Infor and Nanyang Polytechnic partner to enable Singapore millennials to be future-ready

SINGAPORE – Media
OutReach – November 1, 2018 – Infor, a global
leader in business cloud software for Enterprise and SMB companies, today
announced its collaboration with Nanyang Polytechnic’s (NYP) School of Business
Management for the Infor Education Alliance Programme (EAP). Infor EAP is a
global initiative that helps educational institutions develop the technological
skillsets of students to fully embrace the growing digital economy.

 

The programme provides partner institutions with free access to innovative
cloud technologies and learning platforms, empowering millennials to be
cloud-ready and have a stronger understanding of next-generation digital
technologies.

 

“By partnering Infor to expose our students to the latest industry software
and real-world applications, we provide an avenue for them to be better
equipped with the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the needs of the
digital workforce. We also have plans to roll this out at a later stage to
adult learners doing Continuing Education and Training courses with us,” said
Esther Ho, Director, School of Business Management, Nanyang Polytechnic. “Along
with Infor’s sponsorship of student competitions to promote contextualised
learning, this collaboration provides our students an excellent platform to
apply their classroom knowledge to solve real-world business challenges”.

 

As of 2018, the programme has trained more than 3,000 students to date in
Asia Pacific and is growing across the region, with universities participating
in China, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.
Through the Infor and Nanyang Polytechnic collaboration, students will gain
hands-on cloud software experience using Infor CloudSuite Industrial, Infor
Factory Track and Infor CloudSuite Human Capital Management in their
coursework.

 

“We believe that innovative companies will need a workforce that has the
job preparedness to support digital transformation in this ever-changing
dynamic landscape. For a regional hub like Singapore, this means we need to
take the responsibility to invest in the future of this country and empower
millennials and educational institutions with the right set of critical skills
and tools needed in the digital economy,” said Wesley Kowalski, Head of ASEAN,
Infor. “We are pleased to support NYP’s mission to nurture empowered learners
for work and life through practice-oriented and multi-disciplinary
collaboration between industry and academia.”

 

About Infor

Infor
develops business cloud software for Enterprise and SMB companies globally. With
17,000 employees and over 68,000 customers in more than 170 countries, Infor
software is designed for progress.  To learn more, please visit www.infor.com.

 

About Nanyang
Polytechnic

Established as an institution
of higher learning in 1992, Nanyang Polytechnic’s (NYP) seven academic schools
offer quality education and training through more than 40 full-time diploma
courses. NYP also has a full suite of continuing education (CET) options for
lifelong learning, ranging from specialist and advanced diplomas to
SkillsFuture modules and courses. NYP’s Asian Culinary Institute and the
Singapore Institute of Retail Studies are CET institutes set up in partnership
with SkillsFuture Singapore to champion and transform Singapore’s F&B and
retail sectors respectively.

Through its strong network of industry connections, NYP empowers learners for
work and life through relevant curricula and deep capabilities. NYP strives to
be the innovative polytechnic, creating a nexus of future-ready learners, ready
to take on new challenges and contribute to growth and sustainability. For more
information, visit https://www.nyp.edu.sg