Vol 27, No 2 (2016)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial
Corne Schutte
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iii

Feature Articles

USING EXPANDED REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE CAPACITY EXPANSION DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY IN THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL INDUSTRY
Amer Mohammad Momani, Tarek H. Al-Hawari, Rand W Mousa
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1-14

General Articles

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON COMPLEX SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS
Rudolph Oosthuizen, Leon Pretorius
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15-29
A ROUND ROBIN STUDY FOR LASER BEAM MELTING IN METAL POWDER BED
Bhrigu Ahuja, Adam Schaub, Daniel Junker, Michael Karg, Felix Tenner, Raoul Plettke, Marion Merklein, Michael Schmidt
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30-42
SCHEDULING SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT COLOUR PRINTING JOBS
John Schuurman, Jan H Van Vuuren
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43-59
EXPLORING THE USE OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED VIDEO COMMUNICATION IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Izak P Meyer, Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard, Herman Steyn, Joyce Jordaan
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60-71
BROADENING THE INFLUENCE OF ASSET MANAGERS THROUGH THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF PERSUASION
Petrus Daniel Swart, PJ Vlok, Johannes Lodewyk Jooste
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72-80
A STRATEGY TO TAILOR PERFORMANCE INTERVENTIONS BASED ON THE NATURE OF ORGANISATIONAL MATURITY OF SOUTH MANUFACTURING FIRMS
Zahier Ebrahim, J J Pieterse
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81-94
TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR SYSTEMIC CREATIVITY IN ENGINEERING ORGANISATIONS
Louzanne Bam, PJ Vlok
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95-108
MATHEMATICAL AND SIMULATION TECNIQUES FOR MODELLING URBAN TRAIN NETWORKS
Nathan Wilson, Cornelius Jacobus Fourie, Romano Delmistro
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109-119
IMPROVING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE OUTSOURCING: A STUDY OF THE IRANIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh, Mostafa Jafari, Peyman Akhavan, Seyed Jalal Mousavi
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120-131
EXPLOITING DETERMINISTIC MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITY WINDOWS CREATED BY CONSERVATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN RULES THAT RESULT IN FREE TIME LOCKED INTO LARGE HIGH-SPEED COUPLED PRODUCTION LINES WITH FINITE BUFFERS
Casper Durandt, Eon Van der Merwe Smit, Niek D Du Preez
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132-146
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ISSUES AND TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH A 30-YEAR LITERATURE REVIEW
Choonghyun Lee, Choon Seong Leem
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147-159
OPTIMISATION OF RADIO TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Thorsten Schmidt-Dumont, Jan Harm van Vuuren
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160-176
A MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES MAINTENANCE HUMAN FACTORS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION INDUSTRY
Rina Peach, Herman Ellis, Jacobus Krige Visser
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177-189

Case Studies

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL USING AHP PRIORITIES FOR SOCCER PLAYER SELECTION: A CASE STUDY
Eren Ozceylan
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190-205
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE CONTROLLER USING A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH
Tremaine Ferreira, Igor Gorlach
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206-217
STRATEGIC PRODUCTION LINE SYNCHRONISATION
Teresa Hattingh, Marc Fienberg, Dieter Hartmann
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218-233
A FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COLLABORATIVE SUPPLY CHAINS
Horacio Bautista-Santos, José Luis Martínez-Flores, María Beatriz Bernabé-Loranca, Diana Sánchez-Partida, Fabiola Sánchez-Galván
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234-250