Category: News articles
Five facts every CFO should know about asset management
February 3, 2020
The link between a company’s long-term financial plan and its strategic plan are generally well understood. But what about the link to the long-term asset management plan – and does your organisation have one? Asset management and a company’s bottom line is intrinsically linked. Here’s what CFOs need to know about physical asset management in relation to a company’s financial health.
Pragma’s socio-economic development programme makes education accessible to many
December 4, 2019
Creating sustainable access to the economy for beneficiaries of socio-economic development (SED) programmes is a Pragma priority. In the past year many employees were fortunate to share Pragma’s goodwill with beneficiaries that they were personally involved with. “Any SED contributions should provide sustainable benefits – teaching people to fish rather than giving them a fish. […]
Competence in an ever-changing asset environment
December 3, 2019
How many times has it been said that people are our most valuable assets? Typically, we think of assets as items that are of value to an organisation – but without people, the value of physical assets is seldom realised. We need to take a look at the impact of Industry 4.0, the spread of […]
How does asset management create a sustainable competitive edge?
November 26, 2019
Stephan Kornelius: Strategy and Business Development Manager, Pragma Stefan Swanepoel: EAMS Product Manager Making sure a business is sustainable is a concern all executives should share – after all, you don’t want your operation to curl up and die two years into your five-year plan. But what exactly do we mean by sustainability? In the […]
On Key EAMS supports the smooth running of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
November 11, 2019
Pragma recently secured the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway as a new On Key EAMS client. “We are immensely honoured to partner with the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway’s technical team. We aim to help them ensure that the Cableway operation remains in tiptop condition to safely glide up and down the iconic Table Mountain, providing tourists […]
Kolosa Madikizela appointed as Managing Director of Pragma Africa
Kolosa Madikizela has been appointed as Managing Director for Pragma Africa after a brief stint away from the company. Her responsibilities will include the execution of the leading asset management company’s strategic plan, looking after the company’s entire African interests as well as ensuring that Pragma’s culture of diversity and inclusiveness remains intact. Madikizela has […]
Pragma employee wins second place in national research competition
October 23, 2019
Rudwin Gertze sets his sights even further Pragma Operations Administrator in the Shell FMC team, Rudwin Gertze, finished in second place in the national Unisa research competition with his study on Investigation and Analysis into Process Safety Fundamentals within the South African Oil and Gas sector, specifically Petrol Stations. Says 32-year old Gertze: “UNISA presented […]
Pragma acquires physical asset management consultancy in the Netherlands
October 14, 2019
Pragma, one of SA’s leading physical asset management engineering firms, acquired Netherlands-based consultancy, CMS Asset Management, on 1 October 2019. CMS specialises in engineering advisory services related to maintenance and asset management. Pragma CEO and founder Adriaan Scheeres says the acquisition is well aligned to the international expansion strategy developed during 2018. “We believe we […]
Pragma’s Jeandre Geldenhuys sets new world record at the world transplant games
September 27, 2019
The World Transplant Games, which took place from 17 to 23 August this year, celebrate a second chance of life, demonstrating the success of transplant surgery and promoting the need to raise public awareness of organ and tissue donation. Pragma employee and one of the participants, Jeandre Geldenhuys, brought home five medals. Geldenhuys struck gold […]
Managing your assets can increase your return by up to 30%
September 20, 2019
Pragma’s CEO Adriaan Scheeres explains Pragma CEO and founder Adriaan Scheeres, was busy with his Master’s degree in Information Technology when he came up with the idea of starting a consulting business in asset management. As the strategic driving force behind Pragma’s vision to become the world’s first-choice supplier of asset management solutions, Scheeres also […]
