The demand for energy globally has remained unabated; technology and enterprise alignment is meeting this challenge. The current production of transport fuel is increasing with diesel fuel mostly in demand. This trend has ...

The current economic climate in South Africa requires organisations to optimise available resources – human and otherwise – to successfully sustain business operations. This is especially true for the growing SMME sector ...

Nigeria ranks among notable global exporters of crude oil. However, the refineries positioned for providing finished petroleum products have not met this obligation. Plant reliability is a major crisis amidst rising demands ...

Flame treatment of polypropylene is a polarization process which improves the adhesion qualities of the substrate (Kostyk, 2000). Flame treatment is known as a "Pre-Treatment" process and is widely used in industry to ...

Owner companies should consider all elements of Document Management during a project’s life cycle, identify shortcomings and address them successfully to ensure successful completion of projects and ultimately to also ...

Many attempts were made in the past to measure the success or failure of total quality management (TQM) in organizations. Although there are many quality management theories and models in existence, all are imperfect, ...

According to the Department of Water Affairs (DWAF, 2004 p.15), South Africa’s water resources are scarce and extremely limited and much of this precious resource is utilised and consumed in our industries. Treatment and ...

Supplies of potable water from traditional sources have been increasingly depleted due to increasing world population and per capita water use. In South Africa fresh water is a vital, but scarce resource, distributed ...

Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted ...

According to Oliver (2002) the success of turnaround maintenances is measured in terms of the cost of completion, time, safety performance and the performance of the plant afterwards. The Escravos gas plant (EGP) is a gas ...