THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER: CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO REVOLUTIONS?
The .Industrial Engineer is caught between the Industrial Revolution and the Information revolution. He is confronted with choosing between pragmatic improvements in productivity and efficiency of a single operation or the opportunistic modelling and reshaping of the networked "virtual enterpri...
Main Authors: | Niek Du Preez, Liliane Pintelon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
2012-01-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Industrial Engineering |
Online Access: | http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/392 |
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