Category: News articles
Pragmas student programme a huge success
October 11, 2016
We launched our internship programme for University of Technology students in 2013 and has since offered in-service training to 18 students. In 2011, we also started a formal university student training programme, specifically aimed at B. Eng. Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical students in their third or fourth year of study, for which we have won […]
Advancing from Plant Maintenance to sustainable Enterprise Asset Management
July 5, 2016
As the pressure to deliver more value to stakeholders mount and decreasing margins is a reality, ‘Do more with less” is fast becoming the business mantra of many organisations. This change in thinking is shining a new light on asset management, the pursuit to optimally and sustainably manage the performance, risk and expenditure of assets […]
What or WHO is your most valuable asset
Training forms an integral part of smart asset management, as it provides operational teams with the know how to align and action operational activities to deliver on your organisation’s boardroom goals. To realise the potential value of your assets, the people who work with your assets on a day-to-day basis has to ensure that the […]
SAMCO grows with Pragma’s support
June 30, 2016
The South African Maintenance Company (SAMCO), a young and energetic company which provides general maintenance service to the petroleum industry via Pragma South Africa, has grown from only two to a workforce of ten employees servicing three regions across South Africa, including Gauteng, the Western and Eastern Cape. According to Edna Jackson, Business Area Manager, […]
Physical Asset Management Company scores for Enterprise Development
June 29, 2016
Leading physical asset management company, Pragma, has achieved a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rating. The company, which was founded 26 years ago in South Africa, scored close to full marks for preferential procurement and enterprise development and qualified as an Empowering Supplier. According to Kolosa Madikizela, Cape Regional Manager, preferential procurement and […]
Pragma announces winners of FMC Awards 2016
Public recognition is one of the best ways to acknowledge engaged employees and contractors for their efforts and dedication in delivering excellence in the workplace. This is exactly what the Shell Facilities Management Contract (FMC) Awards are all about and Pragma’s employees and contractors recently walked away with top honours at a prestigious event hosted […]
Pragma wins Shell Retail Engineering Partner of Choice Award
Leading enterprise asset management company, Pragma, walked away with the 2015 Shell Retail Engineering Partner of Choice award. Says Haroon Coovadia, Shell SA Retail Network Manager: “The award was given to Pragma in recognition of the value add they brought to the Shell business through their efforts by stepping up and assisting us in delivering […]
This is why BBBEE works
April 26, 2016
Leading physical asset management company Pragma achieves Level 1 B-BBEE rating Pragma Africa, a subsidiary of the leading physical asset management company, Pragma, has achieved a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rating. Says Attie Nieuwoudt, Managing Director: Pragma Africa: “After securing our Level 2 rating in 2014, we decided it could be improved […]
Is it the software that is not working or is the business process wrong
April 1, 2016
A quick search of the internet for the top reasons that enterprise asset management system (EAMS) implementations fail, reveals a wide range of culprits such as insufficient training, vendor support, scalability, etc. However, you would seldom find the reason that the software does not support the business processes and yet this is one of the […]
Pet Food Manufacturer in Spain selects On Key 5 as EAM
C&D Foods has approved the implementation of On Key 5 as the enterprise asset management (EAM) system for their production plant in Spain. This plant is one of the largest dry pet food production plants on the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in the north-western Spanish plain close to Valladolid in Spain’s largest grain-growing region. […]
