FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore Kicks Off All-New, Refreshed Inno-Vision Forum

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 11 November 2021 – FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore, world’s
leading provider of document services and printing technologies using
pioneering smart devices, today concluded its all-new annual flagship event,
FUJIFILM Inno-Vision Forum 2021.

As global economies gradually reopen, the
FUJIFILM Inno-Vision Forum 2021, reviewed the best innovations that have helped
organisations emerge stronger from the pandemic-induced recession, the power of
a solid underlying digital infrastructure and the impact of its associated
data, as businesses collectively continue to progress towards a post-pandemic
world.

“In April this year, we changed our brand
name to FUJIFILM Business Innovation, with the core purpose of bringing
business innovations to our customers in a growing complex and digital world.
Many organisations are looking into new ideas, better ways of working, and
innovative solutions that will help grow their customer base and improve their
productivity and profitability,” said Mr Koh Ching Hong, Chief Executive
Officer, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore. “Our goal for the FUJIFILM
Inno-vision Forum is to spark rich conversations on the different aspects of
innovation, digital transformation, and the trends ahead, so that business
leaders can build a future-ready organisation that will withstand the test of
time.”

The 2-day virtual conference was opened by
Mr Koh Ching Hong. The first Inno-Vision Forum explored two themes together
with industry leaders from the information technology, resource-based
manufacturing, and telecommunications sectors.

Propelling Enterprise Innovation with
Automation

The first keynote presentation during the
enterprise segment featured Mr Wasim Khan, Chief Commercial Officer, FUJIFILM
Ripcord as he shared the true value of digitising data which is the usability
of that data across all other business functions and contexts. For example, how
understanding the past records of a hotel guest’s activities, dining
preferences, special requests, to name a few, can help hotels better
personalise his next stay to achieve complete customer satisfaction. FUJIFILM
Ripcord is a joint venture between Ripcord and FUJIFILM Business Innovation
Singapore. Aimed to drive digital transformation forward by completely ridding
corporations of reliance on paper records, FUJIFILM Ripcord utilises state-of-the-art
Robotics to not only digitise data but Artificial Intelligence to give meaning
to these data as well.

Mr Simon Piff, Vice President, Practice
Group, of IDC Asia/Pacific examined how organisations that were able to harness
the power of innovation not only for products but processes, customer, and
employee engagement as well, are the ones who emerged stronger from challenging
times. He also shared their best practices, and how all enterprises can also
achieve the vision of the future digital workspace.

The track concluded with an insightful
panel discussion as enterprise leaders discussed how automation fuels
innovation. The panellists involved were:

• Mr
  Koh Ching Hong, Chief Executive Officer, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore
• Mr
  Simon Piff, Vice President, Practice Group, IDC Asia/Pacific
• Mr
  Geok Seong Wah, Director, E-Invoice Project Office, IMDA
• Mr
  Ben Chong, Chief Information Officer, ISS Facility Services Private Limited
• Mr
  Abhishek Singh, Chief Digital Officer, RGE Pte. Ltd.

Mr Geok Seong Wah, Director of the
E-invoice Project Office, IMDA, shared that “data is the new oil” that fuels
innovation, and automation is needed for data to flow. He cited IMDA’s
nationwide initiatives where automation has not only helped data to make sense
within an organisation but from organisations to organisations as well, such as
the Singapore Trade Data Exchange, a public-private partnership model, and
InvoiceNow, which uses FUJIFILM Business Innovation’s technology to automate
invoicing processes.

Empowering Small and Medium-sized
Businesses Through Business Process Automation

Optimising operations, controlling cost,
enhancing risk management and regulatory controls; these are buzzwords that
every growing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) hope to achieve. The SMB
track of the Inno-Vision Forum explored how intelligent automation with
machines, systems, and processes is an essential tool to have for SMBs who are
looking to scale and innovate in a Digital First World.

The panel “Overcoming Challenges to
Support Digitalisation” was kicked off by Mr Howard Ng, General Manager,
Services & Solutions Business, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore, as
he provided findings from the 2020 SME Digital Transformation Study by the
Association of Small & Medium Enterprise, where it was found that 99% of
these businesses have adopted at least the most basic level of digital
technologies while only 39% perceived their digital implementation to be
successful. Together with notable panellists in the sector, the discussion shed
light on challenges faced by SMBs, why Business Process Automation (BPA) is
essential to businesses, how up-and-coming technologies such as blockchain can
optimise the implementation of BPA, and other solutions that are
resource-efficient and cost-effective that can help business reach their
digitisation goals. The panellists included were:

• Siraj
  Iqbal, Assistant Director, E-invoice Project Office, IMDA
• Rudy
  Lim, Chief Executive Officer, OIO Holdings 
• Jeff
  Cham, Business Technology Director – Digital Office, M1 Limited

The panel discussion was followed by a
presentation by Mr David Lane, General Manager, FUJIFILM CodeBlue Australia and
Mr Matt Conaghan, Head of APAC Operations, FUJIFILM CodeBlue Australia, as they
shared a fresh perspective on how outsourcing is no longer just a financial
benefit for businesses but is now incorporated into business strategies to
manage risks and allow businesses to scale in technology adoption for growth.

The Inno-Vision Forum 2021 officially
concluded with an on-demand Demo Showcase where delegates could pick and play
various types of solutions tailored to their organisation’s needs and watch at
their own convenience.

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore
continues to support their customers’ innovation demands by automating
workflows so that customers can focus on innovating through the times. FUJIFILM
Business Innovation Singapore serves as the gateway to digital transformation –
making your business speedier, and information accessible.

The Inno-Vision Forum is now also
available on demand upon request.

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