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Chapter 149 Product Promotion②

This smart trash can has been working hard for this smart trash can since the first day after the company was established. It took almost half a year to finalize the first-generation product model. Come down.In addition to the time and labor costs invested, Luo Jiu's total investment in Blue Sky Intelligence has exceeded 6000 million.Later, when the technical department was almost fully staffed, the number of people in the company and other departments also gradually increased.Entering August, the total number of employees in the company has exceeded 8. Just paying wages to everyone requires more than 100 million yuan per month. In addition, insurance and other expenses for employees are also very large.However, during this period, the company did not make any profit except for expenses, and there seemed to be no expenses on taxes.In fact, the wages seem so high mainly because the wages of technical personnel and managers are relatively high. When production is officially expanded in the later period and the proportion of ordinary employees in the factory increases, although the total wages will increase, the average wage per person will remain the same. will come down.After the product was finalized, the factory also began to recruit more ordinary employees to prepare for the expansion of production.According to the current production capacity of the factory, even with overtime production, there is not enough production capacity for 100 smart trash cans in a month. Therefore, after the product is finalized, the sooner the better, the more important thing is to expand production capacity.Fortunately, the factory had prepared for this day at the beginning.The production workshop employees currently recruited by the factory are all relatively high-quality employees. They are generally around 2 years old and have the lowest academic qualifications: high school graduates. There are also a small number of college graduates.After a period of operation, everyone is familiar with most of the processes of assembling smart trash cans. Once new employees are in place, these current employees can help train new employees, allowing everyone to quickly become proficient.However, according to the current scale of Blue Sky Smart Factory, no matter how much we want to expand production capacity, the size of the site is a big limitation.According to estimates, even if the production workshop operates for more than ten hours a day, the maximum monthly production capacity under current conditions will not exceed 30.Thinking of the expansion of production capacity, Luo Jiu said to Xie Zhengdong: "When will the equipment purchased from the factory arrive?" "The equipment will be all in place by the time we finish participating in the exhibition."

Xie Zhengdong said: "However, the promotion of our product is not very smooth whether it is online or offline. The general reaction is that the price is too expensive." When it comes to the price, Luo Jiu is a little Headache: "There is no way around this. The cost is there, and it is impossible to sell at a low price. And you and I both know that with the current production capacity, it is difficult to lower the price." The smart trash can named Blue Star No. 1000, even if the initial development cost is not included, the price of each trash can has reached nearly [-] yuan if the current accessories cost and labor cost are only counted.Among them, the price of the chip accounts for one-third of the cost of the entire smart trash can, and it is also a place that is difficult to reduce at present.Unless the production capacity of trash cans is expanded to an annual output of tens of millions, it is possible to significantly reduce the cost of the entire product.But at present, it seems that it is impossible for the time being.Speaking of the cost of the trash can, the current one is obviously clearer than Luo Jiu. At this time, talking about this issue is just to tell Luo Jiu the sales of the smart trash can.Speaking of it, although it didn’t take long for the product of the smart trash can to be finalized, the preparations for product sales have started a long time ago. Not only has the official Blue Sky Smart official website been established, but it has also been opened on JD.com, Tmall, and Pinduoduo. My own store, but for the time being, it has not officially started to do online sales, and it is still in the warm-up stage for the time being.Not only that, but Blue Sky Intelligence also went through a headhunting company and spent a lot of effort to finally recruit a marketing expert. It was agreed that he would join the job this month: "When will the new marketing manager be able to join the job? Did you agree to come this month?" Hearing Luo Jiu's question about Lu Zhanbo, Xie Zhengdong replied: "Because it will be time for the exhibition soon, so I arranged for Lu Zhanbo to meet with you in Guancheng. Let’s meet up, and after the exhibition, it’s not too late to come back and fill in the entry procedures.” Speaking of which, it’s really not a particularly wise decision for Luo Jiu to leave the factory in the county seat. Since the factory officially started recruiting personnel, ordinary It's okay for employees to talk, but when it comes to positions with slightly higher requirements, many people don't even bother to mention the conditions when they hear that the factory is in such a backward small county, and they refuse directly.As for why Lu Zhanbo came to Lantian Smart, the main reason is that Lu Zhanbo's hometown is not far from Luo Jiu's county seat.Although it is said that he does not belong to a city management, but the drive is only over an hour away, and Luo Jiu's job conditions are much higher than the previous job, so after careful consideration, Lu Zhanbo still agreed to come. Blue Sky Smart give it a try.At this stage, there are no marketing experts in the factory. Although Xie Zhengdong can manage the daily work in the factory in an orderly manner, after a period of practice, not only Luo Jiu is not very satisfied with the sales and promotion of products, but even Xie Zhengdong I am not satisfied.That's why Lu Zhanbo joined the job.

In this case, in the future, Xie Zhengdong only needs to work hard to manage the production and technical aspects of the factory, and the work of product promotion and sales will be gradually handed over to Lu Zhanbo.In fact, Xie Zhengdong was still under a lot of pressure during the realization stage. He had to worry about the promotion and sales of the product, and the production capacity of the factory, but there was not much Luo Jiu could do to help. "Although we have been talking about expanding production capacity, judging from the current situation, even if we try our best to produce products that can be produced for a month under the current conditions, there is not a large enough warehouse to store them." About Zhan Bo's entry, Xie Zhengdong said to Luo Jiu in distress: "You have always said not to worry about the venue, but seeing that the factory is about to release production soon, the product warehouse has not been resolved yet. If What should I do if there is no place to put it when it is produced?” A smart trash can has a length, width, and height of about 40 centimeters, and even if 1 trash cans are placed there densely, it will occupy an area of ​​more than 1600 square meters. square.Although things like shelves will definitely be used at that time, although the smart trash can has a "bucket" character, it can't really be stacked one by one like a bucket. It is imperative to have a super large warehouse. OK.

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