Browsing Research Output by Author "24827533 - Van Dyk, Liezl"
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Bottom of Pyramid 4.0: modularising and assimilating industrial revolution cognition into a 4-tiered social entrepreneurship upliftment model for previously disconnected communities
Darwish, H.; Van Dyk, L. (World Scientific, 2018)Developing a sociopreneurial (social-entrepreneurship) ecosystem is a substantial long-term investment. Much like natural ecosystems, there are a multitude of support systems needed to maintain balance and diversity in ... -
Development and implementation of an advanced mobile data collection system
Prinsloo, I.M.; Du Plessis, J.N.; Vosloo, J.C. (SAIIE, 2016)This paper describes the development and implementation of a generic data collection tool. The Mobile Information Collection and Verification System (MICAVS) provides users with a generic platform to create application ... -
Evaluation of waste-to-energy grate incineration power plant drivers and barriers for a small South African city: a swot analysis approach
Maisiri, W.; Van Dyk, L. (SAIIE, 2016)The global share of energy from waste is approximately 0.4% of global energy consumption. The average amount of municipal solid waste generated in South Africa is equivalent to 11 GWh wasted energy. This paper focuses on ... -
Financial analysis of waste-to-energy grate incineration power plant for a small city
Maisiri, W.; Van Dyk, L.; De Kock, J.A.; Krueger, D. (IEEE, 2015)Grate incineration is a widely used waste-to-energy (WtE) technology, which has the potential of contributing significantly to clean energy production and sustainable waste management systems. Various research studies have ... -
Industry 4.0 readiness assessment for South African industries
Maisiri, Whisper; Van Dyk, Liezl (Univ Stellenbosch, 2019)Technological advancements related to the fourth industrial revolution are causing disruptive changes that are widely felt at national, industry, and company level. Industry 4.0, an initiative driving the fourth industrial ... -
An investigation of industry 4.0 skills requirements
Maisiri, W.; Darwish, H.; Van Dyk, L. (Univ Stellenbosch, 2019)The Industry 4.0 wave is built on technological advancement that is bringing about significant change. The impact of Industry 4.0 is being felt across all industries, including the education sector. During the 2019 State ... -
Lean implementation strategies: how are the Toyota Way principles addressed?
Coetzee, R.; Van der Merwe, K.; Van Dyk, L. (Stellenbosch Univ, 2016)Lean manufacturing is widely considered to be a proven organisational improvement philosophy, yet the success rate of lean implementation in industry remains relatively low. Neglect of the human aspect of lean manufacturing ... -
Reducing the communication costs of a remote monitoring and maintenance system for an energy services company (ESCo)
Du Plessis, J.N.; Prinsloo, J.; Vosloo, J.C. (SAIIE, 2016)Demand-Side Management (DSM) initiatives can result in substantial electricity cost reductions. Energy Service Companies (ESCos) typically perform remote monitoring and maintenance to ensure sustained performance of these ... -
A review of telehealth service implementation frameworks
Van Dyk, Liezl (MDPI, 2014)Despite the potential of telehealth services to increase the quality and accessibility of healthcare, the success rate of such services has been disappointing. The purpose of this paper is to find and compare existing ... -
The South African perspective on the lean manufacturing Respect for People principles
Coetzee, Rojanette; Jonker, Cara; Van Dyk, Liezl; Van der Merwe, Karl (AOSIS, 2019)Orientation: Many industries have adopted the popular continuous improvement (CI) approach, lean manufacturing, to facilitate CI initiatives. However, several studies have confirmed that the low success rate of lean ... -
The industrial engineering identity: from historic skills to modern values, duties, and role
Darwish, H.; Van Dyk, L. (Stellenbosch Univ, 2016)Over the past 100 years, engineering has sub-divided into tens of disciplines in an attempt to deal with the different problems arising from the wide spectrum of human endeavours. One particular field, however, arose from ... -
Towards addressing respect for people during lean implementation
Coetzee, Rojanette; Van Dyk, Liezl; Van der Merwe, Karl Robert (Emerald, 2019)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate, report and interpret the true, original meaning of the ToyotaWay Respect for People (RFP) principles as intended by their creators. Design/methodology/approach – The ... -
The utilization of mobile devices for telemedicine services in a South African public healthcare system
Hartmann, André; Van Dyk, Liezl (IOS Press, 2014)The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding in the use of mobile devices in administering telemedicine services within the public health care sector of South Africa. An online questionnaire was developed and ...