Author:Ittmann, HW; King, DDate:2008The theme for 2007’s survey was logistics for regional growth and development and the leading role South Africa plays in the southern African region in terms of economic and logistics development. 2008’s theme is somewhat more inward-looking ...Read more
Author:Ittmann, HDate:Jan 2011This article is not a comprehensive overview of green logistics. What it endeavours to do is to sensitise, in a very summarised way, those involved in logistics and supply chain management about the importance of green logistics and to highlight ...Read more
Author:Viljoen, NDate:Oct 2012This presentation discusses some of the operational constraints and opportunities humanitarian organisations and informal businesses face.Read more
Author:Ittmann, HWDate:Dec 2009At the 25th anniversary of ORiON it is appropriate to look at the advances in OR during the last 25 years. This paper focuses on what has happened on the international front there is not a focus on OR developments in South Africa as such. By ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:May 2008Some of the research issues in humanitarian logistics and quantitative methods discussed in this presentation are Identifying people in a disaster; Facilitating movement of people and aid; Geographic Information Services (GIS) to support ...Read more
Author:Van Dyk, E; Ittmann, HW; Marais, Mario A; Meyer, IDate:Jun 2006This article provides a brief overview of the current State of Logistics and government’s response in terms of the National Freight Logistics Strategy. It reviews focus areas in international and local logistics research that were used to ...Read more
Author:Mphahlele, CDate:Oct 2014The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of a model proposed for the selection Innovative Building Technologies (IBTs) and procurement of services supporting the erection of the IBTs that will ensure the construction of a sustainable ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, P; Scheepers, L; de Wit, PWC; De la Rey, ADate:Sep 2007Spatial data such as roads and land parcels is increasingly becoming a commodity that is being created with the aim to sell or to provide spatial information to other institutions for further processing or to decision makers to aid in their ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, PDate:Jun 2007The objective of this study is to provide a tool, namely the establishment of supply chains and supply chain management to manage this chain, enabling a GIS unit to respond to the needs of their customers with the right product at the right ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, P; Marais, Mario A; De la Rey, ADate:Feb 2006This is a concept poster which examines the use of supply chain management in planning and managing large or data-intensive Geographic Information System (GIS) projects. Current management models in GIS are either on an organisational or a ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, PDate:Sep 2008One of the challenges according to Dangermond (1999) and Tomlinson (2000) for GIS units in the 21st century is to be able to manage themselves successfully in order to deliver the right product at the right time to the right customer. Tomlinson ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, PDate:Jul 2010The SCOR model was used to plan and manage the production of a series of maps that were used in the Taliep Petersen murder case. The South African Police Force contracted the CSIR to create space-time maps using cellular telephone data to map ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Watermeyer, R; Pirie, GDate:Sep 2012Supply chain management (SCM) regulations for public sector procurement of goods and services have greatly improved the transparency of procurement procedures, increased the opportunities for alternative suppliers, and reduced the potential ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Watermeyer, R; Pirie, GDate:Sep 2013SUPPLY CHAIN management (SCM) regulations for public sector procurement of goods and services have greatly improved the transparency of procurement procedures, increased the opportunities for alternative suppliers and reduced the potential ...Read more