Kubuqi Model lauded by International Community as one Chinese Experience to comprehensive desertification control

The sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum was held from July 28 to July 30 in the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Participating guests from other countries visited Kubuqi and witnessed the successful practices of Kubuqi’s desertification control. The forum offered them better understanding of the Kubuqi Model. They believe that the Kubuqi Model will play an important role in desertification control in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. International conferences held in China are becoming attractive platforms for sharing effective experiences in promoting global ecological development.

Effective Systematic Planning

The core pillars of the Kubuqi Model are government policy support, industrial investment, market-oriented participation of farmers and herdsmen and sustainable ecological improvement.

Mr. Pradeep Monga

Many countries along the Belt and Road Initiative suffered desertification, and that good design plays a key role in helping China create the Kubuqi Model, a unique path of desertification control, said Pradeep Monga, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. He also said that with joint efforts, the public sectors and private sectors have introduced an innovative mode for desertification control. It empowers the land with greater productivity. It contributes to a sustainable development and creates more employment opportunities." I'm very glad to witness the real achievements Kubuqi solution has secured." he said.

The Indonesian Economic and Industrial Committee Chairman Bachir gave Kubuqi a thumbs up for the practice of raising sheep under photovoltaic panels. He said he appreciated the imagination of local businesses in ecosystem design and said he would like to share Kubuqi’s comprehensive desertification control experiences for the benefit of the international community.

Mr. Antonis Samaras

“It is amazing! “Antonis Samaras, Former Greek Prime Minister said,“I see that human beings could turn desert into oasis. This is a miracle. They could transform the nightmare into good vision or vista, with plenty of joy and hope. Therefore I would like to say congratulations to China.

A Globally Popular Model

The Kubuqi Model has been praised by the UN Environment Programme for desertification control and being an “eco-pioneer” in greening the world thanks to its success in ecological restoration. The Kubuqi Model has become a name card for China’s desertification control efforts. In order to promote and share the experience of combating desertification, the Kubuqi International Desert Forum was established in 2007 and has been held five times thanks to the support of governments at all levels, relevant departments, the UNEP and the UNCCD secretariat. More than 2,000 political dignitaries, experts and ecological entrepreneurs from around the world have participated in field trips, professional exchanges and experience sharing via forums and benefited greatly from them.

The Kubuqi Model has become a popular topic in several meetings and dialogues of the sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum. Participating foreign guests believed that the Kubuqi Model should be widely shared in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.

Prof. Atsushi Tsunekawa from Arid Land Research Centre, Tottori University in Japan, said it was urgent for countries along the Belt and Road Initiative to cooperate over ecological restoration. They need to conduct risk assessment for environmental and sustainable development, and the successful practices of the Kubuqi Model should be used as one reference, he said.

Elvis Paul Tangem, the coordinator from The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative, Africa Union Commission, said that it's always a dream of his to witness in person what Kubuqi has achieved in anti-desertification，which he had never seen before, which completely changed his perception.

"I'm very impressed, and motivated." said Arslanbek Omurzakov, Deputy director of Centre for Study of the Silk Road, Kyrgyzstan, “after hearing about Kubuqi's experience in anti-desertification，the change is not only imposed on eco-system, but also on the whole society, which makes it sustainable. ”He wishes the technology could be introduced to more countries or enterprises.

Shafqat Kakakhel, Chairman of Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad Pakistan said: Kubuqi model is a miracle of modernisation and and this success hinges on the will of the Chinese government. He said that according to China's Kubuqi experience can draw the following conclusions: first it need a political commitment. Which is impetus from  top political leaders. Second, there is a proper policy. Thirdly, there should be appropriate political institutions. Moreover, it need to promote science and technology. Finally, the most important is participation from community and individuals in all aspects of society.

Kubuqi Brings Hope

Desert control is a worldwide problem, and the Kubuqi Desert is the first desert in the world to achieve large-scale successful control.

The success of Kubuqi Model relies mainly on increasing local people’s income in the greening efforts via the combination of ecology and industry, enterprise development and ecological management. These efforts will expand oases and happiness while reducing desert and poverty.

Prof. Victor Squire from the University of Adelaide, Australia, said  the Kubuqi International Desert Forum had prompted people in all areas to think about desertification, and that the Kubuqi Model has made it impossible to find just one solution to the challenge by showing that land users are both part of the problem and part of the solution. The Kubuqi Model also provides a way for transformation, which gives us hope.

British bio-carbon engineering company founder Lauren Fletcher said that Kubuqi’s achievements in desertification control was very impressive and the delegation from his company felt excited for participating in the forum. He also said that drones tree planting technologies need to be further developed so as to contribute to combating desertification.

These achievements point out the direction for desertification control and hope it will achieve greater success in the future to help the 2 billion hectares desertification worldwide.

A Chinese solution to ecological restoration

After the forum ended, experts believed the forum let participants see that Kubuqi’s concept of green development and experiences of sustainable development can offer fundamental solutions to help peaceful development of the desertification regions involving over 2 billion people globally. Many guests are looking forward to the 13th General Assembly of the Contracting Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, which will be held in Ordos and might bring together more unique solutions and richer consensus. The ecological development in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative need both Chinese solutions as well as China being one sharing platform.

BON Cloud Story--I want to see ocean in the desert

Disabled cyclist tackles the desert at the Wuhai International Cycling Conference

Wuhai city in Inner Mongolia is a land of immense beauty and contrasts – from the towering desert dunes, to the roiling waters of the Yellow River. But for one man, the call of the Ulan Buh Desert is the call of challenge.

Wang Yonghai lost his left leg in a car accident when he was 19 years old. One day, by pure change, he came across the national para-cycling team training near his home. Inspired by the encounter Wang started to train and compete in para-cycling events.

Wang Yonghai joined the China National Para-Cycling Team from 2001 to 2011 and participated in many cycling races at home and abroad, winning 6 gold medals and many honors. In the 7^th National Paralympic Games, he took gold in the Five Kilometer Road Race. He also participated in the Columbia Century Paralympic Games LC3 Level Cycling Event and Ranked Third in this world class event.

After retiring from the team, Wang continues to challenge himself. He participated in the Tour of Qinghai Lake 2013, competed against all normal athletes, and completed the match in 13 days. His spirit touched the nation and was awarded the Disability Sportsmanship Award of 2013 CCTV Sports Personality of the Year. In 2016, he rode 2160 km, 18 days independently along the Sichuan-Tibet road to get to Potala Palace and became the first handicapped cyclist who has successfully conquered the tough inter-provincial passage.

But the desert is a special challenge that he will face during the Wuhai International Cycling Conference, starting on August 26. The event is authorized by the Audax Club Parisien (ACP) and organized by Randonneurs of China (ROCn) and includes a grueling 200-kilometer ride expected to take participants more than 13 hours.

I Want To See the Ocean in the Desert

“I Want to See the Ocean in the Desert” is a five-minute documentary produced by BON International Co-production Team, Canada, showcasing Wang Yonghai’s first attempt to traverse the hauntingly beautiful Ulan Buh Desert and Wuhai Lake. The message of the film is that no matter what is holding you back, through mindfulness and careful mental discipline you too can achieve great things and turn personal tragedies into personal successes.

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Jyothy Laboratories Ltd. selects Intellect Bizware Services Pvt. Ltd. as a strategic partner to transform business with SAP S/4HANA

SAP partner Intellect Bizware Services Pvt. Ltd, announced the successful go-live with SAP S/4HANA for Jyothy Laboratories, India-based multi-brand, multi-product company focused on FMCG Industry. The company is principally engaged in manufacturing and marketing of fabric whiteners, soaps, detergents, mosquito coils and incense sticks.

Mr. Ravi Razdan, Head – Systems & HR, Jyothy Laboratories Ltd. said, “We have just embarked our journey for digital transformation and ensured that business and end user had smooth transition from old ERP to SAP system. We have successfully upgraded and migrated to SAP platform, thus enabling a smooth transition. With SAP S/4HANA, we are aiming to bring process eminence to our organization and empower to drive our core businesses with enhanced simplicity and effectiveness.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sabahat Kazi, CEO, Intellect Bizware Services said “S/4HANA will help Jyothy Labs establish a digital core, around which they can innovate and digitally transform their business.”

SAP S/4HANA was designed to enable businesses to both master the challenges and leverage the benefits of digitalization for businesses. As the modern digital core, it serves as the nerve center of the enterprise. SAP S/4HANA has the power to significantly accelerate the speed of both transactional and analytics performance and radically reduce an organization’s data footprint. As a system of intelligence, it offers decision-making support, simulation, pattern recognition, and prediction capabilities to help organizations transform from the reactive to the proactive.Integration not only between departments, but also with suppliers, customers, the workforce, and the Internet of Things makes immediate and valuable insights across an entire business.

Jyothy Laboratories aims to move to the next level through digitization of every business process along with a workflow for continuous business improvements. SAP helped Jyothy Laboratories to Run Simple while minimizes costs and disruptions.

CRM Next won 'The Best CRM project in the Asian Banker Technology Award 2017'

CRMNEXT received the award for Best CRM Project in The Asian Banker Technology Innovation Awards 2017. The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the prestigious Asian Banker Summit 2017, the foremost annual meeting for decision makers in the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific region, held at the MAX Atria@Singapore EXPO, Singapore.

The comprehensive sales customer relationship management (CRM) platform provides a 360-degree customer view, tracking engagement across channels and devices

The (CRM) project is a comprehensive implementation covering processes in retail banking across prospect and customer service, campaign management, sales and performance management. The implementation ensured that the CRM platform will be accessible across all channels and devices inclusive of branch, web and mobile. It provides a 360-degree view of customers and tracks all engagement, leads, and triggers, analyse, and use it to enhance customer relationship.

The bank integrated this system with location based demographics to develop and deploy targeted campaigns, improved insights, along with shared campaigns translating to more cross-selling opportunities with higher conversion rates. Its customers witnessed a 35% increase I lead conversion rate and a 170% increase in lead volumes following the implementation. Project also resulted in a 50% increase in cross-sell ratio and a 60% increase in sales per employee.The CRM system enabled to successfully execute targeted cross-sell capabilities improving lead conversion by 35%

CRM deployment by CRMNEXT brings significant operational benefits to the bank with notable increase in its customer profitability ratio andcustomer satisfaction. It improved the efficiency, reducing the turnaround time by 75% and the sales cycle time by 90% after this projectNew platform significantly improved customer profitability ratio and efficiency in sales

Adroit Infotech enables VICCO Laboratories to Go Live with SAP S/4HANA

SAP partner Adroit Infotech, announced the successful go-live with SAP S/4HANA solution for VICCO Laboratories, the pioneer of promoting Ayurveda.

VICCO Laboratories, operating in a highly demanding market providing Ayurvedic products, faced challenges in goods tracking among the business units, manual tracking of serial numbers and managing of promotions and schemes, manual pricing, stocking and serviceability, AR, cash discounts, cash flow, credit management and controls. The company was looking for an efficient IT/ERP system to combat the operational challenges. After evaluating many solutions and vendors, VICCO Laboratories selected SAP S/4 HANA as the solution and Adroit Infotech as the implementation partner.

Mr Arif Poonawala,  CEO - Adroit Infotech (Subsidiary of Sphere Global Services Ltd.) said, “We implemented SAP S/4HANA, and key SAP solutions for VICCO Laboratories, which included integrating their sales portal with SAP.”

The solution covers implementation of best practices to facilitate seamless collaboration between production and purchasing through MRP cockpit, visibility of real-time shop floor inventories to enable sales commitment & deliveries. It includes usage of sales historical data for predictive analysis. It also includes consistent and reliable business insights across all financial elements such as FI period closing cycles, communication with banks, statutory and legal compliance related to rules and regulation. Ardroit Infotech ensured that the solution is comprehensive and meet industry standards.

Mr Sanket Joshi, IT Head of VICCO Laboratories stated, “SAP S/4HANA implementation helped for a quicker and accurate report of the management system. SAP has now enabled to connect all the dots, connect inter department and collect internal reports and to make the process from production to despatch, faster and accurate.

Adroit Infotech has been delivering best of the breed, customer-centric SAP solutions to its clients in terms of S/4HANA consulting, implementation, cloud products, application management services, their technological expertise and customer-driven engagement models while leveraging their global assets, which has helped successful go-live for VICCO Laboratories

TrucksDekho announces a Unique Review Contest in India

-The initiative aims to make truck buying easier by collating genuine reviews of truck owners and enthusiasts

Jaipur, November 30, 2016: TrucksDekho.com, India’s leading trucking portal, will be launching a unique ‘Review Your Truck’ contest through which trucking 

and auto enthusiasts can share their truck reviews and experience, and win exciting prizes. The contest starts on December 5, 2016 and continues till January 25, 2017.

After taking into account the confusion customers face while purchasing a truck, TrucksDekho has come up with this unique initiative to make truck buying a hassle-free experience for potential buyers. Through this contest, people will be able to send across genuine reviews and in turn, help others in the trucking community make a smart buying decision. 

Through the ‘Review Your Truck’ contest, reviewers can rate the performance, maintenance, design and build of their trucks based on key parameters. Contestants can also write a detailed review, enter the exact mileage of their truck, add truck photos, and give a short, final verdict about the truck. 

The contest has been designed in a gamified way and contestants will be rewarded with points on completion of different stages. To encourage more people to participate, TrucksDekho will be giving out exciting gifts to top reviewers. The best reviews will be judged based on honest opinions from contestants who have actually driven trucks. 

With the help of this contest, TrucksDekho hopes to highlight and bring the trucking community in the mainstream automotive domain and make the truck buying process smoother and easier for customers.

About TrucksDekho:

With 20 leading brands, more than a 1000 trucks, 3000 verified dealers, 3000 service centers and 60 body makers listed on the website, TrucksDekho.com has carved a niche for itself in the trucking industry. Started in 2015, TrucksDekho.com has become the country’s No.1 solutions provider within the span of just a year, with tie-ups with some of the leading OEMs. Apart from a solid web presence, TrucksDekho.com also innovates with several trucking solutions, the foremost being an end-to-end lead management system that guarantees genuine and verified leads. Through a host of branded solutions, consumer apps, digital marketing and customer support, TrucksDekho.com ensures a win-win in terms of sales for all its clients, in a highly competitive market. 

  

     

SHB has re-imagined “Banking on the move” with Wearable Banking Solution developed by Vayana

The Solution will facilitate next generation banking facilities for its retail customers

Saudi Hollandi Bank (SHB), founded in 1926 the first bank in KSA, has deployed Wearable Banking Solution developed by Vayana for Apple Watch, to further enhance the customer experience for its retail banking customers. This will see the bank introduce more innovative ways to engage with its retail customers in KSA.

Wearable Banking Solution developed by Vayana will enable SHB to deliver number of services on Apple Watch which works as an extension of the iOS - Mobile Banking Application. These services include Reporting (Balances & Mini Statements), Notifications and Payments (Due Bills & Violations). Wearable Banking adds another feather to the cap for both SHB as well as Vayana.

While mentioning about the deal, Vayana’s CEO Kannan Ramasamy mentioned "Exciting opportunities have been presented by emerging technologies and form factors. This has made it possible for us to “Reimagine Channels” in partnership with our clients. We have had a unique opportunity to work with Saudi Hollandi Bank in their journey to create an OmniChannel experience. The Wearable Banking is another milestone in positioning the Bank as an innovator.”

SHB and Vayana have been working together last few years to digitize Retail Banking Channels. SHB is currently using Vayana’s “SolutionNET: Channel Re-imagined platform” for Retail Internet Banking, Tablet Banking Application and Mobile Banking Application. SHB has won Best Mobile App Award in 2016 and Best Internet Banking Award for consecutive 2 years (2014 and 2015). With 72 retail banking services on Mobile Banking Application, SHB is undoubtedly a leader in KSA Market.

Meet us at North Africa Future Banking Forum 2016 in Cairo, Egypt from 24-25 October.