South African Journal of Industrial Engineering November 2019 Vol 30(3) Special Edition, pp 115-133 A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE TITANIUM METAL PRODUCT VALUE CHAIN R.N. Roux1,2*, E. van der Lingen1 & A.P. Botha1 ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article details This article presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on the Presented at the 30th annual conference of the Southern African Institute for titanium metal product value chain. Globally this value chain is Industrial Engineering (SAIIE), held from fragmented, meaning that successive production stages rarely occur 30 September – 2 October 2019 in Port within the same country, and information published on the value Elizabeth, South Africa chain is limited. The aim of this review was to collect the literature Available online 15 Nov 2019 to create and elaborate on the titanium metal product value chain. The SLR followed a combined building block searching strategy and Contact details a criterion analysis to obtain relevant literature on production * Corresponding author stages in the value chain. The value chain was based on the three
[email protected] main sections that comprise the titanium metal industry: the raw material, the processes and technologies, and the market. From the Author affiliations main sections, eight production stages were identified and 1 Department of Engineering and discussed. Arising from the literature review, these stages will be Technology Management, Graduate School of Technology applied as a baseline to understand the requirements for improving and Innovation Management, the underdeveloped titanium industry in South Africa. University of Pretoria, South Africa OPSOMMING 2 Light Metals, Materials Science & Manufacturing, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Die artikel is ʼn sistematiese literatuur studie (SLS) oor die titaan (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa metaal produk waardeketting.