Human Resource Management has a place of great significance. As said by Peter F. Drucker, an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, “The proper or improper use of the different factors of production depends on the wishes of the human resources. Given the opportunity, we were able to conduct an interview with Ms. Rachel Anne C. De Guzman, the current HR Manager of The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. or AMCHAM. Their main office was located in Corinthian Plaza, Paseo de Roxas, Makati City. In the interview, we learned that being an HR manager plays a big role in an organization, they performs a constant balancing act to meet the both needs of employee and company to be successful.
This was a great experience and an opportunity for the students like me.
The online business in the Philippines currently has not much regulations imposed by government unlike businesses with physical stores. With that known, bureau of internal revenue (BIR) announced last 2013 that they want to tax online sellers.
Any individuals or groups who will conduct businesses must meet their obligations in the government. They must register their businesses at the revenue district office and pay the imposed fees. Then, the business will be issued a certificate of registration, reflecting that they have to pay their taxes. The commissioner of the BIR, Kim Henares, cited from the national internal revenue code, that sellers must issue official receipts to buyers for every sale of goods. Failure to issue official receipts can subject the business to suspension. They must also pay a 10% net of withholding tax. Bureau of internal revenue also stressed that, all the existing tax codes shall be equally applied, whether channel is in the internet or customary physical medium. Given that memorandum, online sellers are obliged to abide by the said regulations for the sake of legality and meeting their obligations to the government. SIPA, a leading Italian company in the development of packaging solutions, has consolidated its collaboration with Universal Robina Corporation, part of the J.G. Summit Holding Group. URC which is current leader in the food sector also entered into the beverage market. The two companies collaborated from the start in the choice of the most suitable technology, the most appropriate process and most competitive packaging in order to obtain high performance and highly flexible lines. In particular, the packaging has been studied to give an economic advantage credit to a container weight reduction program: from the traditional 32 grams of the 500 ml hot fill container to the current 26 grams. Therefore, seven ECS FX 20/80 1-step systems have been supplied, optimized for hot fill and light weight, equipped with a storage silo, bottle aligning device and air conveyors, hot filling monoblock, caps sterilization area, cooling tunnel, labeling device and cartoning machine. In order to improve plant performance, safeguarding flexibility in the production of different containers, each production line has been dedicated to just one format, with the possibility to quickly change the type of product, label and cap. URC’s technological innovation has led the company to play a strategic market position in the Philippine ready to drink market.
URC has already given a hint regarding the possibility of further expansion in the beverage ambit by opening up to new countries in South-East Asia and bottling different and more widely distributed products, such as water. It’s just one of the technologies used by URC in producing their key quality products. Most of the technologies used by URC are in line, effective and efficient, reason for why they’re leading packaged consumer products manufacturer and distributor in the Philippines. The Philippines’ population is growing by around 2% annually, reaching nearly 100 million, leading to an increasing demand for food and beverage products. The country’s growing youth population represents a key element of future retail spending. Personal consumption expenditure jumped to 7% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Filipinos eat up to five times a day and frequently snack. The youth-oriented market - around 35% of the population is under 15 years old - is fond of attractive packaging and sweetened food and beverages. With the number of dual income households increasing, there is growing demand for easy to prepare food. As more people move to urban areas for work, an increased demand for packaged food products is also anticipated. As a result, in recent years there is a wide-scale expansion of food and beverage products. Branded consumer food products are highly attractive or positive due to the increasing demand for food and beverage products.
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