Category: News articles
Pragma and D4D take hands to HELP learners
May 18, 2018
Pragma, SA’s leading enterprise asset management experts, and Distance 4 Difference (D4D) have partnered to assist Heathfield Primary School with their Homework Enrichment Lifeskills Programme (HELP). The HELP initiative was established to assist children with life skills and homework after school. The two organisations have been involved with this initiative for nine months to date […]
Risk management and proactive maintenance
In this issue’s Mario on Maintenance column Mario Kuisis deals with risk management and suggests that, as we slowly return to normal business practices following several years of unpredictability, plant and industrial operators should look beyond survival and towards reducing operational uncertainty to minimum levels possible. For many South African businesses, if not most, the […]
Update from ISO Technical Committee 267 meeting in Bogota, Colombia (9 – 11 May 2018) ISO 41000 – Standards in Facility Management
Bogotá, Colombia – Following the release of ISO 41001 (Facility management – management systems – requirements with guidance for use) on 15 April 2018, the facility management technical committee for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC 267) met from 9 – 11 May 2018 to consider the emerging questions from the international facility management community. […]
Anglo wins sustainability award for process metering
February 22, 2018
An innovative solution involving the deployment at the Mokopane Platinium mine in Limpopo of non-intrusive optical process flow metering from Silixa – represented in South Africa by the Pragma company, Martec – has won a sustainability award for Anglo American. Late last year, Anglo American received the prize for ‘Best use of smart technologies in […]
Developing a digitisation road map
February 20, 2018
We stand at the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitisation should be high on the agenda of organisations that strive to remain relevant and competitive. In this fourth industrial revolution, we must embrace a range of new technologies that combine the physical, digital and biological worlds. This cyber-physical world, where the management of […]
IIoT and the changing face of asset management
February 16, 2018
MechChem Africa talks to Stefan Swanepoel of enterprise, physical asset management and monitoring specialist, Pragma, about how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is blurring the lines between asset management, condition-based maintenance and operational performance. The Pragma R&D group looks after R&D and product development and in that group, Swanepoel is responsible for R&D projects – and […]
Gordian, Pragma’s strategic partner, assists client with reduction of working capital tied up in engineering spares
January 10, 2018
In today’s global and ever-changing environment, effective supply chain management is crucial to ensure that spare parts are available on time when required in support of the maintenance activity. Asset reliability and maintainability can only be achieved when backed up by effective purchasing, stock-holding and provisioning systems and processes within an organisation. Effective inventory management […]
Pragma and Semiotic Labs work together to advance smart maintenance
December 18, 2017
On December 15th, the companies signed an agreement for the development of services that prevent unplanned downtime of industrial equipment. Semiotic Labs provides a solution that predicts when and why electric motors and rotating equipment fail. Pragma integrates this solution with its On Key EAM and Asset Management services offering. In this way, clients are […]
Learning 4.0 is here and we should be excited!
December 13, 2017
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X. With the dawning of Learning 4.0, this powerful statement is now more relevant than ever before. Before we unpack what Learning 4.0 is, let’s step back in time and watch how this learning evolution unfolded. […]
South African disabled basketball player gets custom-made wheelchair
December 1, 2017
Pragma, South Africa’s leading enterprise asset management and reliability engineering experts, takes Socio Economic Development (SED) seriously. Not because of what it means to their Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rating, but due to the fact that it echoes their values. Says Attie Nieuwoudt, Chief Operating Officer: Pragma: “With regards to SED, Pragma’s […]
