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SUMMARY:Productivity Outlook: Trends and Linkages
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis P-Talk shares the findings of the APO Productivity Outlook 2021\, a joint APO and Korea Development Institute (KDI) publication. \nProductivity gains in the manufacturing sector are essential in driving long-term sustainable economic growth regardless of a country’s stage of development. In this session\, KDI Senior Research Associate Daehong Kim highlights manufacturing labor productivity patterns of APO member economies. In-depth analysis of challenges and prospects for manufacturing productivity of seven APO members is presented. Dr. Siwook Lee\, Professor\, KDI School of Public Policy and Management\, elaborates on global value chains and ICT development\, the two crucial determinants of manufacturing productivity. Recommendations for policies to recover from pandemic-induced sluggish manufacturing growth are given. \nPlease click here to watch. \nSubscribe to our APO YouTube channel for more videos and updates on our activities. \nFor any inquiries\, please write to: p-talk@apo-tokyo.org.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/productivity-outlook-trends-and-linkages/
LOCATION:APO Secretariat
CATEGORIES:P-Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220415
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SUMMARY:Financing Energy Conservation for SMEs
DESCRIPTION:Energy efficiency and management are prominent tools under the APO’s Green Productivity framework to strengthen the triple bottom line of productivity\, human resources\, and environmental performance. Adopting energy-efficient practices has multifaceted benefits such as conservation of natural resources by reducing energy inputs at source\, fewer CO2 emissions for a given output\, decreasing energy bills\, and enhanced business performance. This cascades into improved energy productivity at national level and climate change mitigation. However\, the financial implications are challenging\, especially for SMEs\, as energy conservation projects mainly rely on technology upgrading to energy-efficient models and retrofitting\, which require initial investment. \nIn this P-Talk session\, Dr. Ali M. Syed elaborates on financial tools and mechanisms enterprises could utilize when undertaking energy conservation/energy productivity projects. Case studies and examples of approaches to overcome financial barriers show how to create win-win solutions for all stakeholders. \nPlease click here to watch. \nSubscribe to our APO YouTube channel for more videos and updates on our activities. \nFor any inquiries\, please write to: p-talk@apo-tokyo.org.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/financing-energy-conservation-for-smes/
LOCATION:APO Secretariat
CATEGORIES:P-Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220420T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220422T000000
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Customer Management Experience Using Data Analytics
DESCRIPTION:According to an article published in The Straits Times on 28 October 2020\, about 70% of the 575 SMEs surveyed in Singapore had not yet adopted data analytic solutions and services\, with many of them being familiar only with spreadsheets and databases\, suggesting a lack of awareness and understanding of advanced data analytics. In business today\, data are considered an asset as tangible as hardware and are at the heart of operations. SMEs therefore need to move away from applicationcentric to data-centric ways of doing business. They need to go beyond the mere collection of information and monitoring to real-time data analysis to extract maximum value and pass the results to\nkey decisionmakers as quickly as possible. \nA World Bank article published on 27 September 2021 reported that the service sector accounted for roughly 55% of GDP in developing countries and around 68% in developed countries. Customer experience management (CXM)\, which encompasses the processes used to track\, oversee\, and organize every interaction with customers throughout the engagement cycle\, is a critical component of business success. With various information coming from multiple customer touchpoints\, it is necessary to deploy appropriate\, systematic data analysis tools to enhance CXM to achieve the desired objectives. Successful CXM helps build and develop brands in the minds of customers\, ultimately leading to long-term relationships. Better experiences are very effective in increasing sales to new or existing customers. A satisfied customer will always create repeat sales and act as a wordof-mouth advertiser. CXM improves brand loyalty through positive customer interactions\, satisfaction\, and goodwill. In the long run\, these are assets for any company to build future growth. The customer experience can be maximized if data analytics are used appropriately. \nData analytic tools can be either qualitative or quantitative. This workshop will explain how those tools extract and separate useful data from unnecessary information and analyze them to reveal patterns and numbers that can help in making profitable changes. It will also discuss how data analytics predict customer trends and behaviors\, increase business productivity\, and lead to evidence-backed decisions. \nFor more details please click on PN.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/workshop-on-customer-management-experience-using-data-analytics/
LOCATION:Singapore
CATEGORIES:Projects
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220420T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220422T000000
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Foresight for SMEs
DESCRIPTION:In the current business environment\, which is volatile\, uncertain\, complex\, and ambiguous (VUCA)\, enterprises need to strategize not only to remain competitive and profitable but be resilient to overcome potential predictable and unpredictable threats. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is one such unanticipated occurrence\, which besides having serious implications for public health has significantly impacted businesses in almost all sectors. As reported in the APO Productivity Databook 2020\, the negative impact of the pandemic on economies was greater than that of the global financial crisis\, challenging businesses\, creating unemployment\, hurting the financial sector\, and jeopardizing asset markets. With the pandemic continuing\, there is a need to shift the focus to business continuity\, forecasting emerging trends\, and being future ready. \nTo deal with VUCA conditions\, enterprises need tools and methodologies to respond to future possibilities. The traditional way is to linearly extrapolate current trends without considering all factors\, which could lead to incorrect decisions. Considering volatility and uncertainties\, a paradigm shift is required to strengthen enterprises’ response\, from forecasting/planning to looking at a range of scenarios under potential uncertainties. \nForesight techniques are designed to address these issues\, enabling effective policymaking and strategy formulation within organizations to mitigate potential adverse effects. Those techniques include horizon scanning\, problem framing\, scenario planning\, visualizing barriers\, and other futurethinking techniques. \nThe APO has recognized foresight as a tool to address emerging trends\, disruptive global changes\, and an uncertain future. Various capacity-building initiatives on strategic foresight for public-sector organizations\, including a self-learning e-course\, training of trainers\, workshops\, and publication of a trainers’ manual\, have been undertaken. This workshop aims to expand the concept of strategic foresight to SMEs and enhance the capability of participants in guiding businesses to become agile and identify new challenges and opportunities generated by events like the COVID-19 pandemic. \nFor more details please click on PN.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/workshop-on-foresight-for-smes/
LOCATION:Vietnam
CATEGORIES:Projects
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220422
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SUMMARY:Food-sector Innovations
DESCRIPTION:This P-Talk highlights innovative technologies available for SMEs in the food sector. Yusuf Tokdemir\, Agrifood Industry Specialist\, Turkey\, showcases successful examples of SMEs across the region and explains how to innovate and transform agri-food industry by adopting innovative technologies under Agriculture 4.0 such as the IoT\, blockchains\, AI and machine learning\, and cloud computing. He recommends how food-sector SMEs could leverage them for increasing their productivity and profitability in APO members. \nPlease click here to watch. \nSubscribe to our APO YouTube channel for more videos and updates on our activities. \nFor any inquiries\, please write to: p-talk@apo-tokyo.org.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/food-sector-innovations/
LOCATION:APO Secretariat
CATEGORIES:P-Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220426T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220428T000000
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Innovative Public–private Partnership Models for Improving the Sustainability of Food Supply Chains
DESCRIPTION:Food-related business in Asia is increasingly becoming a more dynamic\, complex\, and highly competitive industry. Sociopolitical and environmental conditions\, market forces\, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic are compounding those challenges. To overcome them and stay competitive\, food businesses must improve and sustain their efficiency and overall productivity. \nConsidering the complex\, multifaceted challenges\, the public and private sectors engaged in the food industry need to collaborate more closely and leverage their resources to enable greater synergy. PPPs have emerged as important mechanisms for pursuing various development projects around the world\, particularly through the pooling of expertise and resources that might otherwise be limited. More cooperation through PPPs is needed to build productive\, sustainable food supply chains from farm to fork to benefit both producers and consumers. Examples of potential areas of PPPs that enhance the productivity of the agrifood sector include promoting smart\, digital agriculture and using quality agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizers. \nSeveral countries have adopted the PPP model for food-sector development and advances in agribusiness which benefited small farmers. One successful example is the ASEAN PPP Regional Framework (2016–2025) for Technology Development in the Food\, Agriculture and Forestry Sector that focuses on increasing collaborative investments in sustainable technology development\, adoption\, and dissemination throughout entire value chains (ASEAN\, 2017). \nIn this workshop\, the importance of PPPs for leveraging resources and generating investments for agribusiness support services and infrastructure will be explored. It will also assess the appropriate policy environment that creates the right conditions for mutually beneficial PPPs to flourish and bring together the interests of all parties in ways that are equitable\, transparent\, and sustainable. \n\nFor more details please click on PN.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/workshop-on-innovative-public-private-partnership-models-for-improving-the-sustainability-of-food-supply-chains/
LOCATION:Indonesia
CATEGORIES:Projects
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220426T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20220428T000000
DTSTAMP:20260502T074437
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SUMMARY:Workshop On Climate-Smart Agriculture Techniques and Practices
DESCRIPTION:The World Bank’s Groundswell report of 2021 found that climate change could force 216 million people worldwide to move within their countries by 2050 including 49 million in East Asia and the Pacific\, 40 million in South Asia\, and 5 million in Central Asia. This is due to loss of livability in highly exposed locations\, including agricultural production areas. \nAgriculture is one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change. Shifts\, instability\, and extremes of temperature and precipitation directly impact its productivity. Climate change makes it difficult for farmers to optimize water and soil conditions\, manage pests and weeds\, and maintain cultural practices that they have followed for generations. Agriculture is also one of the main sectors responsible for climate change. The OECD reported in 2019 that between 2007 and 2016\, it contributed approximately 12% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. \nTo protect against and mitigate climate change while producing more food for growing populations\, the adoption of CSA must be accelerated. The FAO defines CSA as an approach that helps guide actions to transform agrifood systems toward green\, climate-resilient practices which include three main objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change; and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions where possible. In practice\, CSA involves all aspects of agricultural materials and methodologies such as selection of crops and varieties\, adjusting water requirements\, preparation of land\, selection of culture practices\, and management of fertilizer and pesticide use. In the Asia-Pacific region\, the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) was established in 2014 as a platform for regional exchange\, particularly for sharing information\, experiences\, and expertise on CSA. \nThis workshop on CSA is part of the APO’s ongoing efforts to contribute to meeting the UN SDGs through Green Productivity (GP). The GP concept has been promoted by the APO for almost three decades to enhance productivity and simultaneously reduce negative impacts on the environment. This workshop will also provide a platform for leaders from the public and private sectors to examine the latest CSA techniques and practices in the Asia-Pacific. It will help decisionmakers to develop plans for R&D investment in CSA and introduce adaptive technologies in APO member countries. \nFor more details please click on PN.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/workshop-on-climate-smart-agriculture-techniques-and-practices/
LOCATION:Philippines
CATEGORIES:Projects
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220429
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SUMMARY:Micromobility and Productivity
DESCRIPTION:This P-Talk explores micromobility\, meaning electric lightweight vehicles\, and why it matters for improving productivity\, cutting emissions\, and increasing the quality of life for people in cities. Oliver Bruce from Micromobility Industries talks about the potential transformative impact of micromobility systems\, the opportunities they present for urban residents and manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific\, and use cases from around the world. \nPlease click here to watch. \nSubscribe to our APO YouTube channel for more videos and updates on our activities. \nFor any inquiries\, please contact: p-talk@apo-tokyo.org.
URL:https://www.apo-tokyo.org/event/micromobility-and-productivity/
LOCATION:APO Secretariat
CATEGORIES:P-Talks
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