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DO YOU TRULY C.A.R.E. AS A BUSINESS

OWNER?

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USING TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AS A VITAL

MANAGEMENT TOOL

or AfriSam, South Africa’s works in an intensely competitive understanding of the condition
leading suppliers of cement, environment and the ability to of our equipment and be able to
Faggregate and readymix deliver on time is a key factor. forecast with accuracy our future
concrete to the building and Theolan, with support from maintenance and replacement
construction industries, the General Manager Aggregates, needs.”
regular technical assessment of Glenn Johnson, implemented an Theolan believes that the key
its equipment has become an effective maintenance strategy element of this type of endeavour
operational necessity. to ensure that the company’s is relationships and by that he
equipment would, through a series
AfriSam Construction Materials means rapport between the
National Engineering Manager, of planned interventions, always be manufacturer’s technical and
Theolan Govender, explains able to meet market demands. service personnel and AfriSam
the background to this key “We developed and implemented personnel on-site.
management philosophy and a strategy that would allow a The cooperation that exists
the scientific way it is applied in mutual benefit relationship between AfriSam and Pilot
practice. with our suppliers and hold Crushtec International creates
accountability between the parties
“We manage a large and complex synergies illustrated by the fact reports into a ‘heat map’ status appreciated downstream. Planned
production and distribution through the correct channels that when the customer explained report which provides an ‘at a maintenance eases out spikes in
network nationwide. To give you in order to achieve effective his needs his supplier already glance’ picture of the operational the department workload while
equipment uptime. We believe
an idea of the scale in construction that by working with the original had the solution in the form of readiness of every crusher in the the accountants have quality
materials, we currently produce equipment manufacturers, it the Technical Analysis Report fleet. Through the outcomes of the information to assist capex budgets
ready mix from 40 plants would effectively develop a (TAR). Literally from that moment technical assessment process, the and forecasting.
nationally and mine aggregate at cohesive relationship, bringing onwards every AfriSam crusher crusher condition per assembly, “Pilot Crushtec International
16 of our quarries, six in KwaZulu- and maintaining the correct skills has undergone an annual strip thus overall condition, are plotted has supported the process well by
Natal, two in Cape Town, seven and knowledge into the industry down and check up with detailed against a Probability and Impact providing the necessary after sales
around in Gauteng and one in in order to improve equipment descriptions of preventative risk matrix. This allows the support and skills to resolve issues
Mpumalanga. A massive amount uptime. We engaged with our measures to be taken, which are business to plan and mitigate timeously. In addition, everyone
of equipment is needed to be major equipment providers and acted upon implicitly. effectively the troublesome areas. operates with an open-door policy
maintained on these sites and we explained what we needed from Not only has the TAR assisted beginning with CEO Sandro
currently operate a crusher fleet of them in terms of skills, support The Engineering department at Theolan and his team to meet
approximately 100 units.” AfriSam Construction Materials Scherf,” says Theolan. 
and spares inventory planning has also been proactive and has production expectations
The construction industry We had to gain a real-time collated data gathered from but benefits have also been www.afrisam.co.za

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