Newly-renovated Manila Zoo set to have soft opening on December 30

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

Manila Zoo has a new look after its P1.8-billion face lift which began in 2019.

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno shared in a Facebook post on Wednesday a sneak peek at the soon-to-open new Manila Zoo during his quick tour at the site on Tuesday.

"Sa mga Manileño at lahat ng Pilipino, you deserve the best. Ang galing talaga ng Pilipinong manggagawa! Sana po magustuhan ninyo at ng pamilya niyo ang bagong Manila Zoo. Opening soon! :Advance Merry Christmas po" - Manila Mayor Isko Moreno.

Moreno and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna visited the Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden on Tuesday night. The redeveloped facility aims to compete with the famous Singapore Zoo. The new Manila Zoo has its own sewage treatment plant.

Excited ka na ba? Malapit na muling mapasyalan ang bagong ayos na Manila Zoo!

The soft opening of the new Manila Zoo will be on Dec. 30, with families of 1,300 zoo construction workers to be treated as VIP guests.

The renovated zoo will have an Animal Museum, Botanical Garden, and Butterfly Garden. Moreno says Manila zoo, which he notes is patterned after Singapore Zoo, has a "state of the art sewage treatment plant" after the zoo was flagged for dumping untreated waste to Manila.

The public can expect elevated viewing decks, an animal museum, botanical and butterfly gardens, as well as a separated space for Filipino endemic animals and birds.

Mali, Manila Zoo’s lone elephant, gets a bigger enclosure with a bath and play area.

But the old portion of Mali’s enclosure has yet to be renovated as zoo keepers are having a hard time in encouraging the 49-year-old elephant to walk into her new home.

The zoo's only elephant who lived in a concrete enclosure for 40 years, is here to stay despite calls from animal rights groups to relocate her to a sanctuary.

"The entire Manila Zoo measures only 0.055 square kilometers, and Mali's enclosure is one small piece of that. For her physical well-being, Mali needs grass to cushion her aching joints and room to move, not a cramped pen," PETA says.

For years PETA has been calling on the city government to free Mali, who has suffered "potentially fatal cracked nails and foot pads, which are open to infection, and overgrown cuticles" due to living in a concrete enclosure for over four decades.

Zoo management said that tickets may have to be booked in advance as part of the park’s measures to curb the spread of #COVID19 within the park.

No one really cared about Manila Zoo until today. I really appreciate Isko Moreno for this. We should do more like this to preserve our animals and treat them with care. Excited to see if there will be a animal research facility soon. Naway maganda at kumportable ang mga animal enclosure sa newly renovated Manila Zoo.

Ang ganda po. Salamat po sa pag restore at pagpapaganda ng Manila Zoo. I pray na mawala na ang Covid19 so i can bring my family to enjoy this new zoo. We've been to Singapore zoo a few years back so I would want them to enjoy the one in our own country too. Naalala ko 'yung Night Safari sa Singapore, puro Pinoy crew nila kaya pwede natin dito gawin sa Manila Zoo.

After years of neglect, I can finally take my children to Manila Zoo!

Excellent job po, Mayor Isko!

CRM Vs. ERP: Top 7 Comparisons & The Right Approach For Your Business

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Software technologies have been helping business owners offload the management headaches from their lives by large volumes. From manually writing every record to managing employees, software tools have changed everything for the better. Today, whether it's a local bakery shop or a big corporate office, every business is becoming more tech-savvy by having a CRM and/or ERP tool in their office computer systems.

But before we jump into the functionalities of a CRM and ERP and how they help businesses, let us first understand the difference between a CRM and ERP.

CRM (customer relationship management) is a technology that helps businesses manage relationships with their customers, whereas ERP (enterprise resource planning) comprises technologies that companies use to automate their business processes. Both CRM and ERP can either be on-premise software or cloud-based SaaS (Software-as-a-service) tools. But since on-premise software comes with a lot of maintenance and expenses, most enterprises prefer SaaS-based tools to run their businesses smoothly.

 Now to understand the exact difference between a CRM and an ERP software, let's dig into the 7 comparisons between them-

Basic Difference 

A CRM is all about giving solutions for customer-facing, i.e., external problems. On the other hand, an ERP offers solutions to an enterprise's internal management and planning-related issues.

 

Exemplary Functions 

As their names suggest, a CRM helps a company build relationships with their customers by telling how they're interacting with their online business websites, social media handles, content, and marketing campaigns. Whereas an ERP ties different parts/processes of the business together like accounting, project management, logistics and supply chain operations, compliance to create an efficient working process.

Motives & Endpoints

Since CRM's job is to tell about the customers and their activities, it's directly related to the business' sales and revenue growth. It is also responsible for service personalization for white glove customer service, aligning marketing campaigns & sales pipelines, contact management, and communication-building with customers. This allows the company to understand and put their customers at the center of their business strategies with a customer centricity approach.

In contrast, ERP software responsibilities are concerned with almost every business process. For instance: financials, procurements, product lifecycle management (PLM), warehouse management system, risk management, inventory, manufacturing, HR (human resources), and sometimes even CRM.

Responsible Teams & Executives

The teams and decision-makers inside a company concerned with the CRM tool include sales teams, creative teams, marketing managers like CMO, marketing analysts, promotion managers, growth marketers, product managers, and PR teams.

ERP systems often involve a partnership with the finance officers like CFOs, CIOs (Chief Information Officer), COOs (Chief Operation Officer), and other key executive leaders.

 

Market Share & Future Predictions

 According to research by Gartner, the ERP software market grew 9% to a market size nearing $39 billion in 2019. Research also suggests that the ERP market is expected to reach $86.30 billion by 2027, with a yearly growth rate of a CAGR of 9.8%.

CRM remains one of the fastest-growing in the software market, with Gartner predicting the CRM market to grow to $43.5 billion by 2024.

Industry Usage

Though almost every industry is getting familiar with ERP solutions, the manufacturing industry is the No. 1 user and captures 47% of the industry share. Other industries like construction & services, defense, government utility, aerospace, and IT are also on the list that use ERP in their businesses.

CRM fits for every kind of business, but some particular industries like retail, healthcare, IT, telecom, government & education, banking, finance, consulting are leveraging this the most.

 

Saving Money & Making Money 

If we look at the entire business from the outside as a third person, you can find that an ERP tool focuses on minimizing overall management costs by increasing efficiency. It provides information and data on every activity and every loophole in the entire business system. In brief, ERP helps a company save money.

A CRM tool's primary aim is to increase revenue by utilizing customer-related information and building loyal relationships with them. In short, a CRM helps a business make money.

ERP or CRM? Or Both? What Does YOUR Business Need?

 Though every business needs enterprise planning and customer relationship building, their volume of dependency varies according to their type and size.

Here Is A Quick Checklist For You To Analyze If Your Business Needs A CRM Or An ERP

1. Business Type 

Even if your business is small, you'll still need an ERP tool to streamline routine tasks and avoid unnecessary organizational hassles.

But if your products are self-built, like providing services or consulting, and you do not depend on anyone to serve your customers, a CRM with an FMS tool (Financial Management Software) can seamlessly work for you.

 

2. Business Size

An ERP includes managing multiple functions like finance, accounting, HR, operations, supply chain, etcetera. But several businesses do not need such a vast set of teams and can function well with minimal resources.

 If you have a small team that you can manage well with a set of tools like a CRM, a PMS (Project Management Tool), and an FMS (Finance Management Software), you don't need to opt for an ERP.

 

3. Budget 

Whether it's CRM or ERP, you will need to

Invest money and time to make the most out of these tools.

• Pay the subscription fee,
• Search and hire expert teams to operate and supervise the activities, analyze data & reports, and strategize leveraging those data
• Arrange salaries for the new teams according to their expertise.

 

With more tools comes more responsibility. It is up to you to decide if your business needs such fancy settings, or you can rock your world just by being simple.

4. Future Goals

 If you're running your business easily just by using a CRM and happy with your growth, you might not want to disrupt it and make it chaotic. If that's the case, you probably don't need an ERP.

Whereas if you're planning to build more products and diversify your working environment and workforce, it will help if you strategize accordingly, and invest in ERP software to become future-ready.

Conclusion

CRM and ERM both add to the profit margin of a business. However, since both are different, a company should look at them as stand-alone systems and choose one depending on their needs.

 

Beyond Customer Satisfaction: Making a Difference this Holiday Season

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MyBusyBee Inc. has a long history of providing inspiring corporate social responsibility service in various parts of the Philippines since its early-founding days. In fact, its flagship foundation “Hands and Feet Good News Foundation” has been making a positive impact in the lives of Filipino children and youth since 2014.

The foundation started as a small Saturday Kids Bible study group with just a little over 70 children. Over the past few years, the foundation has grown to reach over 200 children with the help of over 50 volunteer youth leaders ready to teach God’s word. These same youth leaders were the first beneficiaries of the HFGN foundation.

In addition to these programs, the foundation has been developing House Churches since 2016, organizing “operation tuli” or free circumcision drives since 2015, providng scholarship grants to deserving students, and during this Christmas Season, sharing gifts and noche buena packages to the children and their families . On these same house churches, the foundation conducts weekly Bible studies and sponsors junior and youth summer camps to train and develop children and parents' God-given gifts so they can better serve their community and the church.

One of the foundation’s projects is a livelihood program for the residents of Sitio Payong, Quezon City. The foundation is facilitating dressmaking workshops with housewives and unemployed residents of Sitio payong as its primary participants. The objective is to upskill them so they can build their own community dressmaking business or search for better opportunities to provide for their daily needs.


More than just a tech company

“The quality of our output sets us apart from our competitors and helps us achieve our aim of constantly exceeding our clients' expectations, which is something we take great pride in at BUSYBEE. With that comes a significant duty in terms of our philanthropic responsibilities; to be able to make a difference not just in our clients' businesses but also in our communities. This has been a cornerstone of our firm since its inception, and the positive influence our foundation has on the lives of these individuals is what I believe distinguishes us.” Said BUSYBEE Founder Rico Hernandez.

With HFGN Foundation as its partner in service, MyBusybee, Inc. has become more confident that its efforts really help change lives.

Join Hands and Feet Goods News Foundation and BUSYBEE in spreading the word of God while providing an impact to underprivileged communities across the Philippines. To know more about their activities, log on to hgf.org.ph.