Chin Hin in Kingdee tie-up for digital transformation
The partnership with the digital management solutions provider aligns with Chin Hin Group's broader regional vision to set the benchmark for the adoption of digital and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven enterprise solutions across South-East Asia.
In a statement yesterday, Chin Hin Group managing director Chiau Haw Choon said that with Kingdee as a strategic partner and its next-generation ecosystem platform as the foundation of the group's enterprise resource management or ERM, it is ready to lead boldly into the GenAI era.
Shenzhen, China-based Kingdee, with more than 30 years of expertise and a global customer base exceeding 7.4 million enterprises and organisations, has established itself as a pioneer in cloud-native enterprise management software.
Meanwhile, Kingdee Group president Jason Zhang said it looks forward to combining Kingdee's rapid development with Chin Hin Group's operational excellence, and to jointly developing AI-enabled capabilities in Kingdee Cosmic AI Service Cloud, making the project Kingdee's overseas flagship reference.
'The new platform will seamlessly integrate Chin Hin Group's entire value chain – from building materials and construction engineering to property development and home living – onto a single, reliable, and intelligent backbone of finance, procurement and supply chain that cohesively links with respective industry-leading front-end operational modules.
'Built on this foundation, embedded AI workflows and AI agents elevate operations into a fully connected, data-driven ecosystem that powers smarter decisions, sharper efficiency, and accelerated growth,' the statement said. — Bernama
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