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Fulfilment and warehousing in 21st century

Nattapume Pavaratn, executive committee member and senior vice president at JWD InfoLogistics, said there were many pain points in doing business, including finding the right sales channel and managing operational costs.

Nattapume, who is also president of Warehouse Silo and Cold Storage Business Association, said consumers feeling toward brands poses a challenge to businesses.

To tackle these challenges, he advised entrepreneurs to improve warehouse management and be flexible so they can fulfil consumers demands effectively. He also advised small business owners to adopt technology as it can solve their pain points effectively.

"Even though technology can help entrepreneurs with warehouse management, they should pay attention to many factors, such as business size and investments," he said.

He also asked entrepreneurs to pay attention to the environment as green economy is part of the 21st centurys megatrends, along with robotic automation, fintech, data-driven business and e-commerce.

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Jamie Ko, director of regional public affairs and policy at Grab, said the digital economy has brought benefits and opportunities to entrepreneurs, especially when it comes to seeking customers.

Since Southeast Asias digital economy has grown significantly during the Covid-19 crisis, she said, entrepreneurs should collaborate with partners to gain maximum benefits from the digital economy.

The question is how do we work together across all stakeholder groups to gain benefits from the digital economy, she said.

E-commerce, cross-border impact on Asean logistics industry

Cecile Barayre-El Shami, chief of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)s Digital Economy Capacity-Building Section, said many e-commerce platforms had benefited during the pandemic.

She explained that e-commerce sales have increased exponentially from US$2.5 trillion in 2019 to $3.9 trillion in 2021, with the top three platforms being Alibaba, Amazon and jd.com.

She went on to say that Asean countries are working on e-commerce development, focusing on cross-border trade, business facilitation and consumer satisfaction by 2025.

However, she added, many countries in the region are less ready to engage in and benefit from e-commerce, such as internet access, logistics, skills availability and government strategies.

To make digital trade more sustainable and inclusive, she said, Asean countries should develop affordable and reliable ICT connectivity, build digital skills to ensure everybody can access digital trade, and improve regulatory framework and measurement.

"E-commerce ecosystem needs cooperation from every sector, such as government, digital commission and non-governmental organisations," she said.

Collaboration at the heart of e-commerce logistics

Behzad Goudarzian, logistics manager of the United Arab Emirates supply chain solutions provider ISS Global Forwarding, said collaboration is the heart of e-commerce logistics.

He said all sectors, including consumer, marketplace, vendor, international freight, customs clearance, fulfilment and delivery, should work together, otherwise the operation would face difficulties.

"All gears should relatively move on the same page. If one gear stops, all gears will stop, he said.

He also advised related agencies in e-commerce and logistics industries to focus more on data integration, ease customs procedures, streamline processes and use trusted digital payments.

Meanwhile, Pravin Shetty, ISS Global Forwardings regional IT manager, said technology also plays an important role in the e-commerce and logistics industries as they can facilitate many issues, such as system integration, secure transactions and risk mitigation.

He advised related agencies to apply four technologies to e-commerce and logistics operations, namely application programming interface, blockchain, internet of things and big data.

"Related agencies should optimise rules, improve delivery, ensure that the country's infrastructure is in place and make use of equipment and resources," he said.

Time for logistics marketplace platform in Mekong region

Piyanoot Sumrith, president of the Thai Transportation & Logistics Association, said the Mekong region is well prepared for adopting the logistics marketplace platform.

She added that people were now familiar with online shopping, thanks to the Covid-19 crisis over the past two years, as well as the governments incentives, such as the Khon La Khrueng (Lets Go Halves) co-paying scheme.

Piyanoot, who is also managing director of the delivery service WeMove Platform, expects the logistics marketplace platform to meet customers demand once factors like logistics and customs procedures are made smoother.

"It's a good time to build the logistics marketplace platform as everything is ready, especially technology," she said.

James Marchant, chief logistics officer for Lazada Express (Thailand), said even though the Covid-19 crisis changed customers' behaviour, their expectation of the best service never changes.

He said it is only a matter of time before technology will play an important role in providing a different experience to customers, such as drones and robots.

There are many trends that continue accelerating, such as how fast and how cheaply you can deliver and how strong is your return process, he said.

Rachelle Alexis Lim, executive director of strategy and business development of payments platform 2C2P, said people preferred online shopping not just because of convenience but also because their demands have changed.

Echoing Marchant, she said online adoption will help boost the marketplace's efficiency to provide experiences to customers, adding that many people preferred online payment instead of cash on delivery.

"Many businesses have shifted from traditional commerce to e-commerce even after the pandemic, she said.

The panellists also urged the government to collaborate with related agencies to develop a logistics marketplace platform in the Mekong region and address it from various aspects, such as easing customs procedures and promoting technology adoption for sustainable growth.

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Defence Science and Technology (DST) and the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) lead UKs involvement in all NATO science and technology activity, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and UK Government.

UK academia and industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises, are very welcome to engage in the many science and technology activities taking place in NATO, but their involvement must be coordinated through Dstl. Dstl chairs and runs various activities on behalf of NATO and need to act as sponsors for any UK entity that wishes to engage in NATO science and technology.

Contact Dstl at NATOAssistantCoordinator@dstl.gov.uk

The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) aims to meet the collective needs of NATO, NATO nations and partner nations in the fields of science and technology.

The 7 STO technical panels manage collaboration across a wide range of scientific research activities:

These panels comprise national representatives as well as world-class scientists, engineers and information specialists. In addition to providing critical technical oversight, they also provide a communication link to military users and other NATO bodies.

In any given year, more than 3,500 scientists and engineers from NATO and its partners are working on approximately 140 research activities being conducted by these technical teams. These activities all result in the publication of highly valued scientific literature published by the STO.

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ADOS GmbHdisplayed some of their latest gas measurement instrumentation used for a variety of applications such as ambient air monitoring, biogas production, emission control and flue gas analysis at the recent ACHEMA exhibition in Frankfurt. ADOS instruments are used worldwide, the company has built on a reputation for manufacturing and servicing reliable, precise analysers from their location in Aachen in western Germany since 1900.

At this years ACHEMA, ADOS exhibited a selection of their time-proven gas warning systems.

Due to the higher demand of renewable energies the worldwide demand for ADOS BIOGAS 401 and BIOGAS 905 biogas has risen significantly. The gas analysis specialists have also seen a steady rise in the flow of enquiries from the hydrogen/electrolysis sector.

The FlexADOS 914 is widely used in applications such as monitoring and controlling hazardous substance in warehouses. ADOS EX-proof GTR 210 EX sensors are also ubiquitous for these types of monitoring tasks. Both devices are SIL1 approved.

The FlexADOS 914 family also includes the FlexADOS 914 CP and FlexADOS 914 LON, which are used primarily for CO detection in underground carparks.

The connection of the corresponding gas transmitters is carried out via 4-20mA (type: 592 TOX) respectively LON-Bus-Technik (type: TOX 914 CO LON).

The FlexADOS 914 MED and GTR 210 MED are enclosed in a rugged housing for operation in harsh environmental conditions and have the requisite approvals to be operated on ships or in LNG terminals.

These cutting-edge devices are supported by over a century of experience in industrial gas analysis and visitors to ACHEMA enjoyed the opportunity to learn how to improve their commitment to environmental compliance effectively and efficiently

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Equitable access to reliable and cost-effective technology will go a long way to promote teaching and learning in a more sustainable manner and ensure than no one is left behind, the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana,Mrs Elsie Addo Awadzi, has said.

Speaking at the launch of the 25thyear anniversary of the University of Ghana, she said the pandemic underscored the importance of constant investments in the future to build resilience and strong safety nets in order to reduce inequities and exclusion from our socio-economic development efforts.

Emerging from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new emphasis on Nurturing resilience: Adopting technology, and embracing humanism, is welcome and in the right direction, she said.

Mrs Awadzi emphasised that technology enabled the adaptations that were necessary to reduce the fallout from the pandemic including the impact on teaching and learning, existing gaps in access to technology introduced disparities in the extent to which some were able to cope with disruptions from the pandemic.

We must modernize how we teach relevant subjects. What technological facilities can we deploy to teach them more effectively? How can we take advantage of technological advancements to provide relevant skills for students? How can we attract the best experts and practitioners from home and abroad to help with cutting-edge research and teaching in innovative ways? she stressed.

Mrs Awadzi said students who had no access to electronic devices and/or had no access to cost-effective and reliable internet connectivity to support their online learning were suddenly facing new hurdles in pursuing their educational dreams.

The Second Deputy Governor lauded the university for its recently launched One Student, One Laptop (1S1L) programme, where about 120 students had been provided laptops, deserves applause.

Mrs Awadzi entreated corporate bodies and well-meaning Ghanaians to support the initiative to ensure that all needy students received the support.

As we prepare to start a year of much-deserved celebrations to mark this important milestone, it is imperative that we look into the future with new ways of thinking and pursuing our vision and goals, she said.

The Second Deputy Governor stressed The pursuit of world-class excellence should be a moving target, and as times change, that vision should be calibrated to deliver outcomes that keep this great institution relevant.

Mrs Awadzi said The pandemic taught us the benefit of resilience, preparation, and adaptability. Resilient organisations anticipate change, prepare for change by making adequate investments in systems that will help to deal with such changes, and adapt effectively to change.

She said the University of Ghanas Vice Chancellors bold and audacious vision to create a culture that promotes research, teaching and learning, administrative processes and extension activities driven by technology and anchored in humanism was commendable.

Mrs Awadzi commended University of Ghana for the role it had played in the countrys development, saying the University had produced academics who had contributed diversely for the country economic development.

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Improved satisfaction for staff is linked to better technology adoption according to research from Netwealth.

The platforms 2022 AdviceTech Report, done in conjunction with CoreData,indicated that most advice firms use an average of 14 technologies in their practice, with most staff using it at least daily.

Around 78 per cent of those surveyed agreed that an integrated tech stack the seamless combination of related tech systems improves staff satisfaction.

Additionally, the research found superior technology is required for hybrid home-office environments, while training processes that include ample time to learn the software should part of any tech implementation strategy.

The aim of the study was to identify the impact technology has on staff, noting how entwined email, Microsoft Teams, investment platforms, payroll systems and customer relationship management (CRM) systems are on operations.

Netwealth managing director Matt Heine said technology isnt considered enough when it comes its impact on staff satisfaction.

When we think about improving staff satisfaction, our focus often turns to increasing pay, improving staff culture, giving more leave or providing other employee benefits, he said in a media release regarding the findings of the study.

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While some technology (like Microsoft Office) is industry agnostic, advisers rely on job-specific platforms and CRM systems which often have their own pros and cons.

Recent research from Investment Trends found advice firms use an average of three platforms and industry feedback indicated there isnt enough standardisation to support using multiple systems.

Additionally, many tech players in the advice space have looked to M&A to build scale in an industry with tight margins, including Netwealth.

The Covid-19 pandemic has only heightened client expectations for technology due to other professions like doctors and accountants being flexible with their communication media.

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With the market in its current state, Heine said the research identified several tactics firms can adopt to improve their tech usage.

He noted firms should consider simplifying their core advice tech, use integration tools or even reducing the number of tools they use.

The first of these is for advice firms to consider supporting their hybrid working arrangements with the right technology, such as VPNs, as well as proper IT support.

The research found only 36 per cent of staff consider themselves masters of the tech they use while only 56 per cent feel they receive appropriate training.

The other obvious tactic is to give staff more training on technology, access to how-to videos as well as giving them just more time in their day to play around and learn about the tools, Heine said.

The report surveyed 303 advice firms between 13 April to 19 May 2022.

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Since the dawn of time, methods have existed for training employees to perform new or unfamiliar tasks. From facilitating mentorship between highly competent colleagues and other employees to developing user manuals for technical skills, most companies already have the resources necessary to train their workforce.

But the question arises: Why are companies now choosing to develop new-era on-the-job training programs?

Adaptability is crucial in the modern business world. New platforms, markets and technologies appear to emerge every quarter, making each new venture risky, because the environment is susceptible to change at any moment.

A rise in the number of employees working remotely or through a hybrid model has necessitated these rapid changes in the workplace and industries. Even if a company can adjust its goals and strategy to accommodate these changes, it is an entirely different challenge to ensure that its employees have the skills necessary to adapt rapidly.

Related: 6 Ways to Keep Your Employees Learning At Work

Companies incorporate technology into training programs in a variety of ways. Three of the most innovative include:

Opening up future-oriented education to all:

Offering free training via the internet is part of a larger movement to make information readily available and empower individuals to determine their futures. From Khan Academy to YouTube tutorials, it is evident that the internet is revolutionizing education, particularly skill-based education.

Companies have noted this change. They have begun offering skill-based training programs to talented individuals outside the organization.

TheSoul Publishing is an example of a company that has previously opened up its on-the-job training programs to offer educational experiences to everyone. It transformed its internal Boost Academy into three future-focused camps open to the public. This allowed TheSoul to provide practical training methods that have helped individuals learn skills such as social media management, animation and video production.

Immersive technology:

Immersive training utilizes the power of next-generation technology to develop human-centered on-the-job training programs. They are individualized and do not assume that all employees learn in the same manner and at the same rate.

Immersive technologies combine the physical and digital worlds, including virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). This technology enhances the elements of the most effective forms of on-the-job training, such as gamified online platforms and demonstrator videos aimed at particular skills.

Additionally, VR and AR experiences increase employee engagement to new heights. Employees participate in a hands-on, practical manner by manipulating objects in a digital environment. Thus, employees can perform tasks independently while being permitted to make mistakes from which they can learn and enhance their skills.

Remote onboarding:

A 700-page training manual with a mile-long table of contents may be exhaustive, but it is not engaging for employees.

Another complication is that it is becoming increasingly common for new employees to be onboarded without ever setting foot in a company's office if the company even has a physical office space. Companies have started re-onboarding employees in response to the rapid technological change occurring across all industries to ensure they can utilize the new technologies they have implemented.

Companies can make training significantly more engaging, exciting and digestible by leveraging the dynamic and integrated nature of the latest tools. Employers can ensure employees are truly absorbing and contextualizing content by incorporating entertaining and informative videos and gamification into their programs.

Related: Gamified Training: An Infallible Way For Employee Engagement

Workforces become progressively more flexible:

New technology permits the company-wide implementation of more effective training programs. Digital methods for teaching employees skills are significantly less expensive than traditional, pre-pandemic methods.

A workforce can become flexible and adaptable to whatever the business world throws at it if training is facilitated at the level of the individual employee and the entire organization.

When you have well-trained employees, the attitude that "this is not really part of my job" will disappear. Although you shouldn't train each employee to do everything, training can expand an employee's capabilities beyond the minimum requirements of their initial role. When it comes to unfamiliar tasks, the "no-can-do" philosophy disappears. Instead, employees ask, "Where can I learn how to do this?"

Then a new issue arises: Employees wonder, "Will my boss be upset if I take the time to educate myself?" Therefore, companies must foster an environment in which employees are encouraged and empowered to pursue additional on-the-job training so that employees feel comfortable acquiring new skills. It produces long-term benefits for both the employer and the employee.

Progress evaluation is streamlined:

When it comes to ensuring that employees comprehend complex technical procedures, adhere to essential guidelines and comply with health and safety protocols, companies must do more than simply provide lengthy documents and assume that employees will retain all the information.

This information must be assimilated thoroughly. Companies must determine whether employees have comprehensively understood the topic. Using technology's adaptability, companies can evaluate an employee's progress in real-time using multimedia tools such as games, quizzes and videos. The company can then determine if the on-the-job training was effective or if modifications are required.

Related: Where to Deploy Innovative Tech to Create a More Flexible, Engaging Organization

Employers must adopt the philosophy that if you continue to train, teach and develop your employees, you will always have the most qualified candidates in the roles this is especially beneficial if the company's industry makes it challenging to recruit skilled workers.

On the other hand, this type of philosophy is also attractive to potential employees who not only want to get paid, but also want to develop their own sets of skills via the on-the-job training opportunities the company provides. Improving and expanding access to skill-based training will always benefit both employers and employees.

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AUT has asked four faculties to reduce staff levels by between 30 and 50 each. Another 80 general staff are also set to lose their jobs. Photo / Michael Craig

Students and staff at Auckland University of Technology are anxious about their futures after the university proposed cuts to jobs and courses.

AUT has outlined plans to cut 150 academic staff and 80 general staff, with the changes taking effect in November.

David Sinfield, a senior lecturer in art and design, said he was "in the firing line" but would not know of his fate for at least four to six weeks.

"It's extremely stressful and worrying. Everybody that I know of at AUT other than the Deans and the VC office are all in the same position of not knowing whether they will have a job at the end of the year."

Sinfield, who is the AUT branch president for the Tertiary Education Union, had been at the university for 17 years, and said this was his third round of restructuring.

"I know many people that have been there for 20 years plus, so there's a lot of people that have given their lives and their careers to AUT. And to be treated like this is actually appalling, in my view."

He said academic staff had adjusted to increased workloads, online teaching and other pressures during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"There are a lot of staff that are extremely exhausted from doing that over Covid. And to be faced with this now is really a kick in the teeth."

AUT Vice Chancellor Damon Salesa said yesterday that the proposed restructure was driven by a large fall in international student numbers, rising inflation and other economic pressures.

Universities New Zealand CEO Chris Whelan said New Zealand universities were facing the "perfect storm": flat domestic student numbers, hugely reduced international student numbers, and high inflation.

"Every university is balancing the same challenges right now wanting to retain as much of their workforce as they can for the time when we do get the students back but having to get through a period of time.

"We don't know whether it's three years, we don't know whether it's five years, we don't know whether it's longer, but basically reducing costs now, by a small amount, means that we avoid larger cuts later on."

The borders reopened on July 31, but it was not known how many international students would return or how quickly.

"We know that numbers are not going to be for 2023 anything like they were pre-Covid," Whelan said. "It's going to take time for students to come back in some cases just the flights are not available yet. There are countries like China, which have yet to fully open up and allow their students to travel."

Seven out of eight of the universities had already reduced staff by a total of around 700 during the pandemic, mostly on a voluntary basis. Massey University began a restructure in August which the union says could affect another 150 jobs.

Tertiary Education Union national president Tina Smith said AUT's latest restructuring did not necessarily foreshadow further, broader cuts across the university sector.

As a relatively new university, AUT did not have the same financial reserves as more established institutions, she said.

It also has a relatively high rate of international students, meaning the border closures have had a greater impact on its financial situation.

Smith said many students were concerned about the proposed cuts and were trying to decide what they would do next year.

"These moves to cut staff are not encouraging students to stay or go to AUT. It is such a lose-lose situation."

AUT has asked four faculties to reduce staff by between 30 and 50 members: Design and Creative Technologies; Culture and Society; Business, Economics and Law; and Health and Environmental Sciences,

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Linklaters today announced that Nick Roudev will be joining the firm as Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) counsel in Dubai. Nick is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in TMT, artificial intelligence, electronic payments and data privacy law.

Nick has over 10 years of experience practising across North America, Europe and Asia. He joins Linklaters from Simmons & Simmons, where he has been a managing associate in their Digital Business team since 2019. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons Nick spent three years as a senior associate in the Allen & Overy TMT practice in London, preceded by four years in Toronto, Canada, as a technology lawyer with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, where Nick also completed his articling and was called to the Ontario bar.

Nick has extensive experience advising clients across the globe on various issues of electronic payments, artificial intelligence, telecom regulation, data privacy and intellectual property rights arising in the context of service and licensing arrangements, outsourcings, strategic collaborations, corporate M&A, digital wallets and acquiring and data commercialisation arrangements. Nick is recognised as an expert regionally, and has been most recently appointed to the technology and digital payments advisory group of the Digital Economy Courts in the DIFC.

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Just a few years ago, no one would have called the vacant land underneath Miamis elevated Metrorail particularly inviting, let alone transformative. But today, the city is reimagining this 10-mile corridor as a dynamic linear park: the Underline. The park will feature walking trails, biking infrastructure, and local art while also providing approximately 250,000 residents and 9 million transit users with free and contiguous high-speed internet.

While people often associate parks and other outdoor public spaces with escaping technology, the Underline is part of a growing movement to leverage community-centered technology to transform public spaces into more accessible, inclusive, and responsive community assets, as well as provide the vital public service of free high-speed internet and technical innovations for more residents. In a city like Miami, where over 30% of households lack internet access, the potential of utilizing public space to bridge the digital divide is especially ripe.

The Underlines recent Phase 1 opening in the half-mile stretch known as Brickell Backyard offers important lessons on the role technology can play in transforming public spaces and encouraging more residents to take part in civic life.

Public spaces have always served as hubs for gathering, forming bonds with neighbors, and forging attachments to place. At first, these critical functions dont seem to align with the role of technology in todays digitized society, which is often seen as a driving force of social division and loneliness. Increasingly, however, philanthropic and government institutions are recognizing the potential of embedding technology within public spacesnot only to increase residents access to technology, but also to bring more residents into public spaces, and therefore into the civic life of their neighborhoods and cities.

Philanthropic organizations like the Knight Foundation have been champions of using technology to connect people and places and pilot new innovations around civic engagement, climate, art, and more in public spaces. In 2019, the foundation provided the Underline with a $925,000 investment to create a technology master plan and hire a chief innovation officer and a chief operating officer. The public sector has also been a critical partner, with Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami, the state of Florida, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and others providing funding for the Underline for construction, park amenities, and features such as drinking fountains, bike repair stations, column signage, and Wi-Fi facilities.

Public and private sector actors cite the benefits of embedding technology in public space as a way to:

Achieving the citys mission of transforming the Underline into a new kind of civic commons equipped with community-centered technology wasnt easy. The Wi-Fi infrastructure has to withstand harsh weather conditions in the free-standing outdoor space, and our fiberoptics technology partner, Hotwire Communications, had to install multiple different access points across the 10-mile linear terrain. After two years of construction, we were able to configure the first phase of the park with 11 Wi-Fi access points designed to provide coverage for as many as 200 people per point.

The parks first phasea half-mile segment called Brickell Backyardopened in February 2021, and has since hosted over 1 million visitors and more than 120 free community programs. Friends of the Underline has also identified additional ways to embed technology within the park, including a new educational mobile app, Dig & Learn (developed by Miami Dade Colleges Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex), that engages visitors to learn about the areas rich cultural diversity, history, and natural assets. Weve also hired a chief innovation officer for the park to provide additional capacity for advancing our technology master plan, which outlines forward-looking goals for using technology for climate resilience, arts engagement, and other critical functions.

Miamis journey to create a new public and virtual civic commons is just beginning. We anticipate adding more than 75 access points throughout the 10-mile outdoor space to provide ubiquitous high-speed internet access and reach many more residents and transit users. Despite initial hurdles, the Underline is proof that big ideas can be mobilized, funded, and implemented in a way that evokes positive transformation for both underutilized urban spaces and members of the surrounding community.

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