Browsing by Subject "Cost savings"
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Achieving energy efficiency with medium voltage variable speed drives for ventilation-on-demand in South African mines
(Elsevier, 2019)The sustainability of the mining industry is contingent on the industry's ability to improve upon the status quo of operational efficiency. The advancement of energy efficient technologies coupled with modern strategies ... -
Assessing the financial viability of mechanisation at a poultry processing plant
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Mechanisation is the process where replaces human labour in production processes. The process of mechanisation is being speeded up by the fourth industrial revolution and many companies are starting to mechanise their ... -
Cost and energy savings on mine surface cooling systems
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The South African national power utility, Eskom, is struggling to meet the high electrical energy demand. The problem is due to the shortage of generating capacities as a result of delays in the building of new power ... -
Developing an evaluation model for cost saving initiatives on sinter plants
(North-West University, 2018)Ever-rising operating costs are placing the South African steel industry under significant financial pressure. Energy costs are increasing at a rate higher than inflation which makes it extremely difficult for local steel ... -
Further potential saving attributable to maximum generic substitution of antidepressants in South Africa: a retrospective analysis of medical claims
(AOSIS, 2010)The main objective of the study was to calculate potential cost savings that could have been generated by maximum generic substitution of antidepressants within the private health care sector of South Africa from 2004 ... -
Optimising deep-level mine refrigeration control for sustainable cost savings
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Declined productivity and increased operational costs have seen South African deep-level gold mines become marginal operations during the past few years. The price of electricity is one of the major contributors to an ... -
Overview of antidepressant usage and cost 2004 until 2006
(North-West University, 2007)Depression has an increasingly significant economic impact and quality of life burden on patients, employers and third party payers worldwide (Hylan et a/., 1998:53). Current projections indicate that the global burden of ... -
Prescribing patterns of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for the period 2001 until 2006
(North-West University, 2007)ACE inhibitors alone normalize blood pressure in approximately 50% of patients with mild- to- moderate hypertension, and many consider ACE inhibitors as first-line drugs for the treatment of high blood pressure (Jackson & ... -
Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa : a drug utilisation review
(North-West University, 2005)HIV/AIDS is already the leading cause of death worldwide (Unicef et al., 2004:10) with more than 5 million people out of a total of 46 million South Africans that were HIV positive in 2004, giving a total population ... -
Reconfiguring mine water reticulation systems for cost savings
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Rising electricity costs in South Africa force companies, including gold mines, to minimise their energy consumption (EC). More than 30% of the total energy demand for deep-level mines is consumed by the water reticulation ...