Vol. 23 No. 3 (2012)

Published: 2012-12-03

Editorial

Editorial

Susan Adendorff

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Guest Editorial

The Industrial Engineering publishing landscape

Schalk Claasen

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Feature Articles

PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS IN THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

S Pretorius, H Steyn, JC Jordaan

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General Articles

AN ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING INDUSTRY

RLM Kotze, JK Visser

13-29
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APPROXIMATIONS TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN QUEUING SYSTEMS

NS Kambo, A Rangan, E Moghimihadji

30-41
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A STUDY OF THE MEDIAN RUN LENGTH (MRL) PERFORMANCE OF THE EWMA t CHART FOR THE MEAN

WS Chin, MBC Khoo

42-55
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TOUR CONSTRUCTION HEURISTICS FOR AN ORDER SEQUENCING PROBLEM

AP de Villiers, J Matthews, SE Visagie

56-67
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A DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHM DEVELOPED FOR A NURSE SCHEDULING PROBLEM

P Shahnazari-Shahrezaei, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, M Azarkish, A Sadeghnejad-Barkousaraie

68-90
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A NEW RANKING APPROACH AND ITS APPLICATION TO SOLVING FUZZY CRITICAL PATH PROBLEMS

P Kaur, A Kumar

91-102
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MODULAR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT FOR ON-LINE INSPECTION IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

S Davrajh, G Bright, R Stopforth

103-118
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RESIDUAL STRESS MEASUREMENTS AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IMPLICATIONS FOR SELECTIVE LASER MELTED TI-6AL-4V

CR Knowles, TH Becker, RB Tait

119-129
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ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE FINISH AND DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY OF TOOLS MANUFACTURED BY METAL CASTING IN RAPID PROTOTYPING SAND MOULDS

K Nyembwe, DJ de Beer, JG van der Walt, S Bhero

130-143
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HIGH-SPEED 5-AXIS MACHINING FOR TOOLING APPLICATIONS

M Saxer, N de Beer, DM Dimitrov

144-153
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FORECASTING MODELING AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF A POWER SYSTEM IN CHINA, BASED ON A CLASS OF SEMI-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION APPROACH

Xiaojia Wang, Zhiqiang Chen, Shanlin Yang

154-168
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Case Studies

THE APPLICATION OF A COMPUTERISED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GENERATOR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING: A SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY

EB Schl, JH van Vuuren

169-179
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THE STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY-RELATED VARIABLES TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL - TO MEDIUM-SIZED FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS

AS Lourens, JA Jonker

180-195
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TABLE GRAPE PUNNET PACKAGING: THE INFLUENCE OF CHECK-WEIGHING

R Smit, NF Treurnicht, MM Blanckenberg

196-208
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