6 July 2017 - Systems Thinking in Transport

Pictures taken at the S p e c i a l I n t e r e s t G r o u p and Workshop "Systems Thinking in Transport" Thursday 6 July 2017 in Johannesburg Proudly hosted by:
Many thanks to great sponsors who made this event possible:




“A ‘system’ is a construct or collection of different elements that together produce results not obtainable by the elements alone. The elements, or parts, can include people, hardware, software, facilities, policies, and documents; that is, all things required to produce system-level results.” Rechtin, E. (1999)
This event focused on the importance of Systems Thinking in Transport; specifically addressing: System definition and understanding Systems concepts as well as Super-System capability issues as applied to the Gauteng Transport System Various viewpoints required to be considered when “Thinking” about the System. The event was divided into two sessions: 1) Morning tutorial in Systems Thinking and, 2) Afternoon seminar. The morning tutorial, facilitated by the Wits TCSE explored the Gauteng transport system from a Systems Thinking perspective; specifically identifying key problems, decisions and contingency to be planned. Asking the question: “Why?” The afternoon seminar, executives shared experience and knowledge gained from their respective fields of expertise. The day concluded with a wine tasting sponsored by De Krans Wine Estate (www.dekrans.co.za).

Presentations presented
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Opening address

Prof Beatrys Lacquet

Director

Wits Transnet Centre of Systems Engineering (TCSE)

Feedback on Single Window for Freight Workshop & Reflection on Systems Thinking

Verbal only

Mr. Wim van Schalkwyk

Associate

Industrial & Systems Engineer

Aurecon

The Impact of Transport on Gauteng as South Africa’s Economic Heartland

Mr. Jesse Harber