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Is your plant running at "ZERO un-planned STOPS"?
On the back of the 2011 PAMTL conference theme of Sustainability through Physical Asset Management, Pragma will launch an initiative to start driving "ZERO un-planned STOPS" in the industry. This is an initiative that will require a lot of focus to eliminate the small jackals that cause operations to run far below their optimum. "Let's start doing the right things religiously to ensure sustained performance and reliability of assets," says our CEO Adriaan Scheeres.
This newsletter contains a number of interesting articles ranging from the Pragma Client Awards and Pragma's Brand Ambassador to the formal Student Holiday programme that was launched in Cape Town.
We welcome some new clients on board and invite clients and interested parties to attend our annual Regional Client Days in October.
PAS 55 is an increasingly hot topic and Pragma has done some research to understand the impact it will have on industry. In support of this, Alan Tait, (MD of Pragma Africa) and President of SAAMA , will attend a work session in the US where the future of PAS 55 and the conversion into an ISO standard (ISO 55000) will be discussed. We will keep a close eye on the progress of ISO 55000 and Alan will give thorough feedback on the latest developments at the Client Days.
When you feel that your efforts are falling in to a bottomless pit, follow the advice of Frank Capra - "Don't follow trends - start trends." Let your every action on the plant contribute towards reliability, cost savings and risk reduction and start a trend of "ZERO un-planned STOPS".
Enjoy the read and keep warm.
Liza
Top companies awarded for quality asset management practices Tetra Pak wins overall CEO Award
A number of top South African and international companies were presented with awards for their exceptional physical asset management practices at the annual Pragma Client Awards function on 9 June 2011 at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West.
The overall CEO Award was presented to Tetra Pak, a global packaging company, for successfully implementing and launching On Key 5 in 178 countries globally. The CEO award acknowledges exceptional improvement of asset management best practices and processes within a client's operation.
The Silver award in this category was given to PFG Building Glass for the commitment from management to improve their assets' performance, their dedication to manage the work planning and control process well, as well as for their clean and tidy plant.
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Hein Wagner appointed as Pragma Brand Ambassador
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Pragma has appointed Hein Wagner, blind adventurer and motivational speaker, as Brand Ambassador. Closer ties were formed with Wagner when he participated as one of Team Pragma's racing partners in the 2011 ABSA Cape Epic.
Hein Wagner was born blind, yet this has not subdued his insatiable lust for life. Today he is a global adventurer and motivational speaker, sharing his incredible journey in a uniquely humorous way. Hein not only holds the Blind Land Speed Record at a speed of 322.5 km/h but also recently completed the 2011 ABSA Cape Epic on the back of a tandem. He is living proof that there are no limits to what can be achieved.
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On Key Express reduces labour efforts at Shell Depots
Pragma received a renewal contract from Shell Marketing SA (acting for SOPAF Supply and Distribution) for the Asset Care Centre service that has been delivered to Shell Depots since 2007.
The SOPAF business is in process of being acquired by a new owner, being a consortium of Shell, Vitol and Helios. "An important focus in this project is to ensure the ongoing asset reliability and containment of risk for the new owners", says Karl Nepgen, Solutions Engineer for Pragma Africa. "The service is rendered to 45 depots ranging from lube oil blending plants to aviation depots in 14 countries from Namibia to Egypt. The ACC is managed from our Cape Town office", he concludes.
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•Sun International (Carousel) - ACC@Client
•eThekwini Electricity - Expansion of the ACC@Client
•Petra Diamonds (Finsch Mine) - ACC Client Operated
•Venture (Roslyn) Group ACC@Pragma roll - out
•Kwena (Dorsfontein East) - ACC@Pragma
•Powertech Transformers - ACC@Client on SAP
•Delmas Coal - Extension of the ACC
•Tau Mining - Asset Management Improvement Programme (AMIP)
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Book review
Strengths Based Selling by Tony Rutigliano and Brian Brim
This book includes the Clifton Strengths Finder and is based on decades of Gallup's research into High-Performing Salespeople.
Why do I recommend this book to asset management professionals? Although you are not directly in the sales business, you have to sell your ideas and the needs of your department to management, the procurement guys, to HR and to the Finance Department. Discover your unique strengths and learn how to use them to get the budget, equipment and people that you need to run your department successfully.
Preparing tomorrow's engineers
Stéphan Pieterse
On Monday 27 June 2011, Pragma launched its first official University Student Vacation Training Programme. The three- week programme is specifically aimed at B.Eng (Industrial) students who are required to complete this kind of training as part of their studies.
Pragma views engagement with engineering students as very important.
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Saldanha Bay municipality appoints Pragma Africa as its physical asset management partner
After putting out a tender in April this year for an asset management system, training on the system and an access control system, Saldanha Bay Municipality announced that the contract has been awarded to Pragma Africa.
To date, Saldanha Bay Municipality (which includes Vredenburg, Paternoster, Langebaan, St Helena Bay, Jacobs Bay, Hopefield and Saldanha) did not have a formal system to manage the electrical network. One of Pragma's clients, Johan Viljoen, implemented the On Key software system successfully at the Breedevalley Municipality and was keen to implement the system at Saldanha after he moved there in late 2010.
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Pragma Brasil Drive PAS 55 Awareness within Brasil
Pragma Brasil is actively promoting the British Standards Institute Specification on Asset Management (PAS 55-2008) within South America and in particular Brasil. They are doing this through a number of ground breaking activities. One such activity was held on the 29th & 30th June 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brasil. Asset Management within Brasil is facilitated through an association similar to SAAMA in South Africa. In Brasil this organisation is called Abraman and they are the body through which PAS 55 documentation, support and awareness is facilitated.
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Pragma Acuity clarifies the basics of Asset Management at various clients
The consultants in service of Pragma Acuity consultants have taken on the big task of helping mature the aAsset mManagement fraternity in the market by assisting various clients with clarifying their daily asset management and maintenance challenges. Amongst most of these clients, the golden common threadt has been the absence of the very basic fundamentals of asset management, resulting in assets not being reliable or rendering sustainable results within the companies.
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