2022 SAIIE Awards

The winners of the various SAIIE Awards categories were announced at the 2022 SAIIE Awards & Gala Dinner that was held on Thursday, 1 September 2022 at the Wallenberg Conference Centre @ STIAS, Stellenbosch. We are honoured to announce the winners for the 2022 SAIIE Awards in the following categories:

SAIIE Award for Best Industrial Engineering Practitioner: Employer's Choice - Sheila Refilwe Ngwaku

SAIIE Award for Best Industrial Engineering Work conducted in Industry - Implementing a Continuous Improvement System in a Human Capital Environment - Landi van der Merwe, Francois Sieberhagen & Bianca Meintjes - VKB Group

Runner-Up SAIIE Award for Best Industrial Engineering Work conducted in Industry - Work conducted at Imperial Logistics Group - Henk van Niekerk

SAIIE Award for Best Industrial   Engineering Excellence in Teaching &  Learning- Meelan Roop

Runner-Up SAIIE Award for Best Industrial   Engineering Excellence in Teaching &  Learning - Louzanne Bam & Ngaka Mosia

SAIIE Award for Best Industrial   Engineering Paper Published in the SAJIE - Supplier Segmentation: A Case Study of Mozambican Cassava Farmers

Authors: Ntebaleng Matshabaphala & Jacomine Grobler (SU)

Runner Up SAIIE Award for Best Industrial   Engineering Paper Published in the SAJIE -  Application of Lean Six Sigma to a Small Enterprise in the Gauteng Province: A Case Study

Authors: Aluwani Yvonne Magodi (UNISA), Ilesanmi Afolabi Daniyan (TUT) & Khumbulani Mpofu (TUT)

SAJIE Editor’s Award - Jan van Vuuren

Kris Adendorff Award for most Prominent Industrial Engineering Professional - Corne Schutte

The following Honorary Fellows were also announced:

• Dieter Hartmann
• Khumbulani Mpofu
• Abre Pienaar
• Waldo Viljoen

Our sincerest appreciation to the following colleagues who evaluated the submitted documents of all the nominees:

• Jacques Faure (Convenor)
• Irshaad Vawda
• Ranil Singh
• Wilna Bean
• Muzi Masilela

Our sincerest appreciation to the following sponsors of this event:

• Silver Sponsors - Imperial & North West University
• Table Sponsor - Stellenbosch University