INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Industry insights, operational perspectives and industry commentary from the SPM team on infrastructure, maintenance, logistics, project execution and the realities shaping industrial environments.

What Sales Should Learn From a Lost Bid

What Sales Should Learn From a Lost Bid

By Nhlanhla Nkomo, Head of Sales, Southern Power Maintenance   A lost bid is usually recorded as an outcome: won or lost, successful or unsuccessful. Once the decision has been made, attention moves quickly to the next opportunity. In a busy sales environment,...

8 Early Warning Signs a Project Is Drifting Off Plan

8 Early Warning Signs a Project Is Drifting Off Plan

By the Operations Team, Southern Power Maintenance     Projects rarely fall badly behind all at once. More often, the signs show up in small ways first: a task runs into the next shift, an approval comes later than expected, a team is moved to another...

8 Checks Before Equipment Leaves the Warehouse

8 Checks Before Equipment Leaves the Warehouse

By Hosia Makgakga, Logistics Manager, SPM   Getting equipment to site on time matters. But a delivery is not much use if the wrong equipment arrives, something is missing, or the team cannot use it when it gets there. Many of those problems can be caught before the...