Category: News articles
Continued service delivery without compromising employee safety
December 4, 2020
As we are nearing the end of an unprecedented year, I’m looking back with astonishment. Our thoughts go out to those who have been directly or indirectly affected by the virus in their communities. Whether you are a client or employee, I want to thank you for your commitment during these trying times. Without your […]
Increase efficiency and save millions | Combine your facilities and asset management functions
December 2, 2020
Julia Phala, Head of Sales and Client Relation Management Are you a manufacturing business struggling to contain the cost of production and upkeep of your physical assets such as buildings and equipment? In challenging economic circumstances, such organisations are usually under pressure to save costs to meet bottom-lines. Traditionally asset management and facilities management are […]
Proactive enterprise asset management | Leveraging human potential to improve asset performance
An opinion piece by Kolosa Madikizela, Managing Director Pragma Enterprise asset management Proactive enterprise asset management is more than just infrastructure and equipment. As humans, we drive the cultural values and behaviour needed to implement maintenance strategies and action the activities required for peak asset performance. Yet, the role humans play in proactive enterprise asset […]
Is a Centralised Enterprise Asset Management system, a pie in the sky for organisations with multi-divisions?
November 24, 2020
The case for having a reliability centred maintenance approach has been proven time and time again. Yet, it is one of the most significant physical asset management challenges facing large, diversified organisations today. By sticking to best practices and getting the foundations of asset management in place, RCL Foods has managed to overcome this challenge. […]
The relationship between the current economic infrastructure assets performance problems in Southern Africa and Proactive Enterprise Asset Management
October 19, 2020
An opinion piece by Kolosa Madikizela, Managing Director Pragma The economic landscape in Southern Africa has been on a downward spiral. Even South Africa has lost its status as Africa’s biggest economy, falling behind Nigeria at the end of 2019. This downward trend is severely impacting communities. As citizens, we have seen and been affected […]
Black, Female-Owned Enterprise Flourish with Pragma’s Backing
October 13, 2020
With Pragma’s backing, Mettle Petroleum – a black, female-owned service provider, has grown from a small business employing only four in 2017 to a company delivering projects over R2.5milion with 17 employees to date. “Pragma has always taken people and organisational development seriously. In recent years, our passion for developing people influenced our approach to […]
A structured approach to the development and implementation of an AM scorecard
October 12, 2020
Darryl Summers: Partner Consultant, Pragma Measuring and managing performance in an organisation is vital in driving an organisation towards success. Management requires fact-based decision making which relies on authentic performance measures. In medium to large organisations, which tend to span multiple customer sectors and countries, consistent evaluation of performance is often a challenge experienced by […]
Clear vision bags Massmart the prestigious SAAMA Project Achievement Award 2020
September 9, 2020
A clear vision and decisive decision-making clinched Massmart the coveted SAAMA Project Achievement Award 2020 for the successful implementation of Pragma’s enterprise asset management system, On Key. Successfully implementing and managing over 300 stores currently, is a significant achievement. “The goal was to implement an enterprise asset management system that would provide Massmart with a […]
A Case for Condition Monitoring as an integrated, continuous service
August 25, 2020
Deriving the most value from your assets all the while maintaining them in optimum condition is every asset owner’s challenge. Over maintaining is costly, undermaintaining could be disastrous. Finding a balance between the two is no easy feat, but integrating condition-based monitoring into your maintenance program as a continuous service is one of the best places to start.
Pragmatarians unite to bring Covid-19 relief
Taking the pandemic by the horns is how Pragma’s employees tend to address the challenges that Covid 19 has caused in the workplace. While stringent lockdown measures have been successful at curbing the spread of the virus, many families are devastated as a result of partial or total income loss. While the company has stood […]
