Tag: People
The outsourced asset care service – is this a panacea for the struggling maintenance departments of small to medium-sized enterprises?
June 15, 2022
Proper and consistent maintenance can make or break businesses. The headline in a local newspaper, Business Day – dated 13/06/2022, reads “Poor performance and degradation of rail and port infrastructure have seen SA’s coal exports drop 20% from about 80 million tonnes in 2017 to about 64 million tonnes in 2021”. All around us we […]
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 […]
Digital Future Readiness in the South African Fuel Retail Sector
November 24, 2020
South African Fuel Retail companies need to remain competitive and future-ready, be able to tackle current low economic growth, Political / Regulatory and social challenges and make use of new growth opportunities and optimise the scope for digitalisation.
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 […]