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Jiabao Han

Technology: The Newest Weapon in Event Planning | Emergency Management content from EHS... - 2 views

  • Out of this need for heightened security stems a dichotomy between necessity and reality. The necessity of an organization to provide heightened security is oftentimes at odds with the reality of the entity's ability to furnish the needed man-power and absorb the costs associated with hosting a large-scale event. All too often, a city or county is given the designation as a lead agency to provide security for an event, but is given little-to-no financial assistance to make certain that the event takes place without a serious threat to the public.
  • Technology, if used correctly, can assist in the automation of business processes (thus freeing precious resources), provide situational awareness for all agencies involved and provide real-time information to users.
  • If the decision is made to work with a technology solution to assist in securing your event, it is important to remember a few key points: n Do your homework: investigate, prepare and implement. Take time to assess your exact deliverables and what you are going to be held accountable for. Assessing your deliverables and requirements goes beyond the obvious: How are you going to manage and archive e-mails, meetings, conversations, images and plans? Implementation of the correct technology solution will assist you in this process and keep your staff free from much of the administrative burdens found in planning large-scale events. n Don't just choose technology, choose a technology partner. Planning an event is a dynamic task. Make certain that the company you choose is willing to understand your business processes and work with you to marry technology with your most challenging issues. n Don't learn your technology during a crisis. Pick a technology solution that is extremely user friendly. As the dynamics of an event change, you may need to collaborate with a community of users you did not anticipate in your initial planning. These new users will need to quickly learn and adapt to your communication solution. When securing an event, everyone is working toward the same goal: An event where the public does not think twice about security. The right technology solution can quickly put more accurate information in the hands of those who need it, and allow people to focus on their mission, not on paperwork.
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It's Time Again to Invest in Hotel Technology - 2 views

  • that the pace of computer technology innovation doubles every 18 months. Put another way, if you haven’t made an investment in computer-based systems in your hotels since before the start of the recession, you and your assets are in the fast lane to obsolescence
  • that the pace of computer technology innovation doubles every 18 months. Put another way, if you haven’t made an investment in computer-based systems in your hotels since before the start of the recession, you and your assets are in the fast lane to obsolescence.
  • There are three primary reasons to invest in hotel technology: to boost revenues, to enhance operating efficiencies and to increase guest satisfaction.
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  • hotel technology goes way beyond in-room entertainment and cloud computing. It touches every corner of a hotel and has significant impact on how your guests perceive their stay, how efficient and satisfied your employees are and how well you can manage the bottom line. Technology can be complicated, frustrating and at times expensive, but you can’t afford to ignore this critical area of hotel operations.
  • Hotel owners are under increasing pressure from their brands and their guests to upgrade their properties
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Selecting a Hospitality Call Accounting System - 1 views

  • The trick to selecting a hospitality call accounting system is to know how to eliminate unsuitable options quickly by asking the right questions. There's no shortage of supply just suitable solutions. Different properties have different requirements and we have yet to find a solution that fits every type of property from a hotel chain through to a single location motel. The best way to choose between the dozens of call accounting systems is to have a checklist identifying requirements in descending order from mandatory through to "nice to have." If a short-listed candidate doesn't satisfy a critical requirement waste no more time, move onto the next and repeat the cycle. The objective is to identify one or more call accounting systems that satisfy all mandatory requirements. It's only at that stage that cost should be considered. Cost is irrelevant if a "solution" can't do the job. If you're lucky enough to find two or more options that are fully compliant then cost becomes the final consideration.
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    For hotel managers, there are dozens of hospitality call accounting options to choose from and depending on the nature of a particular operation the best solution will vary. This article offers a checklist for selecting a hospitality call accounting system.
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Security at the Point of Sale - CSO Online - Security and Risk - 1 views

  • The point of sale has always been a target for thieves. While they once went after the cash drawer, retailers often find themselves facing sophisticated networks of thieves intent on the criminal equivalent of volume discounts—reams of credit card data, entire shelves of goods to launder or, in the case of pharmaceuticals like Sudafed, drugs used for making methamphetamines. Retailers, then, operate under the constant threat of having their point of sale either hacked by cyberthieves
  • or spoofed by real ones. Between them, these various thieves target all the major aspects of a modern point-of-sale system: The cash register The bar-code scanner Wireless access The in-store voice or IP network The store inventory management system
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    this article talks about cash, cards, inventory and customer data intersect at the point of sale and introduce the security procedures for how to keep your defenses up to date.
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Management Accounting | Accounting Information | Hotel and Jobs | Hospitality News - 0 views

  • Management accounting is the updated version of what you call financial accounting and the most circulated term in corporate business arena. Management involves planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling the resources available in an organisation, namely the physical and human resources.
  • Management accounting is the updated version of what you call financial accounting
  • Management accounting is the updated version of what you call financial
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  • The rationale behind financial accounting is statutory, done for the benefit of shareholders, customers, government regulatory agencies, other external agencies, potential investors and the like. It records all business transactions that are purely monetary in nature and no further analysis is done.
  • Management accounting is voluntary and reports are prepared to meet the internal needs of management.
  • The main functions being, attention direction and problem solving, management accounting is primarily concerned with providing information relating to the various aspects of a business, like cost or profit associated with some portions of business operations. It employs techniques such as standard costing,budgeting,marginal costing, break- even analysis and so on.,
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    This article gives detailed definition and explaination of management accounting. It compared management acounting and financial accounting in the industry. The article also believes that management accounting is a management information system.
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Property Management Systems- Technological Innovation That Drives the Hotel Industry - ... - 0 views

  • Property management system is the specific technology that we are talking about when we refer to the hospitality industry. The property management system or hotel management software runs on an automated application that speeds the process of guest management among many other things. A PMS is built to help hotels in a holistic manner giving them unending support by facilitating the booking process, point of sale, checking in and checking out etc.
  • Property management systems  come in several forms. Some of the hotel management software is for the high-end hotels that require more technological support while there are some others meant for smaller hotels and inns with lesser needs. Different establishment have different requirements and thus use different modules. Some hotels use PMSs which help them analyses the business growth ratio and measures the various components of the growth figure in specified hotel metrics.
  • You can authorize various levels of access to the staff. This way you do not let out things that are meant to be kept between less people. You and the authorized staff can access up-to-date information whenever you want and from wherever you want. Checking on status reports, bookings, inventory, communicating with different departments are a few things that Technology is such an amazing thing that can be used in any industry. It can boost up the sales of a company and do many other wonders for it.
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    This article talks about the importance of technology in the hospitality industry and gives introduction of the property management systems and its application in hotels.
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Tracking Green Initiatives via Business Intelligence - 0 views

  • Green initiatives not only save costs, meet compliance requirements, and reuse resources, but they also help create brand recognition among customers.
  • The benefits that expand beyond the organization include what occurs within the company as well. Whether managing recycling programs, reusing raw materials, lowering consumption, etc. businesses require a way to monitor these initiatives and to identify ways of becoming more efficient over time. This is where the use of BI and analytics comes in.
  • One of the chief benefits of business intelligence is its ability to consolidate information and provide greater insight into operations.  In addition BI helps organizations monitor performance across business units and can be applied to a broad variety of problems. For organizations looking at applying this to energy usage, managing emissions, or electricity consumption in data centers, BI expansion provides a good way to start the process.
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  • Comfort with dashboard use.
  • Current BI infrastructure and data preparation.
  • Companies that are thinking of expanding their BI to include green initiatives should consider the following points:
  • Current green initiatives.
  • Setting realistic goals and expectations.
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    This article identifies the importance of green initiatives within operations and how to link them to available BI solutions. By specifically looking at analytics organizations can assess how they are meeting targets and monitor their performance in relation to their "green" goals. This article also discusses considerations related to expanding BI use to include green initiatives.
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Ecommerce the New Definition of Online Trade - 0 views

  • The branch of technology that incorporates the electronic media in the buying and the selling process is known as the Ecommerce
  • With the technical world advancing rapidly, and online stores gaining more momentum, environ is such that the consumers buy products regardless of their geographical barrier. This unprecedented growth of the E-commerce website has made this a feasible option making it probable for the sellers to deliver their products all over the world.
  • The various components of the E-commerce Website Virtual storefronts integrated in the website with online catalogs, which is clustered to form a "virtual mall." The demographic data collected through Web contacts. Electronic Data Interchange or the business-to-business exchange of data. Email, Fax and the use of media to promote the future endeavors and to establish the consumers. Secured business transactions. B2B trade and selling.
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  • With groundbreaking popularity in the world, the retailers today prefer to have an online platform.
  • Propaganda by the social networking platform is also popular.
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    Just as a website can be the online brand identity, the ecommerce website enables the entrepreneur to successfully display information about their products and services.
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Computer Network - 0 views

  • Computer network security should be a concern for all
  • A computer network can simplify one's technical capabilities if they own multiple computers and the various technical equipment used to enhance computer functioning. When computers talk to each other through a network, tasks can be more efficient and people can save time and money, streamlining systems. Computer networks are great for home or small businesses, and can also be wide area networks (WAN) reaching across the world to bring shared technology to large corporations or global industries. Another important facet is computer network security which operators should be aware of when looking at networking through a WAN.
  • Computer networks are great for home or small businesses, and can also be wide area networks (WAN) reaching across the world to bring shared technology to large corporations or global industries. Another important facet is
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  • a network will allow the system operator to share a single Internet connection for all of home computers.
  • Networking will also allow a family or business to share various files. Windows allows for easy entry to another computer's files, making it possible to access information from one desktop to another.
  • A firewall may be implemented to filter the information coming through the Internet connection into the private system in the home or business.
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    This article gives a brife introduction of the functions and advantages of computer networks. There are also discussions about the computer network security issues.
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    This article gives a brife introduction of the functions and advantages of computer networks. There are also discussions about the computer network security issues.
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Hospitality Software - 0 views

  • Hospitality softwares are extensive software packages specially designed to help you manage your hotel. They can be used in hotels, motels, inns, resorts, lodges, hostel, military guest houses, ranch, suites, apartments and bed & breakfast. This type of software is also called Property Management System in the hospitality industry. They are created specially for the hospitality industry. Hospitality softwares tend to have hotel specific spreadsheets, templates, forms, marketing promotions, training programs, menu analysis tools and financial tracking tools. The have many modules like: Hotel administrations, Hotel Front Desk Management, Hotel housekeeping, and Hotel accounting.
  • In order to be successful hospitality software should have User Defined Fields for high flexibility. High-quality graphical representation of rooms. Real-time statistics. 100% web based application. All of the modules should work closely together pulling from the same data without latency. Maintain the website flow while maintaining the activities of the key departments by the hotel staff.
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    This article gives a brife introduciton of the using of the softwares whithin the hospitality industry, especially in FO, HSKP and ACC department.
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