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Madrid Indra, one of the world's leading global consulting and technology companies, has replatformed its Travel Management Suite (TMS) onto SAP's leading-edge cloud platform S/4HANA. It allows operating as a real-time enterprise with a single view of each guest. TMS will provide global, multi-property enterprises a single source of truth and visibility. SAP S/4HANA is an in-memory, fast relational database management system and it provides a platform that enables accelerated innovation and predictive experiences for hospitality.

SAP S/4HANA is an intelligent ERP suite designed specifically for in-memory computing. It is the digital core that connects a hotel enterprise with customers, business networks, the Internet of things, big data, and more. Through this migration, Indra is capable of enabling the world's largest and most complex hotel enterprises to take control and run a live business with Indra's TMS solutions on SAP S/4HANA.

With SAP S/4Hana, Indra will offer hotel enterprises the ability to:

"For the last three years we have been introducing Indra as an enterprise platform to support the global technology needs of hotel companies from property and back office to corporate solutions," said Bernardette Orallo, Global Head of Travel & Tourism at Indra: "With a single platform on which to run all PMS, CRS-Reservations, Events, Loyalty, SPA, Connectivity to OTA's and GDSs, Business Intelligence, CRM and other core property solutions, hotel enterprises have been able to attain a 'single view of the guest".

"Until now, hoteliers have never truly experienced the power of operating with a digital core," Orallo said, stressing that "think of SAP S/4HANA as the nerve center of your entire business. It consolidates internal and external elements into a single, living structure that goes beyond traditional ERP software. By connecting all your processes, you gain live information and insights, and seamlessly integrates your enterprise with the digital world at large".

In addition, "this is not just a technology upgrade. We are delivering all of our applications on top of a digital platform. Data is at the center of this platform and all applications ours or those from a third party. With Indra now running on S/4HANA, we will help transform hotel enterprises become data-driven businesses while giving them one of the fastest databases in the world", concluded Travel &Tourism division's Head.

Paul Pessutti, Global Head of Travel & Transportation @SAP, said: "We continue to partner very closely with Indra to bring world-class solutions to the hospitality industry. Our technology roadmaps are closely aligned and it is our mutual goal to help hoteliers reduce the complexity, and deliver a superior customer experience that meets the unique needs of the hospitality industry".

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Indra is one of the world's largest consultancy and technology multinationals, a leader in Europe and Latin America and is expanding in other emerging economies, with sales approaching 3,000 million, it employs 42,000 professional and has customers in 128 countries. At the core of Indra"s hospitality practice is its Travel Management Suite (TMS), built on the world-leading SAP technology platform. The TMS services all the business needs of a hotel chain or management company in one comprehensive system, hosted in the cloud or on-premise. It offers unsurpassed functionality for any business area, and it is open, configurable, scalable and modular. Hotels can start with any of the TMS modules and add-on as needed in the future, providing a more custom approach to enterprise management. Indra's "TMS for Hotels" suite provides modules for property management, events (sales & catering), point of sale, loyalty, spa, restaurant, purchasing, finance, etc. These modules can be added over time at the customer's convenience, leveraging the platform and implementation in place. For more information on Indra's hospitality practice, contact Connie Rheams at (214) 554-3851 or email her at crheams@indracompany.com.

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Temasek Management Services (TMS) has announced that TMS Academy, its integrated leadership development arm, and the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) will mergeeffective tomorrow (1 July 2017).

In a statement to Human Resources, TMS shared that the new organisation will retain the HCLI name and operate as a subsidiary of TMS, with Wong Su-Yen as the CEO.

The new HCLI with the ongoing support of the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) will offer an expanded portfolio of leadership development programmes for executives, ranging from emerging leaders to company directors.

Dr. Tan Chin Nam, chairman of TMS said, The new organisation launches at an opportune time, with Singapores focus on lifelong learning, upskilling and talent development. With a vibrant network of 35,000 partners and alumni and the synergies of TMS and HCLI coming together, the new HCLI is well positioned to further its mission of building Asian leaders who drive innovation and growth, here in Singapore and beyond.

Sunny Verghese, chairman of HCLIs board of directors added, Our goal is to be the leading centre of excellence for developing executive leadership and impactful knowledge, in, from and for Asia.

Apart from Verghese, directors of the new HCLI board are:

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So far in the bobs guide to treasury management systems series, weve looked at how organisations can determine whether they need a TMS, the kinds of systems that are available, and what treasury professionals should consider before making their selection. Now its time for the nitty gritty implementation.

As weve covered in previous instalments of the series, the importance of ensuring a new treasury system is properly implemented cannot be understated. Get it wrong and not only might the new software make everyday operations more cumbersome and less efficient, but the treasury team will be driven back to old systems, and the time and resources taken to install the solution will have been wasted.

You might have chosen the right system, but if its mis-implemented, or ill-implemented, then your user wont be able to use it. Theyll go back to the spreadsheet, says Dimos Dimitriadis, partner and founder of consultancy Treasury Technology Associates.

Its a concern shared by many of you when it comes to TMS implementation. In our treasury management systems survey among bobsguide readers, conducted earlier this year, difficulty integrating new solution seamlessly with existing systems emerged as the top concern about implementing a TMS, with 62% respondents selecting it, closely followed by cost, at 58%.

By working closely with the vendor, and a consultancy if necessary, treasury teams can ensure their new system is optimally configured for their everyday operations. But during this transitional period, which calls upon many different players with many different roles, how can treasury teams avoid disruption to their day-to-day operations? The first step is preparation.

How can my treasury team prepare for the TMS implementation process?

Before implementation even begins, treasury teams must organise which personnel are going to be involved, and who will work closest with the vendor during the process. We covered assembling a team in an earlier instalment of this series. The next step is establishing a relationship with the vendor.

Patrick Cannon, head of professional services and customer success for SaaS provider Reval, says that the key to successful implementation is to involve the vendors professional service team early in the pre-sales process. Engagement starts with an understanding and alignment of the clients vision, he says.

Corporate treasury teams need to have better alignment internally as well, he adds. [They need] a clear understanding and commitment to achieving the business goals in a deployment, top to bottom.

Where projects succeed or fail is measured by the organisations clarity of vision and designation of an executive sponsor there needs to be an internal counterpart to the vendor who works in step to achieving value in the relationship.

Mathilde Sanson, chief client officer at cloud treasury solutions provider Kyriba, says that assuming evaluation of the TMS is complete, and that an extensive list of requirements was identified during that stage, the implementation process will be smoother, guided with clear business requirements.

To prepare for a TMS implementation, she says, a treasury team should understand the strategic functions of the organisation that they wish to automate, where in their workflows they would benefit from increased financial controls, security, auditability.

She continues: Having their requirements understood by the implementation consultants will help to ensure the project is completed according to plan.

Cannon suggests a straightforward way of confirming mutual understanding of the project, and what it is expected to deliver: If I were part of a corporate treasury team, I would want professional services to articulate my vision back to me to make sure they understand what I want to achieve, and leave no stone unturned when it comes to functionality and what the system can do.

What are some setbacks we need to be prepared for?

With so many individuals from different teams involved in TMS implementation, and many moving parts in the system itself, its expected to hit a few obstacles on the journey. What should treasury teams expect, and how can they prepare for any setbacks?

Many project risks can be identified during the discovery process and mitigation plans can be made, Sanson says. Good communication and a prepared client-vendor team can resolve and smooth out most bumps on the implementation road.

For Cannon, sticking to project best practices, including open communication, regular status reports, and strong governance, is crucial for keeping the wheels moving. Dont underestimate the commitment to getting this right, he says.

Depending on the complexity of the system, and the nature of the organisation, it can take six, 12, even up to 18 months to fully implement a TMS. Theres a risk the project will lose momentum, that the project will take even longer, that it will be disruptive, and treasury teams could lose enthusiasm.

Sanson, like Cannon, recommends executive sponsorship and regularly scheduled status calls to ensure there is ongoing triage and prioritisation to meet goals.

She continues: A treasury team should expect to have a clearly defined process with key milestones and checkpoints identified to recognise progress and maintain quality controls.

Lars Schroeder, senior engagement manager at consultancy SkySparc, says that working with a consultancy can take some of the load off the treasury team during TMS implementation, particularly when it comes to testing.

We help with implementing the new system, by allowing our clients to learn the new system but without doing all the testing which can be boring for them, he says.

Five tips for avoiding disruption during TMS implementation:

Sanson has five tips for treasury teams looking to minimise disruption during TMS implementation:

Establish your team lead and main point of contact. This person should be able to validate processes against the state requirements, she says.

Ensure the initial discovery phase is a priority for your internal stakeholders. Having all the requirements agreed upon up front will greatly reduce day-to-day disruption.

Communicate frequently and clearly about reaching check points and expected milestones. Ensuring everyone on the treasury team understands what should be done and when will keep the project on track.

Set aside a time in the day that you can dedicate to the implementation. If you do this proactively, your meetings will be predictable and according to your schedule. If you cannot free up your staff from day-to-day roles then an external consultant should be hired to have the project move forward.

Enable your vendors implementation team to become your trusted partner. Not only will this increase productivity, but you will also gain more out of the process.

Schroeder says that the key to avoiding disruption is involving the vendor in a smart way, but it will depend on your size and ambition, and how much you want to outsource. If you are smart you can outsource the boring stuff and have your key people be involved in the interesting part.

As is the case with many things, preparation is key to minimising disruption during a TMS implementation project. Success in implementation will depend on assembling the best possible team, ensuring everyone on the team has a defined role, and good communication with the vendor throughout the project.

Missed the first three articles of the series? Catch up here:

bob's guide to treasury management systems: About to invest in a new system? Read this first bobs guide to treasury management systems: How financial professionals can prepare for GDPR bobs guide to treasury management systems: How to tell if its time to invest in a TMS

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The new Pokmon Go gym update has shaken up the meta in pretty incredible ways, but the biggest change is raids massive collaborative battles where trainers work together to bring down powerful Pokmon. Raids give players the opportunity to catch strong Pokmon and acquire powerful items like the Golden Razz Berry and for the first time in Pokmon Go history TMs. If that's news to you, here's what it means.

Truly competitive players in Pokmon Go focus on two things when choosing their gym attackers and defenders: their IVs or Individual Values and their moveset. IVs require a lot of testing, but the Silph Road has a streamlined way to test them, and IVs don't change as you evolve your Pokmon. Good IVs stay that way.

The same isn't true of movesets, which change as you evolve. So there's a chance when you finally evolve that perfect-IV Dragonair into a Dragonite, you'll end up with a less-than-stellar moveset, making it harder to use in gym battling.

That's where TMs come in. TMs, short for technical machines, will, for the first time, allow you to change the moves your Pokmon know, according to Pokmon Go Hub. You'll obtain TMs from raids, and they'll come in two flavors, fast and charged. Fast TMs are available to any trainer level 15 or above, and charged TMs are available to any trainer level 25 or above.

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As the names suggest, they'll either change the fast or charged move that your Pokmon currently knows when you use them. According to Pokmon Go Hub, you can use an unlimited number of TMs on your Pokmon until you get the moveset that you want. Hopefully this is the first step towards rebalancing battles so that more movesets are considered good. However we're content to settle for the guarantee that our Golden Magikarp won't be stuck with crunch forever once we evolve it.

Raids are here! See why they may be the key to legendary Pokmon. Find out how to determine how long it will take you to reach level 40, and see what we think of the Gen 2 Pokmon added to the game. Here are the kinds of Pokmon you get from 10-kilometer eggs, and here's where you can check out what you missed during the Water Festival and Solstice events. Find out more about the upcoming Chicago event and why you'll probably be able to catch Unown while you're there if you're not busy searching for rare evolutionary items, that is.

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Cana 'brain massage' battle the potentially life-threatening effects of depression?

That's the hope behind a relatively new treatment, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS for short), which is showing impressive results in the treatment of depression among test cases in the UK.

TMS sends magnetic pulses of low-level electric currentthrough specific parts of the brain, stimulating or suppressingthe cells and potentially so the theory goes changing their behaviour. It's been around for a while, but has only recently been fine-tuned;theNational Institute for Clinical Excellence backed TMS in 2015, recognising it as a safeand effective treatment for a range of disorders including neuropathic pain, de-personalisation syndrome, depression and addiction.

For Freddie Webster, 27,it's not an exaggeration to say TMS may have saved his life.

Ive battled depression for the past 10 years, combating it with drugs in the darkest moments when my thoughts turned to suicide, says the website designer from Surrey.

When I was first diagnosed with a depressive disorder the symptoms would begin with me feeling down about everything, having a bleak outlook, lacking energy but having heightened anxiety. Then I would descend into bouts of clinical depression. Id lose focus, I couldnt concentrate, my memory would suffer, it ruined relationships and jobs. Id have suicidal thoughts.

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Pokemon GO is slowly becoming the constantly evolving Alternate Reality Game title that it was promised to be when it was first introduced to the world over a year ago. Over the course of its first year,Pokemon GO has changed dramatically, removing features that werent functioning while adding content that is meant to both keep players engaged and bolster the apps functionality. Even amongst all the changes that have occurred within the game lately, though,Pokemon GOs latest patch is a different animal altogether, offering what is arguably the single-most impactful collection of updates in the history of the game.

Part of the reason the last update is so huge forPokemon GO is because it finally introduces a core mechanic from otherPokemon games Technical Machines, better known to veteran players as TMs. In the classicPokemon games, TMs teach Pokemon a specific move, giving trainers more control over their creatures and making specific kinds ofPokemon battles much easier with a little planning. InPokemon GO, TMs function a little differently, but theyre still a vital and useful tool worth embracing for those looking to hone the perfect gym sweeper lineup.

TMs are a reward from the newly-addedPokemon GO raid battles, so players who end up competing in the larger-scale fights in gyms will have the potential to acquire these items. There are two types of TMs Fast TMs, which teach moves that a player uses by tapping the screen in battle, and Charged TMs, which teach moves that a player uses by charging the meter in a battle and holding their finger on the phone screen.

Fast TMs drop fromPokemon GO gym raids for players level 15 and over. Ultimately, the official requirements for gym raids make it so that any participant will already be higher than level 15, so simply participating in a gym raid will give players the chance to acquire a Fast TM.

Charged TMs, on the other hand, only drop from gym raids that are level 25 or higher. This isthe minimum level for gym raids, meaning newer or less experienced players will still have to grind up to level 25 in order to have access to Charged TM drops as well as Fast TMs no matter what. Its possible the level requirements for these items dropping is related to the fact that Niantic is already testing level 5 raid battles presumably, if those get implemented later, TMs will not be available as rewards at such low levels.

TMs simply exist in the item bag and can be used on Pokemon whenever a trainer wishes. This does come with a caveat, though, and is the major difference between TMs in traditionalPokemon games and those that are found inPokemon GO the move they teach is assigned at random. Using a Fast TM will, of course, teach a Fast move no matter what, but trainers cannot choose which one they will receive.

That being said, there are a few rules that help narrow things down. A Pokemon will not learn a move from a TM that it couldnt already have, which typically limits the random move pool to about 4 moves for each move type. Furthermore, a Pokemon will never learn the same move it already had in its slot from a TM, so players wont have to worry about wasting a TM and getting nothing out of it.

Ultimately, the introduction of TMs allows trainers to have more control over the development of their Pokemon than ever before. This is particularly useful for those who have a high CP Pokemon that has an undesirable move for battle simply using TMs until the right move is learned will likely take less time than constantly grinding for a high-level variant of the creature in question with the desired move.

Pokemon GO is available now on Android and iOS mobile devices.

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One of the new features that Niantic has now added toPokemon Goare technical machines. TMs come in two types: Fast Training Machine and Charged Training Machine. Each item can be used to teach a new move to one of your Pokemon.Pokemon trainers are really excited about these new items, since theyve been waiting a long time for the ability to teach their Pokemon new moves.

According to Pokemon Go Hub, youll need to be at least level 15 to use a Fast TM, and at least level 25 to use a Charged TM. The Fast TM will teach your Pokemon a random fast move, and the Charged TM will teach your Pokemon a random charged move. Both TMs are among the new items that will drop after you win a raid battle. Raid battles are still in beta and you must be at least level 35 to participate in one. But starting at some point in July, raid battles will be available to everyone, and so will TMs.

Teaching your Pokemon a new move with a TM is pretty easy. First, just go to your bag, find the TM, and select it. At this time, your Pokemon screen will appear and you can scroll through and select the Pokemon that you want to use the TM on. You can only get moves that are currently available when youre using a TM. The Go Hub DB provides a nice list of TM-eligible moves here.

As far as which Pokemon you can use a TM on: the skys the limit. You can use as many TMs as you want on the same Pokemon, and you can use TMs on any level or gender. All Pokemon are eligible for TMs. But remember: youll always get anewmove when you use a TM on a Pokemon. There will be no chance of getting the same move you already have. And legacy moves are not among the current possible outcomes.

See photos and videos of what raid battles in Pokemon Go look like. The beta raids are available to level 35 players and up.

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Now we see the performance from the period beginning the first day of the current calendar or fiscal year up to the current date. The stock is noticeable among investors as EDAP reported favorable performance of 0.91%. This performance is known as YTD and it is useful for analyzing business trends or comparing performance data.

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You invest to earn a return on your money, but returns are not the only consideration. Risk and return are connected. Generally, the higher the risk of an investment, the higher the potential return. Here beta measures how the stock is doing compared to a given benchmark, such as the S&P TSX Composite Index. A beta of 1.0 tells you that a stock has been going up and down with the overall stock market. A stock with a beta between 0.0 and 1.0 has smaller ups and downs. A beta greater than 1.0 has wider price swings. Stocks with a negative beta are moving opposite to the index. When you invest in a stock, you could lose all of your money in some cases, more than you invested. Before you buy a stock, understand the risks and decide if they are risks you are comfortable taking. Currently EDAP TMS S.A. (EDAP) has beta value of 1.00.

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EDAP has a mean analyst rating of 2.00. This rating score is based on a 1-5 scale where a 5 would reveal a Strong Buy, a 4 indicates a Moderate Buy, 3 would equal to a hold, 2 means a moderate sell, and a rating of 1 would display a Strong Sell.

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