Information is life.

Mr. Toshifumi Suzuki, president of 7-Eleven, the world's No. 1 convenience store chain, once said: It doesn't matter if you invest less in other areas, but you can't save money on information and communication.

Up to the sixth-generation information system of 7-Eleven, they have invested as much as 300 billion yen in building the information system, totaling more than 18 billion yuan.

This idea of investing heavily in information and data stems from the notion that even if you have enough stores and stores, you have your own factories or production equipment, and you have your own efficient and complete logistics system, if you don't know what to sell, what to produce, how much to sell, when to sell it, and who to sell to, then even if you have everything in place, it will be in vain.

Information will determine the survival of a business.

We don't logically analyze whether this line of thinking is right or not, but in terms of results, 7-Eleven followed this line of thinking from Toshifumi Suzuki, and then they got the information in their hands and became the number one in the world.

This is another reason why Chen Zier is interested in Sheng Qianyu's small speech.

Because it's important.

She has to take the time to explain to the staff how the store information system came about, how to use it, and what it is for.

Chen Zier was still a little surprised, and asked, "You really came up with a set of pudding's store information system?"

Sheng Qianyu answered him with facts.

But in fact, she is not used to this: standing in the center of people's attention and explaining.

She prefers to do her own thing silently.

But Sun Hong specially bought several computers for this matter, and also recruited a few college students who understand technology, but Sheng Qianyu didn't explain, and no one knew how the system would work.

She was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to speak well, but Chen Zier kept encouraging her, saying that you just say what you think, and the people sitting below are none of your business. Sheng Qianyu also cheered herself up, she is a strong girl and will not admit defeat easily.

After listening to it for a while, Chen Zier understood that her idea was still based on data, which was also her strength, in fact, this part was too general at the beginning, and only said that all kinds of data within 500 meters of the surrounding area should be available.

This concept comes from 20 years later, Chen Zier is there, and it is also very advanced, and there is nothing wrong with it. But in the process of giving specific orders to employees, this makes others very vague.

Because not every employee will take the initiative to think about the connotation of your speech, the meaning of what it represents, and then implement it.

More people could only understand very clear instructions, such as asking me to see what the weather would be like tomorrow.

Making everyone's tasks clear is actually a kind of execution.

Sheng Qianyu helped Chen Zier to clarify a lot, she said: "Mr. Chen's concept of designing a pudding convenience store is very good, I flipped through the business books, and found that many manufacturers and sellers are trying to build their own supply chain management to reduce costs and increase profits, but the concept of pudding is reversed, I think it can be called demand chain management." ”

"We take demand as the source, which is the foundation, and then start the subsequent ordering and sales process. But it's hard to grasp requirements, and it's even impossible to grasp them accurately, so we need to rely on data, because data doesn't lie. ”

"The origin of this system is from this, I am based on a large amount of data, through more scientific and efficient means to discover the information behind the data, I wrote a set of algorithms, but it is very rudimentary, there are imperfections, this needs to continue to spend energy to optimize. In order to facilitate the acquisition of data, I divide the data into three types. ”

"The first one is called site data, which refers to some data within 500 meters around each branch, including the number of households, whether there are merchants, if there are so many employees, and even according to these the nature of the branch itself can be classified, if the surrounding area is a community, it can be called street type, of course, there are other types such as merchant type, downtown type and composite type, so that you can better grasp the product type demand of each branch. ”

"The second thing I call facility data is whether there are public facilities such as schools and hospitals in the vicinity of the branches, which has a great impact on the demand forecast for daily ordering operations. ”

"The third one is called long-term data, because from a longer-term perspective, the above two data will show some regular trends and trends, which is very important, and my idea is to count sales figures and store performance on a monthly basis. ”

What Sheng Qianyu said is probably what Chen Zier said at the beginning, the new employees have been trained, but she has classified them in more detail, so that the employees of each branch can better understand what my job is in addition to cashiering, what type of store I work in, and what people I mainly serve.

Later, she talked about some algorithmic things and how to look at data to get information, which can basically be said to be successful.

Although this information system is very rudimentary, very rudimentary, the appearance is still drawn.

At the end, Sheng Qianyu pulled Chen Zier aside, she sweated a little, patted her chest and said, "I'm so nervous." ”

Chen Zier took out a paper to help her wipe the sweat from her forehead, and said, "You behaved very well, better than I imagined." ”

Her eyes sparkled, and she said, "Really?"

"Really. Chen Zier said very firmly.

Sheng Qianyu smiled happily, Chen Zier rarely saw her smile from the bottom of her heart, to be honest, it was very beautiful.

He looked left and right to see that there was no one in the hallway, and then took advantage of her inattention to kiss her white cheek.

Sheng Qianyu's face immediately turned red, and he said angrily: "What are you doing? This is in the company?!"

"Then you mean it's okay to be at home?" Chen Zier said with a smile, and he began to play hooligan.

"I just found out you're such a scoundrel. Sheng Qianyu said embarrassedly.

Chen Zier looked at her cute appearance and was very moved, and she was about to do something to sharpen her knife, but it was a pity that on this occasion, a sneak kiss was already the limit.

Sheng Qianyu lifted his feet and left.

Today's weather is not warm, Sheng Qianyu walked in front alone and used his mouth to warm up, Chen Zier walked over and grabbed her hand and said, "I'll help you cover it." ”

It's on the street, and there are pedestrians on the road.

Sheng Qianyu was shy and said, "Someone will see it." ”

Chen Zier ignored her, walked side by side with her and put her hand in his pocket, "so that others can't see it." ”

Self-deception, others will know that you are holding the hand of the girl at a glance, but Chen Zier grabbed it very tightly, and Sheng Qianyu did not struggle, and it was very warm and comfortable.

"When are you going home?" asked Sheng Qianyu leisurely.

Today is the 30th, and the day after tomorrow is New Year's Day, and 1998 is officially coming, which also means that the winter vacation is coming.

Their bitter lovers were about to separate in a few days.

"Can't bear me?" Chen Zier teased her.

Sheng Qianyu lowered his head shyly, and then said softly.

"If I had known, I would have waited until the next semester to confess. Sheng Qianyu kicked the pebbles on the road and said with a red face.

When Chen Zier heard this, he hurriedly said, "Don't, it's a big deal that I'll go back a few days later." ”

"Really?" asked Sheng Qianyu in surprise.

"Hmm. ”

The Western New Year is approaching, Sheng Qianyu finally passed a New Year's Day that was different from before, and he had some expectations for the future that he had never had before.

But Gitzo's Xu Yan didn't feel like a festive season, he held the newly completed business plan in his hand, and was ready to accept the most critical judgment of fate.