Category: News articles
ISO 55001 57 availability improvement and 42 drop in unplanned costs
June 13, 2014
Is this for real? Can’t be. Maybe. Yes. Who knows what your actual value will be and how you will measure it? You are the only one able to answer this question. By now you have participated in many discussions debating the value of yet another ISO standard and the additional demands it will place […]
Broden appointed as Coastal Regional Manager at Pragma
April 24, 2014
Nelson Broden, was appointed as Regional Manager of the coastal region (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal), on the 1st of April 2014. Broden previously served as Asset Care Centre manager in the northern region. Pragma currently has regional offices in Durban and Port Elizabeth with more than 60 employees a turnover of over R30 million. […]
Pragma CEO to speak at the SAAMA Conference
April 16, 2014
CEO of Pragma, Adriaan Scheeres, will be one of speakers at this year’s Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) Conference, which takes place from 12 to 14 May at the CTICC in Cape Town. Scheeres will be tackling the revolution of ‘big data’ in asset management, as well as the reasons why the C-Suite must […]
Dynamic Asset Management Information The key to effective decision making
April 9, 2014
Big Data. Mobility. Information management. Business intelligence. Data discovery. These terms dominate industry discussions wherever one goes. Globally we are obsessed with amassing data, but how many companies actually collect the right data – data that will provide meaningful information for strategic decision making and desired business results? Leading physical asset management company, Pragma, offers […]
Second successful implementation of Pragmas On Key in China
April 4, 2014
If PF curves, MTTR, MTTB, ARA and WPC are all Chinese to you, then maybe you need Pragma’s On Key EAM with a Chinese UI. As part of Pragma’s international strategy, On Key 5 has been developed with a full Chinese user interface (UI) and was recently successfully deployed at a second client in mainland […]
Profile Kolosa Madikizela
February 25, 2014
Kolosa is the newly appointed Cape Regional Manager of Pragma. “I’m responsible for all the clients in the Cape region, ensuring that we deliver according to our SLA with all our clients and that we meet our targets. I’d like to ensure that we perform according to our targets and use my past experiences to […]
Pragmas On Key analytics reveals staggering statistics on lost man hours
Are you still in the dark about what exactly causes continual stoppages in your production line? Or why your workforce has a low morale whilst you feel that they are not effectively doing their work? Are you still relying on your gut, some manual process or data from static reports that give you a one […]
Growing your asset management talent
February 24, 2014
The growing interest and importance of asset management globally and especially in the South African market is presenting a challenge to organisations as to how they can best keep their engineering or asset management resources up to date with the many facets and best practices that are emerging from think-tanks like ISO and GFMAM. A […]
Engineering meeting creates focus and impacts bottom line for Tongaat Hulett Starch
February 6, 2014
Do you run meetings effectively within your business? Days packed with lengthy meetings don’t always result in getting the job done or better results for the company. Well-structured meetings are very important for the successful planning, implementation and management of physical asset management projects and daily tasks. Asset management requires detailed attention, effective response times […]
ISO 55000 has been released
January 23, 2014
With the release of ISO 55000 this week, asset management is a hot discussion topic and at Pragma we are equally excited about this historic moment. You may also be wondering what the hype is all about and how it will affect asset management in your organisation. But let’s first put ISO 55000 in perspective: […]
