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M.Ing. (Engineering Management) / This dissertation provides a study of productivity improvement to project Scope Change Management (SCM) processes in the Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) project environment using lean techniques. The motivation for carrying out this study was, to optimise the typical scope change management systems to improve efficiency and most importantly the process productivity. It aims to present a conceptual approach to reduce bottom line impact brought about by the management of scope change events. A brief literature study of the industry, scope change management systems and the EPC project environment is provided together with an overview on the Value Streams (VS) mapping methodology for lean systems improvement. The improvement study sets out to establish the current status quo of EPC project change management systems through survey and literature study. The assessment establishes a necessary baseline and identifies various aspects within the scope change management system that need to be improved. An improvement effort is made on the current state map using lean principles and Design Structure Matrix (DSM) techniques to establish process efficiency and hence productivity increase. The study presents the results of the lean improvement; this is presented in the form of a process future state map proposal for further lean intervention and implementation. The study concludes with a brief discussion of an implementation plan. Collectively, the study aims to provide tools for VS based improvement and consequently meet the objective of a solution for bottom line productivity improvement in EPC Scope Change Management systems.

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Knowledge of the many influences that affect purchasing preferences is important for marketers o Apart from the technical and economic factors of importance, non- economic factors are also significanto The latter have sociological and psychological bases o Organisational buying behaviour models attempt to provide a comprehensive scenario of these factors that in combination, help to explain buyer behaviouro Sheth 0 s model of industrial buying behaviour presents many of the factors that influence the organisational buying process and describes the complexity of decision making o These relationships are reflected in an integrated frameworko Sheth's model is not intended to be definitive, it does, however, offer a framework that systematically presents the factors that influence organisational buying behaviouro This study shows that the Sheth ~odel of industrial buying behaviour can be applied in the South African leather industry, and that valuable information can be obtained when the model is applied. / Economics / M. Com. (Business Economics)