShell For RFID-Enabled Real-Time Shopfloor Production Planning, Scheduling and Execution | |
Ray.Y Zhong, L.Y Pang, Yu Pan, Ting Qu, George.Q Huang |
A Bilevel Programming Approach In A Supply Hub In Industrial Park (SHIP) | |
Xuan Qiu, George Q Huang |
A Contrastive Analysis Of Different Carbon Policies In A Multi-Plant Location Problem | |
Zhao Qiuhong, Chen Zhen, Zheng Haitao |
Towards A Capability Planning/Design Methodology For Enterprises Handling Anthropogenic Hazards | |
Jozine Botha, Marne De Vries |
E-Manufacturing: A framework for increasing manufacturing resource utilisation. | |
Lungile Nyanga, Andre Van Der Merwe, Stephen Matope, Nkgatho Tlale |
A Model Based Specification For A Decision Support Tool For Supply Chain Risk Management | |
Pierre David, Delara Saleh Ebrahimi, Gulgun Alpan |
Design Of A Robust Decision-Making Module For The RoboCup Small-Size League | |
Moonyoung Yoon, Tanya Lane-Visser |
Two Different Process Mapping Methods, Similar Results? | |
Serge Lambert, Georges Abdul-Nour |
Designing Industrial Engineering Education in a Developing Country | |
Roy Snaddon, Samuel John |
Evaluation of Entry and Penetration Strategies to Middle East Market Utilizing a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Approach | |
Merve Yurdagul, Serafettin Ozsoy, Sebnem Burnaz, Ilker Topcu |
Use of Van-der-Waals Forces Actuated Polyurethane Micro-grippers in the Handling of IC Micro-components | |
Matthew John Arderne, Stephen Matope, Andre Van der Merwe, Lungile Nyanga |
Drug Inventory Control for Outpatient Services | |
Jiun-Yan Shiau, Xiangyang Li, Ming-Jie Zheng |
An Improved Electromagnetism-like Algorithm for Global Optimization | |
Javid Jouzdani, Farnaz Barzinpour, Mohammad Fathian |
A System Dynamic Approach to Uncertainty in Bridging Technology Interaction | |
Leon Pretorius, Jan-Harm Christiaan Pretorius |
Auto-ID Enabled Real-time Manufacturing Shop-floor Management: A Case Study In A Fastener Manufacturer | |
Yu Pan, George Q. Huang, Ray Y. Zhong, Ting Qu, L.Y. Pang, Y.F. Zhang |
A Mathematical Model For Designing Group Layout Of A Dynamic Cellular Manufacturing System With Variable Number Of Cells | |
Reza Kia, Nikbakhsh Javadian, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Aydin Aghajani |
Order Allocation Among Multiple Supplies By Production Load-Equilibrium | |
Wei Xiang, Fashuai Song, Feifan Ye |
Reliability Analysis of a Redundant Repairable System With Erlangian "Preparation Time" | |
Sarma VenkataSeshachala Yadavalli, Estelle van Wyk |
Analysis on Quality and Safety Factors of Consumer Goods Based on Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method | |
Guoping Xia, Jiadong Ju |
Using Revenue Sharing Contract To Coordinate Supply Chain With A Risk-Averse Retailer | |
Zhong Yao, Linlin Zhang, Yalan Cao |
Air Pollution Control Techniques For The Cement Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study For Zimbabwe | |
Takawira Robin Chikowore, Lameck Mugwagwa, Davison Zimwara |
Development and Analysis of Business Models in the South African Motor Body Repair Sector | |
Goodwell Muyengwa, Partson Dube, Kimberly Battle |
Commercial Vehicle Behaviour: Analysing GPS Records | |
Quintin van Heerden, Johan W. Joubert |
A Robust Mathematical Model for Route Planning of a Third-Party Logistics Provider | |
Javid Jouzdani, Mohammad Fathian |
A Critical Review Of Health Promotion Systems In A Municipal District | |
Teresa Hattingh, David Janks |
Enhanced Neighborhood Structure for Multi Periods Inventory Routing Problem Model with Time Varying Demand | |
Noor Hasnah Moin, Huda Zurah Ab Halim |
Integrated Scheduling Of Sp-As/Rs And Handling Equipment In Automated Container Terminals | |
Seyed Mahdi Homayouni, Mohammad Reza Vasili, Seyed Mohammad Kazemi, Sai Hong Tang |
Service Supply Chain: An Integrated Conceptual Framework | |
Sumit Sakhuja, Vipul Jain |
Business Models for Sustained eHealth Implementation: Lessons from Two Continents | |
Liezl Van Dyk, Lisette J.E.W.C. Van Gemert-Pijnen, Jobke Wentzel, Maarten Van Limburg, Cornelius SL Schutte |
RFID-Enabled Just-In-Time Logistics Management System For "SHIP" - Supply Hub In Industrial Park | |
Ting Qu, H. Luo, George Q. Huang, N. Cao, J. Fang, R. Y. Zhong, A. L. Y. Pang, X. Qiu |
Fuzzy System Dynamics Simulation For Manufacturing Supply Chain Systems With Uncertain Demand | |
Michael Mutingi, Charles Mbohwa |
Dynamic Capacity Augmentation Strategies For Health Manpower Supply Under Various Demand Patterns | |
Michael Mutingi, Charles Mbohwa |
Supply Chain Risk and Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in South Africa | |
Bernadette Patricia Sunjka, Mark Sklar-Chik |
Concept Investigation Of A Mobile Vineyard Press For Wine Grapes | |
Kyle Duane Lemmer, Nico Treurnicht, Jeanne Brand, Wessel Du Toit |
The ABC of Comprehending Business Process Performance | |
Antonie van Rensburg |
Evaluating The Effect Of Road Pricing Strategies In MATSim, Using Agent-Specific And Income-Dependent Values | |
Wilna du Plessis, Johan W Joubert |
Management of Information Security in Supply Chains - A Process Framework | |
Arup Roy, Anirban Kundu |
Development Of A Time Study Application For Smart Phones | |
Dieter Hartmann, Brent Lambert |
A Mathematical Model To Minimize Total Tardiness And Workforce Overtime Costs In Cellular Manufacturing | |
Gursel Suer, Kush Mathur |
Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) In The Manufacturing Of Titanium Based Plate Implants In The Bio-Medical Sector | |
Pieter De Waal Eksteen, Andre Van der Merwe |
Health Post Location for Community Oriented Primary Care | |
Franzel le Roux, Jozine Botha |
A Lean Maintenance Supply Chain Framework for Rolling Stock Maintenance: A Case Study | |
Tinashe George Tendayi, Cornelius J Fourie |
A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Multi-depot Capacitated Location-routing Problem with Inventory Decisions in Supply Chain Network Design | |
Mahdi Bashiri, Ehsan Fallahzade |
Multi-objective Facility Location-Allocation Problem with Continuous and Discrete Fuzzy Random Demands | |
Mahdi Bashiri, Hamed Mogouie, Hamidreza Rezaei |
A Comparative Study of a Euclidean Distance Algorithm and Pre-emptive Multi-objective Modelling for Disaster Relief - a Case Study for the SADC | |
Estelle Van Wyk, Sarma Yadavalli |
Comparison of Additive Manufacturing Processes For Rapid Casting For Tooling Application Using The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) | |
Kasongo Nyembwe, Deon de Beer, Kobus van der Walt, Sheperd Bhero, Kambuyi Katuku |
Hedging Manufacturing Systems Against Assorted Random Disruptions in a Dynamic Environment | |
Johannes Bekane Mapokgole |
Stochastic Approach of Managing Community-Water Distribution System Through the Application of Nanotechnology | |
Thomas Bobga Tengen |
Mobile Enabled Operations Management Using Multi-Objective Based Logistics Planning For Perishable Products | |
Krishna Sundar Diatha, Ravikumar Karumanchi, Shashank Garg |
Development Of A Tariff Tool For Medical Aids Within Africa | |
Dieter Hartmann, Tom M Morrison, Charles Harebottle |
Scheduling And Optimization Model Of Emergency Relief Supplies In The Constraint-Based Multi-Objective: Service Quality Perspective | |
Siqing Shan, Zhongjun Hu, Zhonghui Mao |
Ranking Of Effective Indices In Project Performance Evaluation In Technology-Based Company | |
Sadegh Abedi, Reza Radfar, shahin Fakoori |
Case Study: Assessing the Features of a Quality Management System | |
Kris Adendorff, Patricia Ngomane |
An Integrated Fuzzy Methodology For Waste Of Electrical And Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management System | |
H. Ziya Ulukan, Mujde Erol Genevois |
Selecting The Best Flexibility Strategies By Using An Integrated Method Of FAHP And House Of Flexibility | |
Mujde Erol Genevois, H. Ziya Ulukan |
Open Innovation in South African SMEs | |
Willie Krause, Corne Schutte, Niek du Preez |
The Considerations Of Developing And Implementing An IT System To Track And Trace Explosives In The South African Market | |
Ryno Holm, Konrad von Leipzig |
Information Technology Application To Enable Business Renewal And Modernisation | |
Hanno van Wyk, Konrad von Leipzig |
Critical Analysis of Behavioural Training Method for SCOR Compliant SCM | |
Marvel Mandaza, Konrad H von Leipzig, William Msekiwa Goriwondo |
Heuristics For Multi Period Competitive Pricing Strategies For Manufacturing Companies | |
Gursel Suer, Saikishore Pulugurtha, Douglas Adie |
Long-Term Sourcing Model For Multi-Objective Supplier Selection Under Uncertainty | |
Gursel Suer, Jing Huang |
Impacts of Unforeseen Disruptions on Different Company-Layouts | |
Johannes Bekane Mapokgole, Thomas Tengen |
New Developments In Grape Punnet Packaging | |
Nico Treurnicht, Nina Verwey, Mike Blanckenberg |
Factors that Affect the Outcome of Process Improvement Programmes in South African Firms | |
Smija Simon, Bernadette Sunjka |
Investigating Interdependent and Conflicting Objectives in South African SMME Policies: Competitiveness vs. Employment Creation | |
Robert Stuart Cass |
Investigation of the Automation of Abalone Production Control | |
Elizabeth Sephton, Nico Treurnicht, Mike Blanckenberg, Joanne van der Westhuizen |
Investigation of Selected Cooling Techniques for Milling Ti6Al4V | |
Dimitar Dimitrov, Derek Rhys Hammond, Nico Treurnicht, Mike Saxer |
Dynamic Integration of Quality Practices Into the Strategic Management Process of Organisations in the Printing and Packaging Industry | |
Nita Sukdeo |
Response Surface Modeling and Optimization to Elucidate the Differential Effects of Demographic Characteristics on HIV Prevalence in South Africa. | |
Wilbert Sibanda, Philip Pretorius |
A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm For Integrated Production Planning And Scheduling Problems | |
Lin Lin, Xinchang Hao, Mitsuo Gen, Katsuhisa Ohno |
A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for FMS Optimization with AGV Dispatching | |
Lin Lin, Yan Liang, Mitsuo Gen, Chen-Fu Chien |
Study of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishments in South African Retail Industry | |
Partson Dube, Goodwell Muyengwa, Kimberley Battle |
Exploring Critical Failure Modes in the Rail Environment and the Consequential Costs of Unplanned Maintenance | |
Pieter Conradie, Nico Treurnicht |
Development of a Micro Material Handling System | |
Sebastian Earle Aspeling Read, Andre Van der Merwe, Corne Schutte, Stephen Matope, Michael Mueller |
Evaluation of Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Success: Case Study in Zimbabwe | |
Samson Mhlanga, Lameck Kambarami, Takawira Chikowore |
Collaborative Product Design and Manufacturing by Web-based Haptic Modeling for Virtual and Physical Prototyping | |
Yuan-Shin Lee |
Automation Of Work Studies: An Evaluation of Methods For A Computer Vision Based System | |
Donald Lloyd van Blommestein, Andre Francois van der Merwe, Dewald Swart, Stephen Matope |
Application of Lean Product Development at a Manufacturing Organisation: A Case Study | |
Jan Harm Pretorius, Andile Dem, David Kruger |
An Approach For Evaluation Of Cutting Strategies For Milling Of TI6AL4V | |
Pieter Conradie, Dimitar Dimitrov, Mike Saxer |
An Investigation Into Lubrication Strategies For The Incremental Sheet Forming Of TI-6AL-4V | |
Ruan de Bruyn, Nico Treurnicht |
Requirements for the Feasibility of PV Net Metering in South Africa | |
Graham Tongai Ndanga, Martin Gorn |
Applied or Industry Paper
Bottleneck Management Through Discrete Event Simulation For Manual Automobile Assembly Systems | |
Mendon Dewa, Liberty Chidzuu |
Investigating the Benefits of Using Selected Lean Techniques at a South African Exhaust Manufacturer - A Case Study | |
Andre Louw |
Economic Lot Shipment Under Value Pricing Of Rate | |
Olufemi Adewumi Babatunde Adetunji, Sarma Venkatta Yadavalli |
Six Sigma Project Selections by Using a Fuzzy Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach: A Case Study in Poly Acryl Corp | |
Seyed Mohammad Kazemi, Mahdi Karbasian, Seyed Mahdi Homayouni, Mohammad Reza Vasili |
Managing For The Triple Bottom Line In Project-Based Learning | |
Nadia Millis Viljoen |
An Improved Approach Towards Business Intelligence Dashboards Through Automated Reporting | |
Lohan Pieterse |
RFID Based Automatic Tollgate System | |
Lovemore Gunda, Samson Mhlanga, Reginald Gonye, Lee Masuka, Lungile Nyanga |
Being The Lean Dream | |
Magdel van Staden, Werner du Plessis |
A Rich Multi-Period Delivery Vehicle Master Routing Problem Case Study | |
Angela Liza Rademeyer, Robert Benetto |
Discrete Event Simulation Modeling To Improve Productivity On An Automotive Production Line | |
Jean-Claude Munyaka Baraka, Andrew Kisten Naicker, Ranil Singh |
GreenSCOR as a Tool for Measurement and Improvement of the Carbon Footprint of the Logistics Functions of a Firm | |
Olufemi Adewumi Babatunde Adetunji, Izak Pierre van Zyl |
Development of a Station Control System for an Engine Assembly Line | |
Dylan Townsend, Andrew Norman, Igor Gorlach |
The Practical Application Of Iso 9001 And ISO/TS 16949 To The Mass Production Of Motor Industry Components | |
Peter George Blaine, P.J. Vlok, R. T. Dobson |
Abstract and Presentations
Safety Of Machinery In Hospitals: An Exploratory Study | |
Francois Gauthier |
Distribution Planning: Leveraging operational excellence and world class technology | |
Henk van Niekerk |
A genetic algorithm approach for automated storage and retrieval systems | |
Yaghoub Khojasteh-Ghamari |
Establishing a Logistics Command Centre - A journey describing the multi-disciplinary nature of IE projects | |
Henricus Verhoef |
Integrating Scenario Planning And Multiobjective Optimization Models | |
Theodor Stewart |
Giving your CMMS Wings | |
Dirk Pieter Janse van Rensburg |
Strategic Scenario Planning In The South African Foundry Sector | |
Hannelie Nel, Farouk Varachia |
Lean Based Facility Lay-out Design: Application and Experiences in the South African Automotive Industry | |
Robert Pokote Mutyavavire, Charles Mbohwa, Khutso Sepuru |
Using the Knowledge-Structures of Intellectual Capital in a Computer-Aided Model-Based Systems Perspective to Align Organisational Resources | |
Daniel Malherbe |
Improving Business Performance through Effective Health and Safety Management | |
Natalie Carol Skeepers, Charles Mbohwa |
Operating room scheduling for private hospitals | |
Uttam Bhana Pancha |
Antiretroviral Drug Distribution Routing System in Limpopo Province South Africa | |
Hildah Mashira, Amon Masache |
Integrated Management Systems - how PAS55/ ISO 55000 fits into the bigger picture | |
Leon Erasmus |
A Critical Success Factor Model for Physical Asset Management Services | |
Wyhan Jooste, PJ Vlok |
Intelligent objects: The Future of Simulation | |
Dennis Pegden, Francois van Huyssteen |
Lean Based Facility Lay-Out Design: Applications and Experiences in the South African Automotive Industry | |
Robert Pokote Mutyavavire |
Developing a project contingency estimation tool for Eskom Distribution Western Operating Unit | |
Mariette van Niekerk, James Bekker |
Sweating the constraint of strip mining: A case study of Project Khulisa | |
Andile Dumisani Ndiweni |
New Vaal Campaign Mining Project | |
Andre de Jager, Shuping Makgathe |
A Practical Approach to Managing Variation that Causes Risk in Meeting Schedule, Cost & Revenue Targets | |
Dennis Pegden, Francois van Huyssteen |
Restocking the Industrial Engineering toolkit: combining process mapping, business analytics and operations research for effective problem solving | |
Elias Jakobus Willemse |
An Integrated Evaluation Of Supplier Using AHP And Grey Association | |
Lu Liu |
The Critical Success Factors across ASAP Methodology in ERP Implementation | |
Kave Mohammad Cyrus, Ali Vaezi Nejad |
Tutorials
System Dynamics : The neglected IE tool | |
Paul Kruger |
Genetic Algorithms in Optimization | |
Gursel Suer, Mitsuo Gen |
Invited Presentations and Keynotes
IE's in start-ups & the green economy | |
Dino Petrarolo |
Being a Catalyst for Organisational Transformation | |
Cobus Rossouw |
Trends in Supply Chain Control | |
Chelsea C White III |
SCIENCE and SOCIETY: The world in which we live our stories - a natural sciences perspective | |
Eugene Cloete |