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Upgrading smart ports to be safer and more efficient with 5G and 4L autonomous driving systems
Published on 04/11/2022
» Today, technology and the environment is a major focus area of many countries. In order to achieve carbon neutrality goals and respond to the global transition to “Green Economy and Society”, governments around the world have begun implementing new policies and harnessing innovative technologies to help upgrade existing structures and systems, including in the field of transport and logistics.
Big C hoping 'Big Point' will attract more shoppers
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 10/02/2022
» Big C Supercenter Plc is rebranding its customer relationship management (CRM) programme to attract more shoppers to its stores amid a higher cost of living.
Taking good care
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 21/06/2021
» As the head of Bayer's consumer health division in Southeast Asia, Alvin So is committed to improving people's lives. It's a big challenge given that more than half of the region's 655 million people lack access to healthcare products and health education.
Change on the menu
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 02/11/2020
» Food is among the necessities of life, and maintaining the complex supply chains that keep us all fed is a challenge at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. Covid-19 has also changed consumption behaviour, forcing companies of all sizes in the food and agriculture industry to rethink the way they do business.
Siam Piwat readies new sustainable model after virus crisis
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 14/05/2020
» The pandemic has stopped the traditional way of doing retail business, with social distancing, touchless options, hygienic cleaning and comprehensive information tracking becoming mandatory for most retailers.
TLAA expects sector growth of up to 5%
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 22/02/2019
» The Thai Life Assurance Association expects the sector to continue growing by 3-5% this year, with total premiums received of 648-650 billion baht, driven by domestic consumption, public investment in megaprojects and private investment.
Allianz eyes B2bn in first-year premiums
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 29/06/2018
» Allianz Ayudhya Assurance Plc has set its first-year premium target for the agent channel at 2 billion baht, and aims to drive up life and health protection products to 45% of the first-year premium.
Delivering success
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/12/2017
» Asia's first driverless trucks began operating in October at the ExxonMobil plant on Jurong Island in Singapore, while fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles are expected to get rolling on Great Britain's motorways next year. These are just some of the headline-making developments in the brave new world of transport being promoted by the likes of Google, Tesla, Uber and major vehicle manufacturers.
Cracking the condo rental nut
Business, Published on 11/08/2017
» 'In condominiums, everything appears fine on Airbnb's side, but all of the sudden the host tests you: 'OK, come in through the back door, and if anyone asks, you are my uncle or my nephew'," says Sean Conway, chief executive of San Francisco-based short-term rental management startup Pillow Residential.
Tech in logistics: threat, disruptor or differentiator?
Business, Published on 09/08/2017
» Technology has been rapidly changing the way we do business in the last few years across different industries. The Internet of Things (IoT) is now taking the form of the "Internet of Everything", and the effect has been experienced by the logistics industry too.