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March 13, 2026Open Access

Methodological Evaluation and Panel-Data Estimation of Manufacturing Systems for Yield Improvement in South Africa, 2000–2024

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KNKagiso NaidooPMPieter van der MerweTNThandiwe Nkosi

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Overview

Panel data evaluation demonstrates effective yield improvement strategies in South African manufacturing, suggesting critical interventions.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate production systems and measure the impact of process control and maintenance on yield in manufacturing.
  • Constructed a balanced panel dataset from 84 manufacturing plants.
  • Used a two-way fixed effects model for estimating relationships.
  • Applied cluster-robust standard errors for inference.
  • Predictive maintenance showed a significant positive link to yield, with a 0.15 coefficient.
  • A one-standard-deviation rise in protocol implementation correlates with a 15% yield improvement.

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Naidoo et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b3ac4d02a1e69014ccde22https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18968387
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