Capital Equipment News January 2021

Bosch Rexroth SA appoints business intelligence manager

Dianne Seymour has been appointed group business intelligence manager at the Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies, effective 1 October 2020. Seymour has 15 years’ experience in enterprise resource management (ERM), during which time she began a consulting company specialising in Syspro ERP. Her focus was helping clients across the pharmaceutical, manu- facturing, mining and distribution industries with Syspro ERP. The corporate sector attracted Seymour with the offer of a position as a business analyst in 2015, and after only two years a promotion to business systems manager was the beginning of her rise through the ranks. The position saw her managing and overseeing business software development, support, maintenance, acquisitions, consultants, budgets, software projects and junior personnel. Currently reading for her BCom degree in Information and Technology Man- agement at MANCOSA, Seymour has also completed several courses that better equip her to deal with the demands of the business intelligence envi- ronment. Courses include Syspro modules, Workflow (Syspro and Flowgear), Basics of Supply Chain Management (SAPICS), Project Management (UNISA), and Microsoft SQL up to MSCA level. “I love sharing my passion for technologies that make life easier,” Seymour

Dianne Seymour, newly appointed business intelligence manager at Bosch Rexroth SA

says. “So much can be achieved with today’s technol- ogy, making it easier to work smarter, not harder.” b

Strong bidder participation at Ritchie Bros. online auction

receive status notifications on their devices, which makes it both convenient and fun. It is exciting to see businesses embracing our technology and confidently buying and selling at our auctions throughout this challenging period.” Ritchie Bros. is currently listing new items for its next quarterly auction, which will take place in March 2021. b

Ritchie Bros.’ recent online heavy equipment auction in Dubai saw strong bidder participation from buyers in the Middle East and African region, further demonstrating growing popularity for the organisation’s Online Timed Auction system. Ritchie Bros. completed its December online machin- ery and heavy equipment auction in Dubai, selling over 1 450 pieces of equipment, trucks and other items for more than 210 of its consigning customers. Over 1 200 online bidders from 83 countries registered for the December Dubai event, which concluded on De- cember 16. More than 40% per cent of the equipment in the auction was purchased by bidders from countries out- side the UAE, including Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The auction was conducted entirely online using Ritchie Bros.’ easy-to-use Online Timed Auction system. The Dubai auction inventory ranged from excavators, wheel loaders, crawler tractors and backhoes through to articulated dump trucks, mobile cranes and more. This edition of the auction also saw increased numbers of buses, pickup trucks, and passenger vehicles being consigned, further broadening the auction inventory and range of options for buyers. “We saw an impressive number of registered bidders participate in our December online auction,” says Eduard Faig, regional sales manager at Ritchie Bros., Middle East. “After the auction, we received a lot of positive feedback from online bidders who told us how easy it was to use our Online Timed Auction system, accessible through our website via our mobile app.” Bidders could research sale items on the Ritchie Bros. website and app, or in person during viewing days, following the strict health, safety and physical distancing precautions in place at the Ritchie Bros.’ Dubai auction site. Ritchie Bros.’ Timed Auctions have no physical auc- tioneer, with bidding open for several days, with auction lots closing at staggered times during the final days. Faig concludes: “Bidders enjoy the online experience because there’s more time to place bids, plus they

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