A contract to supply, implement and support a SAP Business One financial and accounting ERP software system for Vereeniging-based specialist pump engineering company Aklin Carbide, has been won by SAP Business One specialist 4most, a Logic Group company.

Local enterprise project management (EPM) solution provider, UMT Project and Portfolio Management Services South Africa (UMT Consulting SA), has announced that there is an early adoption of a risk management framework on mining project life cycles. The company developed integrated risk management methodologies (IRM) to implement risk management in these specific industries.

Engineering and environmental consultancy, PBA International (PBAI) has employed ST Group’s MapInfo Vertical Mapper to determine a 100 year flood line of a 100 km stretch of the Limpopo river in the North West Province on account of mining interest in the area. The project involved large-scale hydrological studies, hydraulic modelling, along with extensive terrain and flood mapping.

In an ERP world where everything tends to look the same and costs too much, Redpath Mining says they found something rare in Sage ERP Accpac.

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, the fifth largest gold producer in the world, has benefited from sustained database reliability and uptime for the last two years as a result of its partnership with RDB Consulting.

Barnstone’s  All-in-one SAP solution for SMEs in mining  combines SAP software, SAP best practises and Barnstone’s services.

Strong inventory management capability, multi currency handling, forecasting and budgeting as well as system stability were the key system requirements when AEL Mining Services began evaluating enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for a roll-out across the organisation’s 15 subsidiaries outside of South Africa.

The establishment of an Integrated Project Management Control Office (IPMCO) is the fastest growing concept in project management today and is very important for the effective implementation of projects across mining and engineering.

Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC) has awarded Softline Accpac and its premier business partner, AccTech Systems, a R2,5-million contract for its Accpac for Mining solution.