Chapter 132 The Essence of Business Saves Time

Chapter 132 The Essence of Business Saves Time

Chapter 132 The Essence of Business Saves Time

The next day, Yang Wendong rushed to the company early in the morning and found a pile of mops at the door.

"You bought so much?" Yang Wendong was a little surprised.

Wei Zetao, who had just seen the boss coming, rushed over and said, "Mr. Yang, these are all types of mops from the eight department stores nearby. There are 8 types in total, and they are basically different."

"Yeah," Yang Wendong nodded and said, "I may have underestimated the variety of mops around me and bought too many."

Wei Zetao smiled and said, "That's okay. Our factory is not small, and mopping the floor consumes mops very quickly. If we change them frequently, they will be used up in a few months."

"Yeah." Yang Wendong didn't care. It wasn't much money.

At least he wouldn't have to run to several grocery stores to check, which would be even less cost-effective because his time is more valuable.

Wei Zetao then asked, "What do you want these mops for, Mr. Yang?"

Yang Wendong said, "Ask Lao Hong to come over so we can take a look. Also, have someone move these mops to the conference room so we can discuss things there."

"Okay." Wei Zetao agreed immediately.

In fact, under normal circumstances, if the boss asks to buy something, it will usually be delivered to the door of the boss's office or to the conference room; but this mop is large and no one knows what it is used for, so it is not convenient to put it in the conference room, so it was left at the door.

Afterwards, Wei Zetao called two people to come and move the mop, and he went to the side to call people. In fact, the place was not far away, and everyone's office was at the factory gate.

After a while, all the mops were moved to the conference room, and Hong Xuefei also came: "Mr. Yang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Sit down first." Yang Wendong smiled and did not answer directly. Then he continued to touch the mop on the ground with his hand.

Seeing that the boss's cash flow was a bit strange, Wei Zetao suddenly had an absurd idea in his mind and asked, "Mr. Yang, you don't want to be a mop, do you?"

Yang Wendong smiled, shook his head and said, "Of course not. It was just that when I was in my new home yesterday, I found that the mop was very difficult to squeeze dry, so I was wondering if there was any way to quickly remove the water from the mop."

"How to quickly remove the water from the mop?" Hong Xuefei didn't quite understand and asked, "Don't you just squeeze it and wait? Or just put it in the sun."

Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "All of your methods are laborious or time-consuming. In modern society, especially in some places with good economic conditions, these two things are very precious. It is not worth it to go through so much trouble."

"What does Mr. Yang mean?" Wei Zetao paused and asked, "We want to solve this problem?"

"I have this idea." Yang Wendong nodded and suddenly asked, "What do you think is the essence of the product?"

"Essence?" Wei Zetao and Hong Xuefei didn't quite understand what the boss meant.

Yang Wendong smiled and explained: “There are many essences of commodities, but I think the most valuable essence is saving time.

For example, the essence of cars is to reduce the time people spend on traveling, washing machines are to reduce the time people spend on housework, dryers are to reduce the time it takes to dry clothes, and elevators are to save people's time climbing stairs, right?"

After listening to this, Wei Zetao nodded and said, "Mr. Yang's words make sense. Our sticky notes actually indirectly increase the work efficiency of office staff, and can also be said to save the company's time."

"That's right, too." Yang Wendong agreed, "In short, any product or service that can reduce the inconvenience people experience in their lives is definitely a good product.

This concept can also become Deli's R&D concept in the future. Lao Hong, when you design new products in the future, you must consider this direction. What kind of things can save time for consumers will definitely be successful. "

In fact, many of the Internet giants in later generations also relied on this logic to achieve success.

For example, online shopping saves users the time of going out to shop; takeout food saves people the time of going out to eat;
Didi saves people’s time waiting for taxis; search engines reduce people’s time searching for information; social networks reduce people’s time obtaining information.

It can be said that the essence of most Internet operations is to save time.

"Good idea. The purpose of the product is to reduce the user's time." Wei Zetao thought it made sense and asked, "Mr. Yang, what do you mean by that? We want to make something that can reduce the time it takes to squeeze the mop. Can it save time or effort?" "Basically time." Yang Wendong said, "Housework and hygiene are still mainly done by women around the world, and they basically don't use too much strength."

"That's right." Wei Zetao nodded.

Hong Xuefei next to him asked, "Mr. Yang, what kind of thing can quickly squeeze out the mop?"

"We need to learn the principles of washing machines." Yang Wendong added, "Can't the washing machine's spin dryer also be used to dry clothes? If we can spin the mop in this way, can the mop also be easily dried?"

"Electrical appliances?" Wei Zetao looked a little hesitant and said, "Mr. Yang wants to make an electrical appliance?"

"Of course not. We don't have the ability to do that right now." Yang Wendong took out a piece of paper with a sketch on it, and then said, "I want to make a structure where I can put a mop inside and then press it down manually to make the structure that the mop head contacts rotate. Wouldn't that simulate a washing machine?

The only difference is that washing machines rely on motors, while ours relies on manpower. However, the downward force is very simple, and a woman can easily exert dozens of kilograms of force. This is much more convenient than squeezing out a mop head."

"If it can be realized, this is a really good idea." Wei Zetao almost fell silent after understanding Yang Wendong's meaning.

If this thing comes true, it will probably be another hot-selling product.

Yang Wendong looked at Hong Xuefei and asked, "Can this thing be designed structurally?"

Hong Xuefei looked at the rough structure on the white paper and replied: "It should be possible to make it. This is actually a structure that converts linear motion into rotational motion;
In many devices, such conversion is very common, but most of them are the opposite. The most common is the conversion of rotational motion into linear motion, because the input source of power is the motor, which is rotating. "

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Then we will start trying to design this rotating mop. The company will immediately start the project and all the information needs to be kept. In addition, some core information needs to be filed with the human resources department."

This is the advice given by lawyer Zhang Weida. When a company is preparing to develop a product, it needs to consider whether its ideas will be known by rival companies as soon as they are proposed, and whether the rival companies will accelerate the development and imitation.

This kind of thing may not happen often, but there are so many companies around the world, and there are all kinds of people, and the same is true for companies, so legal issues have to be considered in advance.

The best way is to save all the information from the beginning of the project. If any problems occur, these will serve as evidence in the future.

"Okay, I'll prepare the relevant information right away." Hong Xuefei nodded and agreed.

Yang Wendong asked again: "Is there nothing important on hand in your R&D department recently?"

"We are also helping the laboratory to study the viscosity testing of the glue behind the sticky hooks," replied Hong Xuefei.

Yang Wendong said: "The glue test for the sticky hook is not complicated to conduct. It does not require so many people. Since your team is relatively free now, you can study this."

Although the production of post-it notes will make companies very busy for a period of time in the future, that is busy production and has nothing to do with the R&D department.

Except for the sticky hooks that are being tested, all the other creative products I proposed before are already in production. The R&D department, on the other hand, is in the opposite direction of production and is very idle.

After all, as the creative provider, I have deliberately come up with a very simple product, so this is a good time for them to develop something new.

"Okay." said Hong Xuefei.

Yang Wendong added: "This product is called the Spinning Mop, and this is also the name of the project. Please give me the most basic information about the project team today, and I will arrange for the finance department to allocate a separate amount for this R&D project later."

"No problem." Hong Xuefei said, "If there is nothing else, I will go and take care of this matter first."

"Okay, go ahead," Yang Wendong nodded.

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