Performance management stories
Employers may be underestimating training needs, as a survey found employees far less confident than HR leaders about AI readiness across Asia-Pacific.
Routine call-handling jobs face the sharpest risk as AI agents take over most customer queries, forcing firms to retrain staff quickly by 2030.
Australian shoppers will soon see Dreame's range widen beyond robot vacuums, as 80-plus products land through its regional distributor.
Industrial operators could cut repair delays as AVEVA and IFS link live asset data with maintenance and capital planning.
Most manufacturers now see digital tools as necessary to stay competitive, but data use gaps, cyber risk and skills shortages remain.
Most executives still rely on artificial intelligence to draft emails and summarise documents, despite rising confidence and training uptake.
The update aims to ease manual data entry and give maintenance teams better visibility as organisations struggle with fragmented asset records.
The launch aims to cut outages and speed diagnosis for enterprises juggling fragmented monitoring across hybrid cloud and on-premise systems.
Employees are far less confident than executives that their managers can guide AI skills, exposing a widening gap in readiness across large firms.
Teams could cut compensation planning from weeks to minutes as CaptivateIQ tests AI agents that automate plan building, operations and revenue planning.
The move should give 450 technicians better mobile access and help the terminals improve maintenance planning, reliability and cost control.
Employees can now handle leave, payslip and expense queries without leaving Microsoft 365, as Workday pushes HR and finance work into Copilot.
Finance teams are under growing pressure to deliver sharper analysis, with new courses aimed at building AI and data skills fast.
Rugby clubs and provincial unions will get discounted accounting software as Xero deepens ties with New Zealand Rugby beyond branding.
The hires bolster Accordion's push into AI-driven finance work for private equity clients as demand grows for tighter reporting and faster exits.
The platform aims to help students target gaps sooner, after 500 beta users showed many were revising without clear direction.
US mid-market firms get AI-driven finance, HR and construction tools in one platform, aimed at cutting manual work and improving visibility.
Employers are increasingly paying premiums and boosting careers for staff who can use AI safely, according to a survey of UK leaders.
The haulage sector's driver shortage loomed over an awards night in Manchester, where anonymised data put Aldi's Christopher Sullivan on top.
The appointment comes as Tes pushes to link school data more tightly across its Tes360 platform, aiming to ease staff workload and improve oversight.