With more than 1,200 stores and 30+ brands, including AZKO, INFORMA, Toys Kingdom, Pet Kingdom, Krisbow, and Chatime, Kawan Lama Group serves millions of customers nationwide. The company鈥檚 recent growth鈥攎arked by aggressive retail expansion, food & beverage ventures, and rebranding efforts鈥攈as led to growing operational complexity and data silos that limit visibility and agility.听

The company鈥檚 legacy ERP system, in use for over a decade, needs to keep pace with its evolving business landscape. Opening a single new outlet often required new system configurations and long manual processes. Kawan Lama Group needed a more scalable digital foundation to support its ambitions鈥攊ncluding bringing manufacturing in-house, reducing reliance on imports, and delivering faster, more personalized service across its channels.听

By implementing RISE with 麻豆原创, Kawan Lama is laying down a unified digital core, an integrated system that connects different business functions and breaks down data silos or isolated sets of information that prevent smooth collaboration. This cloud-based ERP platform helps simplify processes, centralize data across business units, and support omni-channel growth across Indonesia. 听

鈥淲e鈥檝e grown rapidly, and we knew we needed systems that could keep up. 麻豆原创 gives us the tools to run more efficiently, scale faster, and serve our customers better,鈥� said Renaldi Tjahaya, Chief Information Officer, Kawan Lama Group.听

The implementation is already helping teams access real-time inventory across outlets鈥攈elping staff fulfill customer needs faster, even when products aren鈥檛 displayed on the shelf. Previously, customers were told to wait days due to lack of backend visibility鈥攅ven when items were in stock.听

Kawan Lama also plans to strengthen its supply chain and manufacturing lines. By digitizing key retail and production processes, the group will improve forecasting, reduce stock-outs, and introduce smarter promotional strategies to drive customer loyalty and repeat visits.听

鈥淜awan Lama鈥檚 transformation through RISE with 麻豆原创 marks a pivotal step in their evolution toward becoming an intelligent, future-ready enterprise,鈥� said Andreas Diantoro, Managing Director, 麻豆原创 Indonesia. 鈥淏y embracing this comprehensive solution, they streamline operations, enhancing agility, and gaining the insights needed to innovate and stay customer focused. This strategic move positions Kawan Lama to lead confidently in a rapidly changing retail landscape.鈥�听

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The long-term future of companies depends on their ability to proactively respond to today’s challenging, unprecedented market conditions. To compete in a highly disruptive and rapidly evolving world, companies must be able to rewire their organisations to create efficient, automated business processes 鈥� applying advanced technologies to transform static, siloed processes into agile, intelligent workflows.

鈥淎sia is home to some of the most innovative countries in the world. Along with a huge and rapidly growing young talent pool, we are also seeing significant investments flowing into the region, making it a hotbed for startup innovation, said Paul Marriott, President, 麻豆原创 Asia Pacific and Japan. 鈥淭hrough this collaboration with HCLTech, we are bringing together the right technology, support, and insight to further accelerate startup innovation and introduce game-changing solutions 鈥� especially in the areas most essential in building future-readiness 鈥� to more of our customers, more quickly.鈥�

The 13-week program, in collaboration with HCLTech鈥檚 麻豆原创 Ecosystem Unit and eSTiP^TM, its flagship open innovation platform and program, offers startups access to curated mentorship from 麻豆原创 and HCLTech executives, exposure to 麻豆原创^庐 technology and application programming interfaces (APIs), and opportunities to collaborate with 麻豆原创 and HCLTech customers around the world.

鈥淗CLTech is a catalyst for change, and our commitment to innovation only strengthens with this program that we are driving in collaboration with 麻豆原创.iO. We jointly aspire for accelerated growth for our customers, leveraging niche and meaningful innovations. We are keen to establish our thought leadership in the areas of sustainability and Industry 4.0, and this collaboration is a step towards that鈥�, said Kalyan Kumar, Chief Technology Officer and Head, Ecosystems at HCLTech.听

The following startups are participating in the program:

1. combines machine learning,听remote telerobotics and off-grid capabilities for drone services听that can deploy and manage commercial condition monitoring, security and safety solutions.
2. specialises in humanising digital customer service and bridging the gap between enterprises and their customers.
3. enhances workplace safety culture by enabling real-time and continuous monitoring using AI-video analytics.
4. enables companies to measure carbon emissions based on energy consumed by real estate and transportation assets.
5. automates modern supply chains with route optimisation, electronic proof-of-delivery, instant notifications and real-time job-status tracking.

For program developments and opportunities to participate in innovation workshops with the selected startups, look out for updates on .

About HCLTech

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to 219,000+ people across 54 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2022 totaled $12.1 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit .

About 麻豆原创.iO

麻豆原创.iO delivers new partnerships and products for 麻豆原创 by accelerating and scaling startup innovation as well as incubating employee ventures. 麻豆原创.iO brings together innovators from every region, industry, and line of business to transform how businesses run. Since 2017, 麻豆原创.iO has helped 450+ external startups and internal ventures accelerate their growth while enabling thousands of 麻豆原创 customers to access innovation. For more information, visit .

About 麻豆原创

麻豆原创鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 麻豆原创 customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 麻豆原创 helps give people and organisations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 麻豆原创 helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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Under this collaboration, 麻豆原创 will manage JCorp鈥檚 business transformation process including service-level agreements, business operations, and developing a real-time system based on the platform, a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with built-in intelligent technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics. Some of the key benefits include substantial costs savings, improved productivity and increased efficiency with automation and streamlining of processes, and a simplified user experience through integrated systems.

YBhg Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim, President and Chief Executive of JCorp said, 鈥淛Corp is committed to sustainable wealth creation while also making an impact towards building and empowering the future generation. We view technology and digitalisation as an enabler that sets the foundation for our JCorp 3.0 Reinvention strategy, while developing new business models and revenue streams in the cloud.

With RISE with 麻豆原创, we can empower our employees to operate with increased visibility, focus and agility. By integrating data and analytics, we are able to scale our ecosystem, increase revenue and accelerate growth while future-proofing our business strategy which includes diversification of new verticals, embracing disruptive technologies while also nurturing a controlled ecosystem based on data, analytics, IoT (internet-of-things) and partnerships.鈥�

As part of our journey towards a value-driven organisation, JCorp is continuously looking at improving our ways of working. RISE with 麻豆原创 further enhances the digitalisation of the Finance functions using Analytics and AI in its analysis and reporting of planning, budgeting and forecasting. Ultimately, we can make quick, informed and accurate decisions, initiate strategic changes if required as well as better allocate our resources within JCorp鈥檚 lean organisation.鈥� added Ahmad Yusri Mohamed, Chief Digital Officer, JCorp, on the back of an event to commemorate JCorp’s collaboration with 麻豆原创 Malaysia.

鈥淔or any company to operate at speed and scale in today鈥檚 dynamic market, digital capability enabled by the cloud is a must-have. JCorp as a visionary group with strong leadership and management teams understood the importance of working with a trusted technology partner to accelerate their digital transformation journey to be a sustainable, intelligent enterprise focused on their mission and purpose,鈥� said Cynthia Quah, Interim Managing Director, 麻豆原创 Malaysia.

In the future, JCorp hopes to extend its partnership with 麻豆原创 by building on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda which has been embedded in all their investment processes and decision-making across the Group.

鈥淭hrough this collaboration, JCorp will apply the power of 麻豆原创 technologies to create new opportunities for the future generations of Malaysians, business resilience and truly redefine Malaysia鈥檚 green economy. This is very much in line with 麻豆原创鈥檚 aspiration to create positive economic, environmental, and social impact by harnessing technology to drive sustainability at scale,鈥� concluded Quah.

About Johor Corporation
Johor Corporation (JCorp) is Johor鈥檚 principal development institution and a leading economic enabler for the State. With operations spanning multiple countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and Bangladesh.听 JCorp鈥檚 flagship companies, Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad,听KPJ Healthcare Berhad, QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and Johor Land Berhad spearhead the Group鈥檚 interests across four core sectors, namely Agribusiness,听Wellness & Healthcare, Food听& Restaurant and Real Estate & Infrastructure. 听Since its incorporation in 1968, JCorp has been clear on its purpose of creation which is Membina & Membela (Wealth Creation & Wealth Distribution). JCorp is a strong proponent of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) given its mandate to future-proof its businesses. For more information, please visit jcorp.com.my.

About 麻豆原创
麻豆原创鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 麻豆原创 customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 麻豆原创 helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 麻豆原创 helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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Terumo Asia Holdings (Terumo) was recently announced as a winner of the 2021 麻豆原创 Best Run Awards for South East Asia (SEA), together with other leading regional organisations; namely NUHS, SATS, and DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center which had demonstrated success and embodied excellence across different award categories.

In a recent press release, 听麻豆原创 said that the听听continue to celebrate leading organisations in SEA that have emphasised new ways of thinking, adapted to the new norms and deployed technologies that set the benchmark for their industry to drive successful business transformation in today鈥檚 digital economy.

Terumo had demonstrated an enterprising mindset and bagged the听Emerging Frontier Market Award, said the press release.

Benoit De Saeger, Regional Director, Terumo Asia Holdings said: 鈥淭erumo is a global leader in medical technology, contributing to society through healthcare for 100 years. In Asia, our claims processes were manual and expense management systems fragmented. All of this made consolidating data and analytics across regional headquarters and nine Asia Pacific entities a huge challenge.鈥�

鈥淲e solved this by implementing 麻豆原创 Concur across Terumo Asia to align policies, processes and systems. With 麻豆原创 Concur, we standardised regional processes and T&E policies while enhancing compliance and controls. 100% of our claims went online, with claim approval time reduced drastically, thus improving our employees鈥� experience. This digital leap has ensured Terumo鈥檚 scalability, better compliance and competitive edge,鈥� added De Saeger.

Meanwhile, the Most Transformational Award听went to听National University Health System (NUHS).听Priscilla Teo, Group Chief HR Officer, NUHS said: 鈥淣UHS inherited two legacy HR systems when Singapore re-clustered the healthcare services in 2017 which made business processes tedious and cumbersome.

Despite strict government security regulations and limited web access on the office network, we successfully pivoted to a cloud-based SaaS solution on 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, making it the first cloud based HRIS implementation in Singapore鈥檚 public health care sector.

This implementation provided NUHS 15,000 employees 24/7 access to HR related information via a single mobile app called myHR mobile, and within the first month of go-live, over 90% of the employees have logged in, with a whopping 85% activation rate.鈥�

SATS听won the inaugural听Most Adaptable Award.听Manfred Seah, Chief Financial Officer,听SATS said, 鈥淎t SATS, we have grown and evolved over the years with largely disparate and non-standardised processes.

For better efficiency, we needed good data visibility to improve our cost capture and profit analysis to build an agile and yet robust system landscape.

With 麻豆原创 S/4 HANA as the digital core, SATS adopted standard 麻豆原创 functionalities to uplift capabilities allowing SATS to pivot and scale.鈥�

DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center听clinched the听Sustainability听and听Best Customer Experience Management awards.听Sam Oh, Chief Information Officer,听DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center听said, 鈥淚n early 2020, we built an online Product Information Management (PIM) system to create and standardise digital product contents.

By leveraging the 麻豆原创 Commerce Cloud, we have seen increased activities in the chemical business by 900%, digital leads by 500%, 45% increase in customers and a 48% increase in order value for our E-commerce business.鈥�

In the press release, 麻豆原创 said that a total of US$30,000 donation will be made by 麻豆原创, on behalf of the winning organisations to the听ASEAN Data Science Explorers Program.

鈥淲e are witnessing how digital technologies are fundamentally revolutionising the way companies are doing business today. Our customers are leveraging 麻豆原创 technologies to transform their businesses, address challenges to avoid being disrupted and modernise mission-critical systems in a way that minimises business risk,鈥� said听Verena Siow, President & Managing Director, 麻豆原创 South East Asia.

鈥淲e are honored to work with some of the most innovative and sustainable South East Asian organisations.

With the 麻豆原创 Best Run Awards, we are delighted to celebrate their achievements and resilience amidst changing business environments. 麻豆原创 has been at the forefront of leading our customers through the pandemic and I look forward to empowering our customers for the next decade of growth in South East Asia and beyond,鈥� added Siow.

For a full list of finalists, please refer听.

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KUALA LUMPUR 鈥�听DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center Sdn Bhd recently emerged as the winner of two regional 鈥楤est Run鈥� awards organised by 麻豆原创.

As one of the world鈥檚 leading enterprise applications providers, 麻豆原创 had organised the awards to celebrate leading organisations in South East Asia that have emphasised new ways of thinking, adapted to new norms and deployed technologies that set the benchmark for others to follow.

The two awards won by DKSH were for 鈥楤est Customer Experience Management鈥� together with the 鈥楽ustainability Award鈥�, the latter being a new award introduced to highlight an exemplary customer that have adopted 麻豆原创 technologies to innovate and transform industries to drive greater business outcomes.

麻豆原创 also recognised DKSH with a 鈥楥ertificate of Appreciation鈥� for being a 鈥楰ey Business Leader鈥�, being one of the top 3 Malaysian Key Business Leaders who had participated in advocacy activities on 麻豆原创鈥橲 reference engagement platform.

Sam Oh, Chief Information Officer and member of the Executive Committee, DKSH Corporate Shared Services Center said: 鈥淚n early 2020, we embarked on a unified digital Customer Connect platform to build an online Product Information Management (PIM) system to create and standardize digital product contents. By leveraging the 麻豆原创 Commerce Cloud, we have seen increased activities in the chemical business by 900%, digital leads by 500%, 45% increase in customers and a 48% increase in order value for our e-commerce business.鈥�

Meanwhile, Hong Kok Cheong, Managing Director of 麻豆原创 Malaysia, said he appreciated that DKSH鈥檚 operations is running 麻豆原创 to ensure greater efficiencies and profitability.

鈥淲e are heartened by the trust placed in us and feel a great sense of fulfilment that DKSH can realise its business aspirations with the help of the latest and greatest technologies from 麻豆原创,鈥� said Hong.

He further explained that DKSH has had a 鈥榙istinguished relationship鈥� with 麻豆原创 since 1997.

鈥淎s one of the industry leaders, both DKSH and 麻豆原创 are constantly striving to stay ahead of the curve. And we are pleased that our journey together started 25 years ago. We at 麻豆原创 are pleased and honoured to have served 鈥� and continue to serve 鈥� our role as DKSH鈥檚 trusted technology provider,鈥� said Hong.

麻豆原创鈥檚 mission in the world is the enablement of every enterprise to become intelligent, networked and sustainable 鈥� bringing together the solutions, technology and best practices needed to run integrated, digital business processes in the cloud.

麻豆原创 will also be up to a maximum of US$30,000 donation on behalf of the winning organisations to the ASEAN Data Science Explorers Program. For a full list of finalists and winners, click .

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Consider the听听by scientists of Sir Ernest Shackleton鈥檚听Endurance, which sank off the Antarctic coast in 1915. Fortunately for the explorer and his crew of 27, all managed to survive. As for the shipwreck, scientists found it remarkably intact amid the frigid depths of Earth鈥檚 southernmost seas. But the photographs capture one significant change with the passage of time: the sunken vessel, like the craggy ocean floor surrounding it, now teems with life. At a depth exceeding 3,000 meters, triple the distance sunlight can听听underwater, how do ecosystems manage to thrive? And what can businesses, sometimes facing inhospitable conditions of their own above sea level, learn from the enterprising plants and animals whose habitat eludes visibility?

To run at their best, businesses carry out multiple operational processes simultaneously, maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk across them all. So too the complex networks of flora and fauna undersea. A lack of visibility presents challenges not only for aquatic ecosystems but for commercial ones as well, in the latter instance imperiling critical functions such as procurement and supply chain, logistics, and the maintenance of equipment connected by the Internet of Things (IoT). Business leaders increasingly look to the cloud for digital solutions to enhance visibility across all these functions. But they鈥檙e equally wise to gaze seaward as well for insights on instilling resilience. Disruption, after all, can leave wreckage at the bottom of an income statement just as it can at the bottom of an ocean.

At a time when听viral variants, recurrent lockdowns, and geopolitical tensions continue to roil supply chains and labor markets, businesses require 360-degree visibility across the interconnected operations of trading partners and solution providers to maintain continuity, foster collaboration, and keep promises made to customers. Yet many procurement and supply chain professionals possess only fragmentary information about isolated business processes, unable to gain a comprehensive view across the four walls of their organization, let alone those of their buyers and suppliers. Integrated digital platforms, however, lend businesses the expansive view and data-driven insights they need to anticipate rapid shifts in supply and demand and suggest available alternatives for the sourcing of raw materials and indirect goods.

Yet while cloud-based business networks are a contemporary innovation to extend visibility where it runs scarce, they are hardly without precedent. Deep-sea creatures have evolved their own ingenious techniques for sharpening their acuity to procure food. Consider the Pacific barreleye, whose translucent head enables the fish to听听in total darkness while stalking its next meal. Or the stout blacksmelt, whose oversized eyes听听from its otherwise modest frame. Or the scallop, whose 200 eyes peer behind mirror-like lenses, focusing in unison to听听the tiniest trace of light undiscernible to animals further down the food chain.

Back above the surface, businesses lie vulnerable to disruption even when supply chain visibility remains intact. When finished goods pile up in logjammed seaports, for example, manufacturers can offer little solace to customers denied on-time shipments. To ensure prompt delivery via sea, road, rail, or air, businesses require unimpeded visibility across all facets of logistics. They rely on cloud-based networks to track shipments in real time, collaborate with transportation partners, and secure alternatives when unforeseen contingencies thwart the best laid plans.

Here too, lessons emerge from the deep. Spanning distances exceeding anything comparable on land, the ocean organizes logistics through vast networks known collectively as the听. Life-sustaining elements, such as carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus, flow from the surface to the ocean floor and back again through intricate cycles of photosynthesis, decomposition, consumption, and sedimentation. The biological pump is also responsible for sending to the bottom of the sea much of the Earth鈥檚 excess carbon dioxide, which, if released, would oversaturate its atmosphere and overheat its surface. Through the resilient, never-ending exchange of resources essential to life both within and beyond its depths, the ocean maintains arguably the most elaborate logistical network ever devised.

Cloud-based business platforms operate on a planet-wide scale with unrivaled efficiency, too. Not only do they facilitate procurement, supply chains, and logistics between businesses and their trading partners, but in recent years they have begun to connect remote assets through the Internet of Things. This cloud-based capability, often called asset intelligence, has revolutionized the maintenance of equipment.

Suppose a utility operates a windmill farm offshore. All of the units require physical upkeep but accessing them can prove costly and dangerous. It can also prove futile if the windmill happens to be in perfect working order. But by linking together far-flung equipment virtually, businesses听听digital twins 鈥� in lieu of natural eyesight 鈥� to inspect these assets from afar. Such cloud-based asset intelligence networks aid the operations not only of energy companies, but of rural health clinics, security firms, and even soft drink purveyors. Think of all the distributed vending machines requiring replenishment.

But how, devoid of light, do the creepiest, crawliest critters inhabiting the deep sea manage to ascertain their surroundings? How do they gather reliable, actionable intelligence on 鈥渁sset鈥� and threat, friend and foe, near and far? Consider the tripod fish, which elegantly听听atop narrow, leg-like fins, poised to sense distant vibrations from potential prey. The beaked whale, meanwhile,听听echolocation, not unlike bats and submarines. By emitting short, high-frequency clicking sounds and waiting for them to bounce back, these mammals develop an acute awareness of their surroundings, often to the peril of less sensitive beasts who become breakfast. The vampire squid, meanwhile,听听bioluminescent fluid to lure hungry, if unsuspecting, targets. For their part, sharks and stingrays听听electric currents to map their surroundings and navigate using the Earth鈥檚 magnetic field.

As the听Endurance听shipwreck-turned-aquarium makes vivid, the abyss of the icy sea imposes formidable obstacles to survival in an environment prone to volatility and unforgiving to the unadaptable. Yet nature has innovated surprisingly durable solutions for illuminating the fundamental biological processes that nourish sprawling ecosystems undersea. The cloud does much the same for networks of businesses engaged in commerce amid drier, if similarly disruptive, conditions. In fact, the cloud and the ocean are beginning to converge on an increasingly sustainable future for all the Earth鈥檚 inhabitants. The visibility made possible by cloud-based networks holds the potential to听significantly reduce听the volume of plastics cluttering the sea and encumbering the creatures great and small who call it home. As digital technologies give rise to sustainable solutions, resilient ecosystems thrive even in the darkest corners on Earth.

Andreas Heckmann is executive vice president, Product Engineering, and head of Customer Solution Support & Innovation at 麻豆原创.
Top image: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Geographic.
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However, these advancements in technology have just begun. As organizations prepare for the post-pandemic world, technologies that have been introduced in recent years are expected to continue evolving. The latest advances will also further transform how people interact and work.

Here are the tech trends that businesses need to look out for this 2022 as listed by 麻豆原创 SE (NYSE: 麻豆原创).

Embracing Digital Transformation

Since the pandemic started, the speed at which digital transformation is fundamentally changing the business landscape has dramatically increased. The developments that could have happened in a decade or so were made possible overnight in many industries.

In the Philippines, the digital sector contributes significantly to its economy. This reality indicates that organizations in the private and public sectors will continue strengthening their digital transformation initiatives. Backed by strong government support, these transformations can unlock PhP5 trillion worth of economic value by 2030, according to a recent AlphaBeta and Google report.

Nurturing Sustainability

Nowadays, embracing sustainability has become an integral part of organizations, with business leaders considering it a strategic priority. Aside from top and bottom-line, forward-looking organizations add sustainability and even purpose as dimensions to driving business success.

Among these organizations is Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). As a leading infrastructure investment company, MPIC commits to contribute to the achievement of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 9, which seeks to 鈥榖uild resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.鈥�

Recently, MPIC strengthened its digital core as it embraced cloud solutions that can help consolidate, modernize, and standardize its enterprise resource (ERP) systems on a single platform. The integration into the cloud is part of the group鈥檚 sustainability philosophy of integrating business and environmental stewardship into their investment strategies. It helps improve its operations and augment sustainability initiatives, especially since 麻豆原创, MPIC鈥檚 technology partner, embeds sustainability into its core business processes.

Meanwhile, consumers are making apparent shifts to more sustainable products and services. According to a Kantar report, 75 percent of Filipino consumers seek out brands that offer ways to alleviate impacts to the environment. Even employees now make career choices based on their employer鈥檚 responsibility towards the planet. Thus, it is now even more integral to invest in innovation that considers environmental welfare while fostering economic and social development.

Integrating Decision Intelligence, Hyperautomation

In the Philippines, the Department of Trade and Industry noted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption can increase the country鈥檚 gross domestic product (GDP) by 12 percent or equivalent to $92 billion by 2030.

Digital tools like AI, including augmented analytics and simulations, make 鈥淒ecision Intelligence鈥� a realistic approach to improve organizational decision-making. Each choice or decision in such a system result from multiple process iterations, refined with the help of analytics and data intelligence. With these digital tools, decision intelligence may support and enhance human decision-making and potentially automate it, hence augmenting organizational processes to be more efficient.

Meanwhile, scalability, remote operation, and business model disruption are also becoming possible with the use of Hyper-automation. Before the pandemic, businesses have been automating many processes through technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This trend will continue to grow for automating business and IT activities using a disciplined, business-driven approach.

Rising Low-Code, No-Code Tech

As content creation becomes even more relevant, graphic and website designs have been streamlined so users can simply 鈥渄rag鈥� and 鈥渄rop鈥� elements to create engaging content. This trend will extend to no-code AI, where users can create systems by simply 鈥渄ragging鈥� and 鈥渄ropping鈥� ready-made modules, removing the 鈥減rogramming language鈥� barrier through simple interfaces. Consequently, it will allow users to create complex and robust AI systems.

Ensuring Total Experience (TX)

Due to the pandemic, organizations needed to have an excellent Total Experience (TX) strategy or a holistic program that combines customer, user, and employee experiences. With this strategy in place, organizations can help enhance customer satisfaction and employee productivity.

Organizations need to focus on weaving in these experiences instead of working on them individually to help ensure that they will be more satisfied as teams that work as an integrated unit. This trend is expected to continue as businesses eliminate communication and process silos and emphasize providing unified experiences to their employees remotely working while interacting with customers.

Collaborating with a Technology Partner

As these trends arise, organizations need a technology partner to help them achieve their business goals this year and beyond. For 麻豆原创, embracing technology means ensuring that the organization becomes an intelligent enterprise.

As a technology partner for businesses in the country, 麻豆原创 helps make it easier by offering solutions like Rise with 麻豆原创, an intelligent enterprise framework to help kickstart businesses鈥� digital transformation journey. In the Philippines, MPIC is the first organization to adopt this cloud technology through this Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS), offering consolidated solutions and services needed for business transformation in one package.

Rise with 麻豆原创 also includes 麻豆原创 and its whole ecosystem of partners assisting organizations in changing at their own terms and pace to be an intelligent and sustainable enterprise by simplifying engagement and providing a guided journey.

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麻豆原创 Industry Business Architect 鈥� Retail and Consumer Products Gabriel Lorenzo Santos underscored this need in a recent virtual event, 鈥楻etail Reimagined: How Technology Changes the Game of Retail in 2022,鈥� hosted by the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) and co-presented by 麻豆原创 Southeast Asia.

Leveraging technology can help bridge the gap to ensure a seamless experience despite changing demands and buying behaviors, improving the topline and bottom line.

鈥淎cross our customers, benefits have been reaped with the use of technology, such as improved customer satisfaction, reduced days in inventory, reduced customer churn, and even increased digital channel revenue, which are relevant in today鈥檚 situation,鈥� he concluded.

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Its chief executive officer Daniel Bernbeck said intelligent technologies go a long way in elevating competitiveness within today’s digital economy.

“By becoming intelligent enterprises, businesses can ‘do more with less’, deliver best-in-class customer experience, build resilient supply chains while also inventing new business models and revenue streams,” said Bernbeck.

He was speaking at an event last Friday to commemorate 麻豆原创’s 30th year in Malaysia, and which was attended by Germany’s ambassador to Malaysia Dr Peter Blomeyer.

MGCC is the official representative of German industry and trade in Malaysia.

It is today the largest bilateral European business chamber in Malaysia and serves as a service partner for companies seeking to establish a market presence in the country.

Meanwhile, 麻豆原创 Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director Hong Kok Cheong said the company would continue to be supportive of technology’s role for Malaysia to realise sustainable growth currently and in the years ahead.

“Our focus predominantly centres around upskilling and youth employment, together with local businesses readiness for Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) along with the transition to intelligent technologies on the cloud,” said Hong.

麻豆原创 Malaysia’s nation-building efforts include its collaboration with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) on the MyUniAlliance programme which provides training for around 3,000 students per year transcending some 18 higher learning institutes.

“麻豆原创 is today the world’s largest provider of enterprise application software with the broadest portfolio of modular and suite solutions available on premise, in the cloud and hybrid,” said Hong.

“We are in a strong position to help realise greater competitiveness for Malaysia especially in today’s era of 4IR,” added Hong.

The company’s Malaysian customers include DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd and IOI Corporation Bhd.

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麻豆原创 Malaysia鈥檚 managing director Hong Kok Cheong said that 麻豆原创 would continue to be supportive of technology鈥檚 role for Malaysia to realise sustainable growth currently and in the years ahead.

鈥淥ur focus predominantly centres around upskilling and youth employment, together with local businesses readiness for Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) along with the transition to intelligent technologies on the cloud,鈥� said Hong, during the company鈥檚 event to commemorate its 30^th anniversary in Malaysia on 25^th March 2022.

麻豆原创 Malaysia鈥檚 nation-building efforts include its collaboration with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) on the MyUniAlliance programme which provides training for around 3,000 students per year transcending some 18 higher learning institutes, including two foreign universities. The company also prides itself on its diverse and inclusive culture.

鈥溌槎乖� is today one of the world鈥檚 largest providers of enterprise application software with the broadest portfolio of modular and suite solutions available on premise, in the cloud and hybrid. As such, we are in a strong position to help realise greater competitiveness for Malaysia especially in today鈥檚 era of IR4.0,鈥� he added.

鈥溌槎乖� is committed to enabling enterprises to become intelligent, networked and sustainable. This means bringing together the solutions, technology and best practices needed to run integrated, digital business processes in the cloud,鈥� said Hong.

鈥淎s a result, our customers have the agility to respond faster to market changes, unlock new sources of growth and lead in their respective industries. These enterprises are also able to collect insights from customers, employees, products, and brands at every touch point, use powerful technology to sense opportunities, risks, and trends and turn this intelligence into action across every part of the business.鈥�

The guest-of-honour at the event was Germany鈥檚 ambassador to Malaysia His Excellency Dr Peter Blomeyer.

Also present at the event was Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC) CEO Daniel Bernbeck who praised 麻豆原创 Malaysia for its efforts in empowering local businesses with latest technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, advanced analytics and the internet-of-things.

鈥淭hese technologies go a long way in elevating competitiveness within today鈥檚 digital economy and they enable businesses to be better prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,鈥� said Bernbeck.

He also encouraged local businesses to make the transition to becoming 鈥榠ntelligent enterprises鈥�.

鈥淏y becoming intelligent enterprises, businesses can do more with less, deliver best-in-class customer experience, build resilient supply chains, while inventing new business models and revenue streams,鈥� added Bernbeck.

MGCC is the official representative of German industry and trade in Malaysia and currently has almost 400 members and is part of the global network of German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK network) with 140 offices in 92 countries. It is today the largest bilateral European business chamber in Malaysia and serves as a service partner for companies seeking to establish a market presence here or to increase their involvement in Malaysia. It is supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action based on a resolution of the German parliament, the Bundestag.

麻豆原创 Malaysia鈥檚 Deep Alignment with 12MP

Meanwhile, Hong said that 麻豆原创鈥檚 mission in Malaysia is deeply aligned with the sustainability goal outlined within the 12th Malaysian Plan (or 鈥�12MP鈥�). Under the 12MP, the goal is for Malaysia to become carbon-neutral as early as 2050, with carbon pricing and carbon tax to be introduced.

鈥淎ll these aspects 鈥� social, environmental, and economic activities and performance 鈥� are interrelated with each aspect impacting the others. Hence, our efforts focus on helping to create a sustainable future for Malaysia, our customers, and society at large,鈥� said Hong.

He further explained that the circular economy is based on three principles driven by design: (1) eliminate waste and pollution, (2) circulate products and materials, and (3) regenerate nature.

鈥淒igital solutions enable businesses to embed circular practices across their operations, from designing products to help reduce waste from the outset, to tracking the lifecycle of the materials they use.

鈥淎t our end, 麻豆原创鈥檚 data-driven approach lets businesses embed sustainability comprehensively to gain actionable insights across the value chain to enable companies to transition to low-carbon business processes. This way, businesses can proactively identify the carbon impact at the beginning of the product lifecycle instead of reactively after a product has been produced.鈥�

Today, 麻豆原创 customers generate some 87% of total global commerce (USD46 trillion, or approximately RM192 trillion) while 99 of the world鈥檚 100 largest companies are 麻豆原创 customers. Meanwhile, 80% of the world’s SMEs are 麻豆原创 customers.

At the event, 麻豆原创 customers also shared their digital transformation 鈥榖est practices鈥� which had resulted in greater productivity and operational efficiencies with DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad and IOI Corporation Berhad cited as an 鈥榠ndustry best practices鈥�.

In Malaysia, 麻豆原创 has numerous customers from various industries with a 鈥榗ustomer first鈥� approach transcending people, processes and platforms, especially cloud platforms.

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