Overcoming Obstacles in Singapore’s Food and Beverage Processing Sector

This food and beverage processing industry in Singapore is a lively and dynamic sector that is serious yet cannot be done without specific commitment to it. The distribution of the production cycle makes the seamless supply chain a hard road to follow. To illustrate, this field has some businesses that deal with issues like strict food safety law adherence, time-bound inventory management, and consumer preferences like many other fields. Moreover, this sector also faces challenges such as technological adaptation and workforce management which are common in any industry but fitted to a specific need of food and beverage processing.

Common and Distinct Challenges of the Food and Beverage Sector

The industry contends with rigorous compliance standards for food safety and quality assurance which necessitates the process of record-keeping and due diligence sometimes being an operational burden. Another key challenge time-sensitive inventory management is the one that a firm encounters where it has to manage the inventory of perishable products accurately due to the product’s shelf lives. The continuously developing social psychology leads to the demand of doing environmental friendly things thus pushing firms into adopting new production processes. Some challenges like labor management and technological adaptation are common across sectors whereas, HR systems have to be agile to tackle tasks that are both special and common.

Labor management revolves around the efficiency of rostering and day-to-day operation governing time and resources allocation and consequently is responsive to the legal norms of the local and offshore context. Technological adaptation is the second criterion for the smooth progression towards digital transformation, albeit necessitating the distinct features of the food and beverage area. Small scale firms, operating in various sectors, typically find it difficult to adapt to technological changes. Affirmative technological adaptation which most firms are struggling with is, however, imperative in regards to digital transformation, although it has to be aligned with the specific requirements of the food and drink sector.

The Contribution of HCM Systems in Dealing with Industry Challenges

In a multi-faceted way, the implementation of Human Capital Management (HCM) systems will look after the outwit of the industry. The HCM system’s practicality integrated features such as compliance are streamlined, payroll enhanced, and performance appraisals increased. By employing the data automation systems, the manual burden of the compliance documentation is eradicated easily by ensuring the firm follows the required regulations. Furthermore, the HRMS software can optimize the inventory management because of the intelligent rostering that is applied to the production schedule, thus the organization creates minimum waste and high efficiency.

In addition, the HCM systems offer the management a closer perspective of the workforce actions and thus they are able to adequately train the personnel who are going to deal with new demands from the customers.

The formula of these immediate results is coupling customer’s health-related needs with a sustainable perception of it along with advancing the technology. Ultimately, efficiently implemented HCM solutions allow enterprises to solve their workforce challenges as efficiently as possible, regardless of whether they are industry-specific or common.

Steps to Achieve Successful HCM Implementation

The achievement of the implementation of the HCM system needs laborious planning and executing the tasks properly. The process begins with a thorough evaluation of the existing HR functions and the identification of the targets that should be pursued. The involvement of the critical stakeholders from the very beginning facilitates the buy-in and means that agreed upon goals are achieved thus the transition is seen as being easier. Also, it is of major importance to tailor the HCM application according to the needs of the organization. Additionally, it is necessary to train the employees thoroughly to ensure they can use new software effectively. Finally, the system should be regularly scrutinized and adapted to keep pace with changing legislation and business needs.

Multiable’s aiM18 HCM: The Revolutionary Tool for the Sector

Multiable’s aiM18 HCM system has numerous features that satisfy the needs of the food and beverage sector:

• Rule-based Workflow Engine: Helps to automate HR processes while ensuring compliance with the strict regulatory framework.

• Intelligent Roster Planning: Makes it possible to develop optimized rostering that is well-aligned with the time-consuming production process.

• Powerful Payroll Engines: Performs the elaborate payroll calculations in a short time, which results in higher efficiency and accuracy.

• Unlimited Appraisal Forms: Adjusts the performance appraisal process to the continuous market change.

• Interface for Labor Law Compliance: Accomplishes the task of compliance with local and international labor criteria easily.

A Distinction of Quality: Multiable HCM Accreditations

Multiable, HCM, system credits itself as the top solution in the industry through the endorsement of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), it is ranked number one in the ‘Category of Software Compliance to Controls’ of the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) for Employment Income, and its top quality position in the ‘Category of Software Compliance to Controls’ of the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) for Employment Income. This certification indicates that the software is reliable and compliant conditional on employment income management that is why it is a popular choice for HRMS in food and beverage businesses in Singapore.

What is Multiable HCM?

Multiable HCM is a cloud-native HCM (aka HRMS, HRIS or HR system). With over 6,000 customers, Multiable HCM gains positive feedbacks from customer across different sectors, from manufacturers, distributors, retailers, service providers to NGOs. The renowned no-code approach saves customer a big sum of customization costs and countless hours of implementation man-days.

What is LAIDFU (Let AI Do for You)?

LAIDFU is an AI tool for enterprise to build their own AI agents to perform various business AI tasks.

Proprietary EKP (Enterprise Knowledge Partitioning) technology eases CEO’s concern about trade secret leakage which often occurs in most AI agents / chatbots in the market.

EKP removes the hurdle of business AI adoption by most companies in using sensitive corporate data.

Powered by no-code approach, deployment of LAIDFU incurs far less developers (and development costs) in comparison with other AI tools.

LAIDFU empowers business, with or without an HCM system in place.