October 26, 2022

HAI ROBOTICS exhibits HAIPICK A3 Fork-lifting ACR for the first time in Southeast Asia during LogiMAT Intelligent Warehouse

SINGAPORE, Oct. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HAI ROBOTICS, the pioneer in Autonomous Case-handling Robot (ACR) systems for warehouse logistics, is making waves at the 2022 LogiMAT Intelligent Warehouse, exhibiting its latest fleet of ACRs and HAIPORT-powered workstations. Taking center stage is the HAIPICK A3 Fork-Lifting ACR, newly introduced in Southeast Asia, as well as the telescopic HAIPICK A42T.

Founded in Germany, LogiMAT, the International Trade Show for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management, has expanded its reach to Thailand and surrounding countries this year for the first time with LogiMat Intelligent Warehouse.

Taking place in Bangkok from October 26th-28th, the event serves as a platform for businesses looking to expand in the Southeast Asian market.

“This is one of the biggest showcases of warehousing solutions yet in Southeast Asia,” said Will Fan, Sales Director SEA, Middle East & Hong Kong. “We look forward to demonstrating how our robotics systems can solve manpower issues, especially after Covid.”

With up to 5.5m (18 feet) picking height, the newly introduced HAIPICK A3 Fork-Lifting ACR greatly improves storage space utility and adaptability to manufacturing operations:

Flexible picking- Including trays, tires, foam boxes, etcetera, meeting different manufacturing industries’ needs (especially within Southeast Asia’s manufacturing sector).
Flexible Integration- Software platform integrates with most upstream software platforms for orchestrating and automating warehousing and manufacturing processes.
CE/NTRL certification- Ensuring safe and reliable use.

The HAIPICK A42T Telescopic ACR is also standing out, with its capability of picking and storing plastic totes and carton boxes up to 10m high (32.8 feet).

A shortage of manpower is affecting Southeast Asia’s manufacturing industry in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Foreign recruitment freezes, border controls, and quarantines across the region have significantly reduced migrant workers available for manufacturing. These challenges are pushing companies to start adopting automated warehouse solutions.

Fan said, “We’ve served clients in several sectors, especially in e-commerce and manufacturing. Our logistics solutions and services expertise can help enterprises in the region overcome challenges and find global success. From our regional headquarters in Singapore, we’ll continue working with our partners to provide warehouse solutions through any challenges.”

Fan continued, “Our automation projects are also backed by comprehensive after-sales services. Let us show you how automation reduces dependency on people, reduces costs, and increases efficiency in your business.”

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October 26, 2022

California City is First to Ask for a Free Secular Democratic Republic in Iran: Pinole City Council Declares Support for Human Rights in Iran

The Only Iranian-born Mayor in U.S., Vincent Salimi Says Pinole is the First U.S. City But It Won’t Be the Last

Mayor Vincent Salimi

PINOLE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, the City of Pinole in California issued to a standing ovation the first proclamation in the USA “asking for a Free Secular Democratic Republic in Iran, and In Support of Human Rights in Iran, Including the Immediate Cessation of Human Rights Abuses on the Demonstrators in Iran and the Immediate Release of Political Prisoners in Iran.”

The proclamation affirms the City of Pinole’s support for human rights in Iran, including equal rights for women, the LGBTIA community, and minorities and the end of apartheid against women and targeted religious, nonreligious and cultural minorities. Through the proclamation, the City Council strongly condemns the brutal murder of Mahsa Amini and asks for the immediate cessation of human rights abuses against the Iranian people and also asks for a free, secular, democratic, republic of Iran where everyone can live freely and prosper regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, beliefs, and religion.

Pinole Mayor Vincent Salimi is the only Iranian-born American mayor in the United States. The Mayor stated, “All politics start at the local level. Pinole might be the first American city asking for a free secular democratic republic in Iran, but it will not be the last. Many more cities will adopt this proclamation, and it will impact the American foreign policy.”

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vincent@ci.pinole.ca.us
510-230-9207

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October 26, 2022

Accruent Recognized as Technology Leader in SPARK Matrix: Integrated Workplace Management Systems, 2022

The Quadrant Knowledge Solutions annual report provides competitive analysis and ranking of the leading IWMS vendors

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Accruent, the leading provider of solutions to unify the built environment, today announced that it has been recognized for its strong technology and commitment to customer impact in the 2022 SPARK Matrix for Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) published by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions. The annual report includes a detailed analysis of global market dynamics, major trends in IWMS, the vendor landscape, and competitive analysis and strategic information to assist with vendor evaluation.

The SPARK Matrix report analyzed the suite of Accruent IWMS products, which include cloud-based and on-premises CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems) for optimizing facility and asset maintenance, workplace management solutions for corporate and higher education institutions, real estate lifecycle management software, and IoT remote monitoring with alarms management and predictive maintenance for facility systems and assets.

The report highlighted Accruent’s ability to integrate with emerging technologies such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) and real-time location systems (RTLS) that help organizations manage workplace and assets end-to-end, increasing organizational efficiency. It also noted Accruent’s comprehensive technological roadmap for its IWMS platform, which includes enhancing its existing capabilities and investing in various emerging technologies.

Several key attributes led to Accruent’s strong position in the Spark Matrix, including its reporting capabilities across its IWMS solutions for such critical tasks as managing labor, inventory and spare parts maintenance, work order management, maintenance history, asset lifecycles and equipment depreciation. Also noted was the fact that Accruent’s solutions are highly configurable, meaning that users can create workflows and reports that best support their objectives without needing consultants to build out and maintain these important sources of information.

Accruent’s IWMS Suite

Accruent’s best-in-class software solutions are designed to drive effortless customer experiences, maximize business growth, and help businesses unlock the full potential of their people, facilities, and workplaces.

vx Observe IoT asset monitoring and control enables organizations to predict asset failure, lessen equipment downtime, and reduce maintenance budgets. In addition, vx Observe for energy management helps identify and correct high energy use so organizations can lower greenhouse gas emissions and deliver energy efficiencies.
FAMIS 360 The comprehensive CMMS offers automated preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance processes so organizations can handle more work requests, reduce downtime, and increase employee productivity — all without straining resources.
Lucernex The real estate lifecycle software is a full management solution, from site planning to construction to lease administration. It ultimately helps users mitigate risk, achieve compliance, understand market conditions, manage new location construction, and integrate contracts, site planning, project management, and transactions for insight into their entire real estate portfolios.
EMS The desk and room scheduling software minimizes administrative effort by reducing the steps needed to manage a space or resource reservation. Users can efficiently create and approve reservations and services, generate and distribute reports, and more ― delivering greater business efficiencies.

“At Accruent, we strive to develop comprehensive software solutions that can help users and decision-makers streamline various IWMS functions from one centralized solution,” said Richard Leurig, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Accruent. “The SPARK Matrix report acknowledges Accruent as a leader in technology excellence and customer impact, and we will continue to help our customers increase business productivity, maximize efficiency, and lower costs with our IWMS solutions.”

Learn more at Accruent.com.

About Accruent

Accruent (www.accruent.com) is the world’s leading provider of solutions for unifying the built environment — spanning real estate, physical and digital assets, and the integrated technology systems that connect and control them. Accruent continues to set new expectations for how organizations can use data to transform how they manage their facilities and assets. With U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas, and European headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Accruent serves over 10,000 customers in a wide range of industries in more than 150 countries worldwide.

About Quadrant Knowledge Solutions

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions (https://quadrant-solutions.com) is a global advisory and consulting firm focused on helping clients as a strategic knowledge partner in achieving business transformation goals with Strategic Business and Growth Advisory Services. Quadrant’s research and consulting deliverables are designed to provide comprehensive information and strategic insights for helping clients formulate growth strategies to survive and thrive in ever-changing business environments.

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October 26, 2022

Asia gets mixed marks amid ‘global rule of law recession’

South Korea has overtaken Hong Kong in terms of adherence to the rule of law, according to a new report, and now falls just short of Asia’s best-ranked jurisdictions, Japan and Singapore, but still far ahead of regional laggards China, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Myanmar and Cambodia, meanwhile, remain mired in the bottom 10 of 140 countries, with Cambodia ahead of only last-place Venezuela amid what the report’s authors call a “global rule of law recession.”

“Globally, 4.4 billion people live in countries where rule of law has declined over the past year,” the World Justice Project says in its 2022 Rule of Law Index. It notes that “adherence to the rule of law fell in 61% of countries this year” for a fifth-straight year of global decline.

The index is built using surveys the Washington-based watchdog says were completed by more than 150,000 people, including experts and regular citizens. The group says it measures eight factors: constraints on government power, corruption, open government, rights, order and security, regulatory environment, civil justice and criminal justice.

For the second-straight year, Denmark and Norway topped the index, with scores of 90 and 89 out of a possible 100, followed closely by Finland (87) and Sweden (86), who traded places since last year, and the Netherlands, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Germany (all 83).

But the story is not so rosy elsewhere.

In Asia, Japan (79) and Singapore (78) top the index, in the 16th and 17th places overall, with South Korea (73), in 19th place, now ahead of Hong Kong (73) in 22nd place. But the next best is 55th-placed Malaysia (with a score of 57), followed by Mongolia (54), Indonesia (53), Thailand (50), Vietnam (49), China and the Philippines (47).

Languishing in the bottom 10 is ninth-worst Myanmar (36) and Cambodia (31), which ranks ahead of only last-place Venezuela (26).

The report notes the rule of law score decreased in Myanmar by 7.7% since last year, as well as by 2.8% in Hong Kong, 2% in Cambodia and less than 1% in China. Vietnam, it notes, was among a minority to improve, having increased its score by less than 1% since 2021.

While the speed of the declines has slowed since the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise of authoritarianism and political violence means rule of law “has continued to crumble,” Alejandro Ponce, chief research officer at the World Justice Project, says in the report.

“Together, these circumstances reflect the weakening of institutional mechanisms needed to uphold accountability, to ensure the just enforcement of laws, and to protect human rights,” Ponce says, calling for leaders to do more “to prevent the arbitrary exercise of power.”

October 26, 2022

‘Fake News’ damages the work of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security is warning individuals not to take advantage of the way it handles cases by spreading fake economic and financial news.

Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. To An Xo, told the Vietnam News Agency on Monday that in the past ‘bad elements’ had taken advantage of his agency to generate fake news and spread lies about the companies involved.

One example of fake news was a story that the ministry was planning to investigate and prosecute cases involving some of Vietnam’ largest corporations and economic enterprises, which turned out to be completely untrue,

In the past, the Security Investigation Agency, which works under the Ministry of Public Security, has examined numerous cases and arrested company leaders.

The cases include a U.S. $172 million scandal during which the price of COVID-19 test kits was inflated by the Viet A Joint Stock Company.

In June police arrested three officials for taking kickbacks for the overpriced COVID kits: former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long; former Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh and former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac were expelled from the Communist Party and removed from their other positions.

The Security Investigation Agency has also looked into allegations of corruption at the FLC Group Joint Stock Company; the Tan Hoang Minh Group Joint Stock Company; and the An Dong Investment Group Joint Stock Company.

FLC group chairman Trinh Van Quyet, was charged with stock market manipulation, after failing to tell authorities he planned to sell 74.8 million shares in January and offloaded his holdings before releasing the paperwork.

The chairman of property developer Tan Hoang Ming was arrested for allegedly “fraudulently appropriating assets.”

The agency also investigated Do Anh Dung, chairman of the board of Tan Hoang Minh Group and arrested Truong My Lan – Chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Group both on fraud charges.