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These are the lifestyle trends that will be shaping the hospitality industry in the next 12 months, according to Muriel Muirden, a renowned hotel designer and trend forecaster.

This blog is the third part of a 3-blog series.

Part 1 - Get Social

Part 2 - Get Innovated

Recruitment is a series of challenges that the HR department has to continually solve, from sourcing candidates to screening, interviewing, choosing the best fit and persuading them to accept the offer. Each challenge can be solved, but how well depends on organisations’ willingness to look at each group of candidates and do the following as it pertains to the successful recruitment of each group’s members: 1) keep the effective solutions, 2) stop the ineffective ones and 3) start new strategies. This is called the K-S-S method.

This blog is the second part of a 3-blog series.

Part 1 - Get Social

Recruitment is a series of challenges that the HR department has to continually solve, from sourcing candidates to screening, interviewing, choosing the best fit and persuading them to accept the offer. Each challenge can be solved, but how well depends on organisations’ willingness to look at each group of candidates and do the following as it pertains to the successful recruitment of each group’s members: 1) keep the effective solutions, 2) stop the ineffective ones and 3) start new strategies. This is called the K-S-S method.

Recruitment is a series of challenges that the HR department has to continually solve, from sourcing candidates to screening, interviewing, choosing the best fit and persuading them to accept the offer. Each challenge can be solved, but how well depends on organisations’ willingness to look at each group of candidates and do the following as it pertains to the successful recruitment of each group’s members: 1) keep the effective solutions, 2) stop the ineffective ones and 3) start new strategies. This is called the K-S-S method.

Nucleus Research, one of the market-leading technology research and analysis firms, periodically issues a special report – Technology Value Matrix – to evaluate and rate ERP vendors and products.

We are on the verge of the Fourth Revolution of industrial manufacturing on a global scale. The First Revolution witnessed the era of mechanisation thanks to the invention of steam engine. The Second Revolution was characterised by electric-powered assembly line and mass production.

The Third Revolution introduced automation and information technology into factories. And the Fourth Revolution promises to deliver full integration of latest disruptive technologies such as A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), big data, and Internet of Things.

A global survey by EY, which gathered data from 1,000 finance executives in businesses with revenue greater than US$500 million, finds that the level of CFO’s confidence in their corporate reporting is significantly lower than last year.

Infor SunSystems is a comprehensive financial management solution combining technological innovations and usability with a depth of functionality achieved through decades of practical application. Not only does it deliver real-time financial and operational reporting and analysis; but it also helps businesses make better decisions and react quickly to potential issues with proactive alerting capabilities.

There is no question that supply chain management is critically important. And this is especially true for the healthcare industry. Studies indicate that supply chain administration cost is the second largest operational expenditure of most healthcare institutions in the US, surpassed only by labour cost. The healthcare supply chain is also more complex and demanding than most industries’.

Koch Industries, one of the largest private companies in the US, is pouring US$2.5 billion into Infor, which is also privately held and selling enterprise applications such as ERP, financial management, and retail management solutions. Infor is currently one of the world’s largest ERP vendors, along with SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft.