The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority or ACRA is the national company registrar of Singapore. ACRA plays a significant role as a leader in managing the advancement of businesses and development of individual’s public accountancy profession. The mission of ACRA, as clearly stated on their official website is «to provide a responsive and trusted regulatory environment for businesses and public accountants. ACRA’s role is to…

One of the first steps manufacturers must engage in when developing a new product is that of production process planning. However, production process planning is a complex science that requires a certain degree of software and technology. Fortunately, several software systems available in the market today make the task simpler and faster. For instance, database catalog software and product managing software are meant to manage large…

Running a business is expensive. From overheads like employee wages and equipment costs to renting premises, there’s a lot of money involved in the everyday flow of things. And, as every business knows, the more you can reduce your outgoings, the better. As a result, it’s important to be aware of how to make your working practices as cost- and time-efficient as possible. Take your…

Who are Outside? Outside are a team building company with a difference, with a creative twist, with a sense of adventure, with a lot of fun and passion and with a real purpose. Outside offer a wide variety of team building events and activity days, all of which make the most of our exciting outdoor location. Outside understand the importance of developing essential workplace skills…

Approximately all business has run into financial trouble at one time or another. And as a creditor, you possibly wish for the greatest for companies or customers that owe you money. But you have a business to run. You can not sit around and wait for your customers business to improve. After all, your own business is at stake, if all your accounts go unpaid,…

Communications technology has increased at a frenetic pace in the last two decades. With innovations such as email and voice mail becoming wide boost and indispensable, many businesses are now looking for the next big innovation to make business communications even more efficient, affordable and effective. One technology that has taken hold in the business world is instant messaging (IM). IM, once seen as a…

The core function of any business is often captured with one short mission statement that expresses the company’s main purpose or ‘reason for being’. Having such a statement, in a way, acts as a reminder to both the business itself and the customers, of what it is they aim to do better than all their competitors. Indeed, most companies should be able to easily articulate…

Regardless of the type or size of your business, it is important to control any costs incurred and this logic is applicable not only to the day-to-day running of your business, but also to any company vehicles. However, it is often a more difficult task ensuring costs are controlled when it comes to company vehicles and for many small businesses, the full impact of the…

Software industry experts are predicting that supply chain management software will generate a staggering ?4billion of sales by 2010, which would make it one of the world’s most widely bought global business specialist applications. Supply chain management software has proved extremely popular over the last 30 years with businesses that operate in time and cost conscious production and distribution environments. As with most cutting-edge technologies,…

Business ideas come in all shapes and sizes, but it’s what you do with them that matters. If you don’t construct a solid business plan you will be laying yourself wide open to all manner of events that could upset your ambitions and goals for the future. This is especially true when it comes to the financial side of things. At the very least you…