Decision support for Foodbank South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWatson, N M
dc.contributor.authorStewart, T J
dc.contributor.authorScott, L
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-25T08:51:50Z
dc.date.available2016-04-25T08:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-04-25T08:00:56Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper employs a combined 'soft-hard' OR approach to aid decision making in the area of allocation at a not-for-profit organization, Foodbank South Africa (FBSA), that represents the largest hunger-relief network in South Africa. Two problem-structuring tools, causal mapping and root definitions (RDs) are utilized. Causal mapping is used to identify areas for useful research within FBSA, and gain a greater understanding of the organization in terms of its goals and consequently a good appreciation of the context in which decisions are made. Root definitions are employed to acquire a better understanding of the 'decision-issues' within the allocation system at the Cape Town warehouse. A simulation model is developed to imitate daily allocation decisions, with the end-objective of assisting decision-making by developing a range of allocation policies. A decision support system (DSS) is developed to help FBSA manage their agency database, automate some of the daily allocation decisions and simulate allocation policies.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5784/30-1-142
dc.identifier.apacitationWatson, N. M., Stewart, T. J., & Scott, L. (2014). Decision support for Foodbank South Africa. <i>Orion: Journal of the Operations Research of South Africa</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19167en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWatson, N M, T J Stewart, and L Scott "Decision support for Foodbank South Africa." <i>Orion: Journal of the Operations Research of South Africa</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19167en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWatson, N. M., Stewart, T. J., & Scott, L. (2014). Decision support for Foodbank South Africa. ORiON, 30(1), 1-18.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0529-191Xen_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Watson, N M AU - Stewart, T J AU - Scott, L AB - This paper employs a combined 'soft-hard' OR approach to aid decision making in the area of allocation at a not-for-profit organization, Foodbank South Africa (FBSA), that represents the largest hunger-relief network in South Africa. Two problem-structuring tools, causal mapping and root definitions (RDs) are utilized. Causal mapping is used to identify areas for useful research within FBSA, and gain a greater understanding of the organization in terms of its goals and consequently a good appreciation of the context in which decisions are made. Root definitions are employed to acquire a better understanding of the 'decision-issues' within the allocation system at the Cape Town warehouse. A simulation model is developed to imitate daily allocation decisions, with the end-objective of assisting decision-making by developing a range of allocation policies. A decision support system (DSS) is developed to help FBSA manage their agency database, automate some of the daily allocation decisions and simulate allocation policies. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Orion: Journal of the Operations Research of South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 0529-191X T1 - Decision support for Foodbank South Africa TI - Decision support for Foodbank South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19167 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19167
dc.identifier.urihttp://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/142
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWatson NM, Stewart TJ, Scott L. Decision support for Foodbank South Africa. Orion: Journal of the Operations Research of South Africa. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19167.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherOperations Research Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Statistical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceOrion: Journal of the Operations Research of South Africaen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://orion.journals.ac.za/pub
dc.subject.otherCognitive/causal mapping
dc.subject.otherFoodbanking
dc.subject.otherOperational Research for development
dc.subject.otherproblem-structuring
dc.subject.otherroot definition
dc.subject.othersimulation
dc.subject.otherdecision support system
dc.titleDecision support for Foodbank South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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