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South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering publishes articles with the emphasis on research, development and application within the field of Industrial Engineering. In this way it aims to contribute to the further development of this field of study and to serve as a vehicle for the effective interchange of knowledge, ideas and experience between the research and training oriented institutions and the application oriented industry.
| Publisher | South African Institute of Industrial Engineers (SAIIE) |
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| Frequency | Bi-annually |
| Coverage | Vol 13 Issue 1 2002 - current |
| Accreditation(s) |
Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) SciELO SA Science Citation Index (Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection) |
| Language | English |
| Journal Status | Active |
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Productivity improvement through the implementation of lean manufacturing in a medium-sized furniture industry : a case study
More LessSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very important to national economies. In Brazil, the furniture sector has many SMEs that suffer from international competition, especially from Chinese companies. To reduce this difficulty, this study provides a case study of the partial implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) in a medium-sized furniture industry with the aim of increasing productivity. As a result, the company increased its productivity by 27 per cent in the drilling sector. In addition, the case study shows how to implement LM in a medium-sized furniture industry, demonstrating the need to adapt the system to companies outside the automobile sector.Klein- en mediumgrootte ondernemings is baie belangrik vir nasionale ekonomieë. In Brasilië bevat die meubelbedryf vele klein- en mediumgrootte maatskappye wat swaar kry as gevolg van internasionale mededinging, veral van Sjinese ondernemings. Om hierdie uitdaging te oorkom bied dié artikel ʼn gevallestudie van die gedeeltelike implementering van lenige vervaardiging in ʼn mediumgrootte meubelmaatskappy met die doelstelling om produktiwiteit te verhoog. Die maatskappy se produktiwiteit is verhoog met 27 per sent in die boorsektor. Verder toon die gevallestudie hoe om lenige vervaardiging te implementeer in ʼn mediumgrootte meubelmaatskappy. Sodoende word die behoefte om hierdie konsep aan te wend in ondernemings buite die tradisionele motorvervaardiging-sektor geïllustreer.
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Pro-poor value chains for small scale farming innovation : sustainability improvements through ICT
More LessThe success of small-scale farmers in pro-poor value chains is constrained by aspects related to government policies, research and training, community issues, and the quality of existing information and communication technology (ICT) tools. This article discusses effective strategies to increase the access to and adoption of ICT by small-scale farmers. Based on a literature review and an expert opinion survey, it identifies and assesses the key factors that facilitate increased ICT access and adoption. Investment in the development of ICT for rural small-scale farmer development is needed, to customise farming ICT to be user-friendly, and to conduct research on the use of simpler but more appropriate technologies to facilitate ICT adoption and use for value chain development.Die sukses van kleinboere in armoedeverligting-gerigte waarde-kettings word beperk deur, o.a., regeringsbeleid, navorsing en opleiding, gemeenskap uitdagings, en die gehalte van bestaande inligting- en kommunikasiehulpmiddels. Effektiewe strategieë om toegang tot, en die gebruik van, inligting- en kommunikasie-hulpmiddels deur kleinboere te bevorder is bespreek. ʼn Literatuurstudie en kenner meningspeiling is gebruik om die kernfaktore wat toegang en gebruik bevorder te identifiseer en evalueer. Investering in die ontwikkeling van inligting- en kommunikasiehulpmiddels vir kleinboerontwikkeling is nodig om dit gebruikersvriendelik te maak. Navorsing oor eenvoudiger, toepasliker tegnologie om die aanvaarding en gebruik van hierdie hulpmiddels in waardekettingontwikkeling te bevorder is ook nodig.
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The design of a research tool for conducting research in a complex socio-technical system
More LessThis article presents research relating to the challenges of conducting research in a complex socio-technical system. The result of this research is that a conventional research approach is fundamentally reactive, and does not always produce the desired results when applied to such a complex socio-technical system. The literature suggests that approaching the research from a problem investigation and problem improvement point of view will provide better results. This article describes the design of a research tool using a design science research methodology that can be used for such investigations and improvement identification and evaluation activities.Hierdie artikel bespreek van die uitdagings wat ondervind word wanneer daar navorsing gedoen word in ʼn komplekse sosio-tegniese stelsel. Die navorsing toon dat die tradisionele navorsings-benadering in ʼn komplekse sosio-tegniese omgewing fundamenteel reaktief is, en dat dit nie altyd die gewense resultate teweeg bring nie. Uit die literatuur het dit duidelik geword dat ʼn meer gewense oplossing is om die navorsing van uit ʼn probleemondersoek- en probleemverbeteringsoogpunt te benader. Hierdie artikel bespreek die ontwerp van ʼn navorsingsinstrument deur gebruik te maak van ʼn ontwerpswetenskap navorsingsmetodologie. Dit kan gebruik word vir soortgelyke ondersoeke en vir die identifisering en evaluasie van moontlike verbeterings.
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A standardised model to quantify the financial impact of poor engineering information quality in the oil and gas industry
More LessIndustry needs quality data, but digital formats increase the risk of lost data quality, implying huge risk. The benefits of data quality are difficult to calculate in order to justify the expense. A survey was developed and validated at an operating asset as a precedent. The elements are productivity and production loss, and increased cost and risk. A Monte Carlo method was field tested. The results were presented in graphical and Pareto form to facilitate funding and prioritisation. The results prove that the cost is significant. As a first exploration of the subject, opportunities exist for more sophisticated models, and for investigating causality.Die energie-industrie benodig hoë gehalte data, maar digitale formate verhoog die moontlikheid van gehalteverlies, wat groot risiko tot gevolg mag hê. Die voordele van data gehalte is moeilik berekenbaar en dus so ook die regverdiging van uitgawes verbonde aan verbeteringsprojekte. ʼn Meningspeiling is ontwikkel en gevalideer by ʼn aanleg in bedryf om sodoende ʼn presedent te skep. Die elemente is verlies aan produksie en produktiwiteit en verhoogde koste en risiko. ʼn Monte-Carlo simulasiemodel is gebou en getoets. Die resultate is grafies en in Pareto-formaat aangebied om befondsing en prioritisering te vergemaklik. Die resultate bewys dat die kostes noemenswaardig is. Geleenthede bestaan vir meer gesofistikeerde modelle en ʼn ondersoek na die oorsake moet van stapel gestuur word.
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Business model canvas as an analytical tool for the evaluation of companies : case study for the audiovisual industry in Bogota, Colombia
More LessThe paper discusses analytical applications of the business model canvas (BMC) formulated by Osterwalder & Pigneur [1]. From this model, a methodological tool was devised and used as part of an academic research project, in which the categories (blocks) of the BMC were taken as conceptual categories and further processed through a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). The specifics of reversing the business model canvas are examined, since the model was conceived for entrepreneurs and not strictly for the analysis of pre-existing companies. The application of the tool was done within the multidisciplinary mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) project ‘Business dynamics of the audiovisual industry in Bogota’, which was carried out from October 2017 to May 2019 at Manuela Beltran University in Bogota, Colombia. The methodological tool was applied to 32 key companies and four institutions of the local audiovisual industry through semi-structured interviews with people in managerial positions. The nine blocks of the BMC were conceptually developed to analyse the empirical data, holding them as internal variables. The assessment of the variables revealed opportunities for the growth and development of the companies and the whole industry, as well as patterns for the existing business models of the companies.Hierdie artikel bespreek analitiese toepassing van die besigheidsmodel skilderdoek soos deur Osterwalder & Pigneur [1] formuleer. Van hierdie model is ʼn metodologiewerktuig uitgedink en gebruik in ʼn navorsingsprojek. Die kategorieë (of blokke) van die besigheidsmodel is as konseptuele kategorieë gebruik en verder verwerk tot ʼn falingsmode en effekte-analise. Die besonderhede van die aanpassing van die besigheidsmodel skilderdoek is ondersoek, omdat die model aanvanklik vir entrepreneurs eerder as bestaande ondernemings ontwikkel is. Die werktuig is toegepas op ʼn multidissiplinêre gemengde-metode projek van die Manuela Beltran Universiteit in Bogota, Colombia. Dié projek is van Oktober 2017 tot Mei 2019 uitgevoer en het die besigheidsdinamika van die oudiovisuele industrie in Bogota ondersoek. Die werktuig is toegepas op 32 sleutel ondernemings en vier institute in die plaaslike oudiovisuele industrie deur vier gedeeltelik gestruktureerde onderhoude met bestuurslede. Die nege blokke van die besigheidsmodel skilderdoek is konseptueel ontwikkel om die empiriese data te ontleed. Hierdie ontleding het groei geleenthede en patrone vir die bestaande besigheidmodelle van die ondernemings ontbloot.
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Sustainable hotel strategy execution : a review and way forward
More LessTourism, the third largest industry in the world, is worth US$ 1.4 trillion, and represents 10 per cent of the world’s GDP. Tourism is also responsible for five per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, of which hotels and other types of accommodation account for one per cent. In this context, a sustainable hotel strategy execution is essential for maintaining and improving our planet’s socio-economic and ecological balance. This systematic review lays the foundation for the development of a sustainable hotel strategy decision and execution support tool. Systems thinking and system dynamics allow the modelling of the interdependent elements of a complex hotel system, followed by a scenario simulation for proper strategy–analysis and strategy-decision. The execution of the chosen strategy can then be compared with the expected results. With a view to appraising the potential development of such a sustainable hotel strategy execution model for any tourism destination, a systematic literature review was carried out on existing sustainable strategy execution models and tools, as well as the existing use of systems thinking and system dynamics in the tourism and hotel sector.Toerisme, die derde grootste industrie ter wêreld, is $1.4 biljoen werd en verteenwoordig 10 per sent van die wêreld se BBP. Toerisme is ook verantwoordelik vir vyf per sent van die wêreld se koolstofdioksiedemissies, waarvan hotelle en ander tipes akkommodasie verantwoordelik is vir een persent. Binne hierdie konteks is die implementering van volhoubare hotelstrategieë noodsaaklik vir die handhawing en verbetering van ons planeet se sosio-ekonomiese en ekologiese balans. Hierdie sistematiese oorsig bied die grondslag vir die ontwikkeling van ’n volhoubare hotelstrategiebesluit en uitvoeringsondersteuningsinstrument. Stelsel denke en stelsel dinamika laat die modellering van die interafhanklike elemente van ’n komplekse hotel stelsel toe, gevolg deur scenario simulasie vir behoorlike strategie-analise en -besluitneming. Die uitvoering van die gekose strategie kan dan vergelyk word met die verwagte resultate. Met die oog om die potensiële ontwikkeling van so ’n volhoubare hotelstrategie-uitvoeringsmodel vir enige toeristebestemming te evalueer, is ’n sistematiese literatuuroorsig uitgevoer bestaande uit volhoubare strategie-uitvoeringsmodelle en gereedskap, sowel as die bestaande gebruik van stelsel-denke en stelsel dinamika in die toerisme en hotelle sektor.
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© Publisher: South African Institute of Industrial Engineers (SAIIE)
© Publisher: South African Institute of Industrial Engineers (SAIIE)