--- title: "Pragma Archives" description: "Pragma" image: https://www.pragmaworld.net/wp-content/uploads/pragma-social-placeholder-blue.jpg canonical: https://www.pragmaworld.net/tag/pragma/ url: https://pragma-world.getmd.ai/tag/pragma/.md last_converted: 2026-10-30T05:59:25.999Z --- # Tag: Pragma ##### Pragma appoints Stephan Kornelius as Chief Executive Officer September 4, 2026 Experienced Pragma executive takes the helm on 1 October as the business continues its next phase of growth. The Pragma Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephan Kornelius as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2026. Stephan has been part of Pragma’s executive leadership since joining the business in 2017. Over this time, [...] ##### Tags Business Growth Asset Management Leadership Pragma ##### Massmart Wins Global FM 2021 Award of Excellence May 25, 2021 What a privilege to congratulate Massmart on achieving the Highly Commended Award of Excellence in FM presented by the Global FM association.  Massmart is a well-deserving recipient of this award as they took full ownership of their facilities management journey and achieving their goals. Previous awards Massmart’s accomplishments started in 2020 when they won the [...] ##### Tags Global FM Award On Key Field Service appMassmart On Key Work Manager SAP integration Facilities Management On Key Pragma ##### A quick review of existing maintenance concepts May 11, 2021 Most capital-intensive organisations have years of experience in performing preventive maintenance on installations, systems and physical assets. In every industry, specific standards, legislation, rules, and points of attention are taken into account when performing maintenance. However, these aspects can change. Modifications also take place, and installation parts no longer fulfil a function during the life [...] ##### Tags Asset Manager Asset Owner Asset Type Cluster Components Economically Profitable Failure Analysis Functioanl Decomposition Functional Analysis Maintenance Concepts Optimisation Preventive Maintenance Quality Quick Review Risk Reduction Sustainable Asset Management Data Analysis Enterprise Asset Management implementation life cycle Machine Maintenance Physical Assets Pragma ##### Centralised Enterprise Asset Management Systems November 24, 2020 The case for having a reliability centred maintenance approach has been proven time and time again. Yet, it is one of the most significant physical asset management challenges facing large, diversified organisations today. By sticking to best practices and getting the foundations of asset management in place, RCL Foods has managed to overcome this challenge. [...] ##### Tags Distributors Foodcorp Manufacturers PAM Rainbow Chicken RCL Foods Reliability Maintenance Southern African TSB Sugar Vector Logistics Asset Management Enterprise Asset Management On Key Physical Asset Management Pragma Process ##### Pragma | 30 Years in the making July 15, 2020 2020 might forever be known as the year in which Covid 19 struck, but life goes on despite this and many other challenges that businesses face. It is with this mindset, that we take a look back at an engineering firm that was born on the first of June 1990. “Politically South Africa was in [...] ##### Tags 30 Years AMIP Arnold Botha Asset Care Pack CMS Cost Digital Digital Transformation Empowering Supplier Industrial Engineering Information Technology IoT technology Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Mobile Oil and Gas Industry Performance Pragma Brazil Risk University of Stellenbosch Adriaan Scheeres Asset Care Asset Management Asset Management Improvement Planning framework Covid19 Enterprise Asset Management IIoT Industry 4.0 Martec Netherlands On Key Physical Asset Management Pragma Pragma Academy Reatile Group SOuth Africa ##### Unlock Your Future with Online Learning May 8, 2020 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 and take action towards a better future. Do you want to come out of this pandemic stronger? Now is your opportunity [...] ##### Tags Enterprise Asset Management Online training Pragma Pragma Academy VILT Virtual Instructor Let Training ##### How Asset Management Creates a 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 [...] ##### Tags Agility competitive edge Enterprise Asset Management Roadmap IIoT Pragma Responsiveness Stefan Swanepoel Stephan Kornelius sustainable competitive edge ##### 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 [...] ##### Tags Cape Peninsula University of Technology Dilemmas and Care Lyronne Sigamoney Oil and Gas sector petrochemical industry Pragma Process Safety Fundamentals Risk Normalisation Rudwin Gertze Safety Management Shell Unisa research competition ##### 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 [...] ##### Tags Adriaan Scheeres Asset Management Fourth Industrial Revolution life cycle Maintainance On Key Pragma service plan ##### STP Named Best Training Programme at Achiever Awards April 3, 2019 Pragma’s acclaimed Student Training Programme has clinched another prize, this time at the annual Achiever Awards, where it was recognised as the Best Training Programme offered by a large company. Hosted annually as part of the Skills Development Summit, the Achiever Awards honours companies, government departments and organisations for their contribution to skills development and [...] ##### Tags Achiever Awards Darius Booyens engineering internship Henrico Swanepoel Nina van Rooyen Pragma Pragma student training programme Skills Development Summit STP STP programme Student training programme