Irrespective of your business or work environment, poor decision making often comes back to bite you. When talking about maintenance, it is something that could result in significant damage,... 

Every six months, future-focused engineering services company Pragma, awards industry achievers in the mining, retail, government, manufacturing and oil and gas sectors for their meaningful... 

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... 

Deriving the most value from your assets all the while maintaining them in optimum condition is every asset owners challenge. Over maintaining is costly, undermaintaining could be disastrous.... 

With many countries currently in some form of forced lockdown, a number of businesses have been forced to shut down their operations for an uncertain time period. Many organisations can lock their... 

Evaluate the risk the shutdown posed to Critical Electrical Equipment (CEE) before you start up your plant after lockdown. During normal circumstances, a plant shutdown is a thoroughly planned... 

We find ourselves in scary, but fascinating times. If anything, Covid-19 has forced us to rethink life and how we approach it. Fortunately, technology has made it much easier for us to be proactive... 

Zurich-based creative agency Atoll has developed a nonprofit three-dimensional (3D) printed glove remover to assist with improving hygiene practices in hospitals. The glove remover comprises a... 

From the 25th to the 27th of May 2020 you have the opportunity to be part of something remarkable, significant, exclusive, exceptional and revolutionary. By participating as a delegate, speaker,... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

A wave of load shedding is hitting the country again, as you would have experienced, no doubt. This has resulted in incidents where service providers such as OR Tambo International Airport, Chris... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

Leading enterprise asset management engineering company Pragma, will again host its award-winning Student Training Programme (STP) in June and July 2020 at its head office in Cape Town. Students... 

South African physical asset management engineering firms Pragma acquired Netherlands-based consultancy CMS Asset Management. 

Enterprise asset management company Pragma successfully achieved its second intake of students for its Maintenance Planner qualification in August, with a third intake planned for January next... 

CMS Asset Management Becomes Part Of Pragma Pragma, one of SA’s leading physical asset management engineering firms, acquired Netherlands-based consultancy, CMS Asset Management, on 1 October 2019.... 

Pragma’s Asset Care team at Exxaro Coal Central received their second coveted award in acknowledgement for their excellent work in one year. This time around, Adel van der Merwe and Nardus... 

Are you looking for that one thing that will take your customer or employee experience to the next level? Then Pragma’s Service Request app is for you. Take your employees, guests or customers on a... 

Is the present you looking after the future you? Fundamentally, this is what investment in data now means for your business in the future. Consider what could happen if one of the sensors on a... 

Reliability engineering is often associated with maintenance engineering; however, a reliability engineer’s skill set is more diverse, driving business strategies to achieve goals through a... 

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... 

A key theme that Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) face is the concept of customer-specific customisation to serve the purposes of customer maintenance contracts. This was one of the elements... 

Pragma is proud to announce that we have taken two out of five overall award categories and a special recognition award at the 2018 Shell Network Partner Awards. The Shell Network Partner Awards... 

Pragma will go up against other Best Graduate Development Programme and Employer of Choice – Large Company finalists at the 2019 Future of HR Awards on Thursday, 13 June at the Sandton Convention... 

Pragma is continuously investing in R&D and technology to create the necessary capabilities to digitise asset management operations. In this case, Pragma R&D Managing Director Dirk Janse van... 

Recognising the efforts of asset management professionals to elevate the organisations they work for, the SAAMA Conference 2019 saw the return of the SAAMA Awards. It is with little surprise that... 

IoT has been around for many years but has only started gaining traction in recent years. Technology has finally evolved to a stage where it is becoming viable for organisations to start using IoT... 

The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) hosted its sixth physical asset management conference from the 14th to the 16th of May 2019 at Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch. The... 

Martec (Machine Assessment and Reliability Technology), formally ushered in a new era with a holistic suite of intelligent condition monitoring products and engineered solutions. Heralding the... 

The Reatile Group, an investment holding company, has acquired a 37.54% stake in Pragma, one of SA’s leading enterprise asset and facilities management companies. This move enhances Pragma’s... 

Investment holding company Reatile Group has acquired a 37.54% stake in enterprise asset and facilities management company Pragma; thereby enhancing Pragma’s potential international growth, while... 

“Increasingly, organisations are recognising the importance of tailoring learning to the individual rather than applying a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.” (Thorne, 2003) This is a comment we have... 

Pragma, leading physical asset management and engineering firm, has secured a significant investment to support the development of their next generation enterprise asset management system, On Key.... 

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... 

Petroleum group Shell’s Three Sisters Ultra City, on the N1 Highway near Beaufort West, has installed a 150 m3/d effluent treatment and grey-water recycling plant, which has resulted in the... 

Leading asset management company Pragma was voted sixth best small company to work for at the recent 2013 Deloitte Best Company To Work For awards function held in Johannesburg. Says Stéphan...