In these incredibly challenging times manufacturing companies still need to live up to the promise but at the lowest possible costs. Nampak BevCan is no exception. Lots of slow and non-movers are typical for spares assortments in manufacturing industries.

No fairy tales: implementing spares management at Nampak was challenging. It required adjustments to IT systems, recruitment of a demand manager and new relations between supply chain and maintenance. Clearly, the project team must be proportional to this complexity. A great blend of seasoned professionals from Nampak, Pragma and Gordian supplemented with a number of young professionals took the challenge and drove the program to results. In addition, adequate project management by Pragma ensured stakeholder commitment and project control.

Spares management is now a professional and sustained discipline within the BevCan operations. Another good result is a solid partnership between Nampak and Pragma/Gordian. We still assist with coaching, training and extending the spares discipline to other countries as well as divisions. So all in all we are proud and thankful to have Nampak as a client!