vstars Chapter 402 Steady Development
Chapter 402 Steady Development
The number of employees working in the furniture factory is also increasing year by year. Currently, there are more than 5,000 employees. According to existing orders, it will be no problem for the number of employees to exceed 8,000 by next year.
With the upgrading of production tools and the increase in the number of employees, the production process of furniture factories has become more and more detailed, and the types of furniture produced have become more and more diversified. However, in terms of production style, it has begun to reach a bottleneck period and has become more and more routine.
This is not a good phenomenon, so Yinbao asked people from major stores to visit customers and ask them what functions they hope their furniture has, or what aspects of Jiangxinfang's furniture they think need improvement.
The answers collected were varied, and some were even outrageous and unrealistic. Yinbao simply chose to ignore such answers.
Based on her experience in managing Jiangxinfang and combined with its sales data over the years, she selected some targeted answers to Jiangxinfang's products and gave them to the factory manager for reference to see if they could benefit from them and make corresponding changes.
Afterwards, Yinbao took the questionnaires collected from the department stores and went to several other production factories. Compared with furniture, ordinary people obviously have more say and desire to express themselves about the daily necessities they use.
Yinbao handed over everyone's product demands to the corresponding factories one by one, and took this opportunity to conduct a surprise inspection of those factories.
Prior to this, these factories were all managed by Qian Laiye, who had extremely strict requirements on product quality and also controlled the production process very strictly. Therefore, the result of Yinbao's surprise inspection this time was unexpectedly good.
While Yinbao breathed a sigh of relief, his admiration for his teacher reached a new level. He also secretly made up his mind that he would take his teacher as his goal in the future, continue to implement his management principles, make new breakthroughs in the development of the Craftsmanship Workshop and the department store, and not tarnish his reputation. From then on, Yinbao became more meticulous and serious in doing things.
Those questionnaires were of great help to major manufacturers. After making targeted products that met the needs of the public in the questionnaires, Yinbao immediately distributed the freshly-made new products to various department stores and supermarkets through Lulutong.
The new product was sold out as soon as it was launched on the market, and soon attracted repeat customers and received wide acclaim. After receiving feedback from the stores below, Yinbao immediately ordered the corresponding factories to increase production.
As the development of the craftsmanship workshops and department stores in the three states entered a stable period, Yinbao began to focus on other state cities and embarked on the road of external expansion of the craftsmanship workshops and department stores.
Today, Jiangxinfang stores have spread to 18 surrounding state capitals, becoming the most well-known furniture brand in the local area.
The number of branch factories responsible for the production of various types of travel tools under Jiangxinfang has expanded to five. The total number of people responsible for this part of the production alone is as high as 13,000, making it the largest travel tool manufacturer and wholesaler in more than a dozen surrounding state cities.
Department stores closely followed the development pace of Jiangxinfang and covered 18 surrounding cities. And because department stores’ business nature was more popular, in the fifth year after its establishment, they had already doubled the number of Jiangxinfang stores.
As batch after batch of students graduate from vocational colleges, the production methods of various daily necessities are no longer a secret.
Competitors and imitations of paper and household cleaning products similar to those in department stores have appeared one after another on the market. There are even supermarkets that have the same business model as department stores and compete with them.
However, department stores still firmly hold their leading position by relying on high-quality and stable product quality, and in the process, gradually expand the number of their stores.
As of now, the number of department stores has reached 463, and no store is operating at a loss.
If this trend continues, there is basically no hope of turning Jiangxinfang and department stores into a national chain within three years.
However, what makes Yin Bao different from others is that she was born and raised in this era and is not subject to the fifteen-year time limit. Moreover, she is still young and has unlimited possibilities in the future. If she is given time, sooner or later the Craftsmanship Workshop and the Department Store will be spread across every state capital in Da Chu.
After handing over the Craftsmanship Workshop and its affiliated factories to his apprentice Yinbao, Qian Lai was able to free up his hands to focus on the development of Yipintang.
Yipintang is more popular among local people in the north than in the south. When eating out in the cold winter, who can resist a hotpot that warms the body and stomach?
When expanding the number of Yippin Guo stores, Qian Lai also did not forget to understand the eating habits and local specialties of the corresponding cities, and successively launched local special hot pots and many new hot pots with different flavors.
Doing so not only retains the unique hot pot flavor of Yippin Pot, but also satisfies the local people's eating habits. As a result, Yippin Pot quickly integrated into the local environment and became an emerging delicacy sought after by local people.
In order to cater to the needs of the public, Qianlai not only sells hot pot in the store, but also started a take-out business. If customers want to eat hot pot at home, they only need to send someone to the Yipin Guo store, place an order and pay in advance, and then at the agreed time, Yipin Guo will send someone with all necessary supplies to provide door-to-door service.
If customers find it troublesome, they can also directly buy the hot pot base from the store, go home and prepare the hot pot ingredients by themselves, and make hot pot at home.
The combination of novel decoration, high-quality service and unique taste has made Yipin Guo's expansion speed very fast, making it the first national chain brand in all existing industries.
After completing the nationwide layout of Yipin Guo stores, Qian Lai slowed down the development of Yipin Guo and no longer continued to increase the number of branches. Instead, he more strictly controlled the quality of Yipin Guo's ingredients. At the same time, he began to seriously consider which apprentice to make the successor of Yipin Guo.
After Yinbao, Qian Laiye accepted three more disciples one after another. These three disciples had nothing to do with Lin Chuyi and were accepted by Qian Laiye on his own initiative.
The four disciples are of different ages, but their ranking is not based on age, but on the order in which they became apprentices.
Yinbao is the well-deserved eldest disciple, and the remaining three are the second disciple Qi Tianfu, the third disciple Li Xiaoxiao, and the fourth disciple Lu Yunshu according to the order in which they became apprentices.
Among them, Qi Tianfu and Li Xiaoxiao were the ones Qian Lai chose at first sight among the many slaves he bought.
Although these two people are very different in gender and personality, their character has stood the test and they cherish the opportunities they encounter. Every time Qian Laiye assigns them a task, they take it seriously and do not let Qian Laiye down.