allonlinenovel Chapter 361 Integration of Home Appliance Supply Chain
Chapter 361 Integration of Home Appliance Supply Chain
Chapter 361: Integrating the Home Appliance Supply Chain
In the office of Qingdao Commercial Bureau,
The director looked serious, his eyes scanning every staff member present, and raised his voice to emphasize:
"Everyone, pay attention! Our mission this time is of vital importance. It concerns the future development of Qingdao, and we cannot afford to make any mistakes!"
"Yes, Director!"
“This time, the information of people from various countries who come to buy VCDs must be recorded in detail.
These customer resources are our valuable assets and their relationships must be maintained well.
The mayor personally instructed us that we must completely transform the sales channels of comic books into sales channels of home appliances. This is the top priority of our current work!"
Since becoming mayor, Jiang Weimin has devoted himself to a survey of Qingdao's manufacturing industry.
The survey results show that Qingdao is currently involved in all kinds of home appliance industries such as refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines.
Among them, Haier refrigerator business is particularly outstanding and has already started export business.
Although other home appliance companies introduced relatively advanced production lines at the time,
However, after several years of development, its technological level has gradually become mid-level in the country, and its technological level has been declining year by year.
Compared with domestic manufacturers that have established factories through joint ventures, there is a clear gap in technology.
The most important thing is that we don’t have our own technology research center.
In response to this, Jiang Weimin approved a special fund for each company to be used for technological research and development.
At the same time, Jiang Weimin also arranged an equipment research department to fully launch research work on various types of small household appliances.
From the common electric kettles, rice cookers, and microwave ovens in daily life to bread machines and electric ovens for making food, to various electric cookers,
As well as electric fans, electric heaters, small suns, etc. for seasonal use, and even the innovative air fryer, a "killer weapon" for time travelers.
As a new type of home appliance, the working principle of the air fryer is quite unique.
It mainly uses the heating tube to generate heat, and then uses the fan to cause the hot air to circulate in the pot so that the food can be heated evenly.
During this process, the hot air can also quickly take away the moisture on the surface of the food, ultimately giving the food a crispy texture similar to that of fried food, which is deeply loved by foreign consumers.
And you can apply for a patent. (The key point is that you can use it if you really travel through time.)
Jiang Weimin also specifically instructed Qingdao's chip design department to carry out technical optimization of color televisions.
It just so happened that the Qingdao chip department had previously accumulated certain experience in video color adjustment, which provided strong support for the upgrade of color TV technology.
At the same time, Jiang Weimin also asked relevant departments to conduct in-depth research on the automated control of home appliances such as washing machines, microwave ovens, and rice cookers, striving to achieve technological breakthroughs in these areas.
Jiang Weimin knew that there was no need to rush into R&D, as the top priority was to integrate the supply chain of the home appliance industry.
Outsource the production of some unimportant accessories to other companies.
At the same time, a spare parts standard formulation department was established to formulate unified standards for spare parts in Qingdao area.
Jiang Weimin’s primary goal is to expand home appliance production capacity, integrate the supply chain, and further reduce costs by establishing spare parts standards.
This series of measures is also the core work that Jiang Weimin will gradually carry out and promote in depth after establishing the Commercial Bureau to develop overseas home appliance channels.
In the provincial party committee office, a mayor complained to his leader: "Leader, Qingdao has poached another spare parts factory from me. You have to make a decision for me!
Two of my factories have been poached this month. If this continues, our city’s industries will be emptied out!”
After hearing this, the provincial party committee leader said slowly: "The factory is still in your city!"
"But now the factory in the city is just an empty shell! The factory director has taken all the people to Qingdao to open a branch factory.
Please talk to Qingdao and ask them to keep all the profits from the factory in our city. Otherwise, how can our city's economy develop?"
The provincial party committee leader responded somewhat unhappily: “Okay, that’s all you can do!
In the past, these two spare parts factories did not make much money a year and could hardly pay the workers' wages. Now they are a heavy burden in your city.
I heard that you are all planning to restructure these factories!
Qingdao's move actually revitalized the two factories and helped you solve a major hidden danger."
"Leader, can't this unit be located in our city? Why does it have to go to Qingdao? We can still supply goods in our city!"
“Do you understand what centralized management of the industrial chain is?”
The mayor shook his head.
“Centralized management of the industrial chain means concentrating upstream and downstream enterprises of related industries in one area to achieve resource sharing, complementary advantages and coordinated development.
This will not only reduce the company's production costs and improve production efficiency, but also enhance the competitiveness of the entire industry.
Qingdao is now vigorously integrating the supply chain and attracting many spare parts factories to establish product supply chains. The output will increase significantly. Once the output increases, the foreign low-end home appliance market will be occupied by our Upper East Province.
When Qingdao develops, it will definitely benefit you in the future and drive the economic development of the entire province."
"Got it, leader, we will definitely cooperate actively!"
"Okay, the provincial government will soon purchase an instant noodle production line and place it in your city. You should develop it well and strive to develop more people's livelihood products."
"Thank you for your trust, there is no problem in developing livelihood products, but regarding sales, does our province have any good sales channels?"
“Not stupid, Qingdao is negotiating cooperation with the supply and marketing cooperatives to establish China’s second largest logistics unit, and will give priority to establishing a pilot project in Qingdao.
As long as there are products, whether they are food, drink or daily necessities, they can be sold nationwide through this logistics network.”
In the 90s, with the vigorous development of individual economy and private economy and the influx of foreign capital,
Various small shops, supermarkets and hypermarkets have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the supply and marketing cooperatives are facing unprecedented fierce market competition.
At the same time, due to problems such as rigid operating mechanisms, poor service quality, and insufficient innovation capabilities, the number of grassroots outlets of the supply and marketing cooperatives has been greatly reduced and their operating efficiency has deteriorated.
Qingdao and the supply and marketing cooperatives have previously had successful experience in cooperating with garment factories, and the current supply and marketing cooperatives are indeed in urgent need of transformation and development.
Therefore, the cooperation between the two parties this time can be said to be a perfect match and a win-win situation.
Qingdao has established a logistics operation center in Qingdao with the help of the rich resources and extensive network of the supply and marketing cooperatives.
In this way, home appliances from Qingdao and various products from Shandong can be quickly shipped to all parts of the country in the later stage, greatly expanding the sales market of the products.
The mayor quickly said, "Okay, leader, we will go back and hold a meeting to discuss this matter and make sure this work is done well."
The provincial party committee leader said with emotion: "If our province had more courageous and visionary people like Jiang Weimin, Shandong Province would definitely remain the largest province in the country."
After Jiang Weimin became mayor, he reported in detail to the provincial party committee on the results of his in-depth investigation and subsequent development directions.
The solution he provided is highly forward-looking and feasible. The key is that it does not require the province to invest a large amount of money. Instead, it will build the country's largest small household appliance supply chain concentration center based on the existing product base.
At the same time, plans have also been made for the subsequent construction of a transportation system, as well as for the home appliance hypermarkets to be built by Qingdao through resource integration after the transportation system has developed.
The provincial party committee leaders are well aware that the integration and concentration of the supply chain, as well as the overseas expansion of small household appliances after the integration, will undoubtedly become a major notable achievement during their term of office.
Just when the leaders of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee were immersed in their beautiful visions of future development, a call came from the Anhui Provincial Party Committee.
"Boss, your VCDs in Qingdao are selling so well!"
"Aren't you in Anhui also developing the VCD industry?"
The leader of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee said helplessly: "How can we compare with you? You have sold more than 100 million VCDs in the past year!
And the profit was in foreign exchange, which is 8 million yuan! We only sold 2 units in total, but the profit was in RMB. The gap is too big.”
The leader of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee explained: "There is no other way. We have invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in industry over the past decade.
After a long period of accumulation, we have now established a sound industrial system, which is the foundation and advantage of our development.”
"I called you this time to borrow some money from your province! Our province really doesn't have the money to expand production capacity now.
The funding for the science and technology project that we have been working on for a year has not been allocated, and foreign investors are now unwilling to continue investing. We are really in trouble.”
"It's not that I won't lend you money, it's mainly because once this channel is opened, everyone will come to me to borrow money.
How can our province develop? We have several large projects waiting to be put into production. "
The leader of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee immediately pleaded: "Please help me think of a solution! We are all producing the same product.
You can't eat the meat while we can only drink the soup base! You have to give us a way to survive."
The leader of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee thought for a moment and said, “Well, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but you have no way to expand production. I will give you a solution.
You can purchase all VCD accessories from us in Shandong and assemble them yourself after purchase.
Now the price of a VCD is 4000 yuan, and I will sell you the accessories for 2500 yuan, so you can earn 1500 yuan from one. It is almost the same as if you produced it yourself. "
"Really? That's great."
"Of course it's true, but there is indeed a condition."
"Boss, you say!"
"I remember there are several companies in your province that specialize in home appliance parts. Please arrange for them to build a branch factory in Qingdao.
We give you the order and you take all the profits away.
This will not only solve your production and profit problems, but also further improve our Qingdao home appliance supply chain and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results."
After hearing this, the leader of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee said that they would discuss it with the relevant departments of the province and then give a reply.
In the following two years, many provinces followed suit in purchasing VCD accessories, contributing to Qingdao's efforts to enrich its home appliance supply chain.
Although Qingdao VCD's profits in China may be reduced due to this cooperation model, the sales of its accessories have spread rapidly across the country like a tide.
In this fierce market competition, Wanyan VCD's situation seems somewhat difficult.
As VCD companies in other provinces sprang up like mushrooms after rain, Wanyan did not have the strength to expand production.
There is no complete production chain of its own, and the most important thing is that the manufacturer that invested in Wanyan is a foreign chip manufacturer. This alone cuts off the way to purchase accessories from Qingdao.
In this life, Wan Yan followed the same old path as in the previous life.