Chapter 914 The problem of production capacity is huge
After learning that Pengbo Electronics Group's products were about to be launched and received another billion US dollars of overseas capital injection, Guo Mingli couldn't sit still and immediately convened a team meeting.
At the meeting, the company reached a consensus, that is, they want to be the first to push the product to the market, in terms of production capacity, they are much stronger than Pengbo Electronics, and because of this ability, their costs are correspondingly lower than Pengbo Electronics.
In fact, within the Fame and Li company, there is no agreement or not, anyway, Guo Mingli himself has the final say.
Although Mingli Company has a strong foreign investment background, because the company was founded by Guo Mingli, he is also the largest shareholder, so within the company, Guo Mingli's influence is huge and has almost absolute authority.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the support of those foreign bosses. In recent years, the company has developed rapidly, its profitability has been rising, and it has made a lot of money for shareholders every year.
This time, Guo Mingli obtained the design data of Pengbo Electronics IPENG through despicable means, and he did not inform the shareholders about this until the company released this product, and the shareholders knew that Mingli Company had not only made a breakthrough in research and development, but also that the company was going to start to transform.
For the helm of such a "capable" company, those shareholders will of course continue to fully support it, which is a bit like Hu Mingchen supporting Ma Jiahao.
All in all, under the impetus of Guo Mingli, the production and sales machines of Mingli Company immediately started. In order to increase the sensation of the new product launch, the company also held a grand new product launch event on the other side of the strait, inviting many celebrities to participate, hoping that driven by these celebrities, more people can be attracted to choose their mobile phone products.
Just when the new products of Mingli Company were launched, Hu Mingchen also completed the final exam and was able to return to Pengcheng to preside over the overall situation of Pengbo Electronics Group.
"Vanity has shipped, but there has been no movement from Apple's side, which is a bit abnormal, by the way, I got an IPH from Vanity Company, you see. In the office, Chen Xuesheng handed a mobile phone produced by Vanity Company to Hu Mingchen.
The last time Glittery came, he told Hu Mingchen that they would have legal action against the fame and fortune company, and in fact, Hu Mingchen has been waiting for their action. I don't know, when Glitteri went back, he didn't hear thunder or rain, and it seemed as if it had disappeared without a curtain.
At first, Hu Mingchen couldn't understand this, but later, Hu Mingchen understood a little.
"If I'm not mistaken, Apple is waiting for us to make a move, and it's better that we and Fame and Fortune will also lose both, and then they will make a move, and they can fight together with our company. Hu Mingchen picked up the IPH and played with it.
"Then should we do it? Vanilla Company focuses on East Asia, in fact, it wants to compete with us for the domestic market first. In Europe and the United States, we will face Apple, in the domestic and surrounding markets, and we will face fame and fortune companies, and their resource investment is greater than ours, and the price is lower than ours, and now Guo Mingli is in front of us again, so we must be careful to deal with it. Chen Xuesheng said.
I understand this, but since Apple is more patient, let's continue to be calm. Director He, have you taken this mobile phone apart and seen it?" After Hu Mingchen finished speaking, he raised the mobile phone in his hand and looked at He Xindao.
"I've just seen it, and it's basically the same as ours, especially the hardware part, but in terms of software, there are some differences. Due to time constraints, we didn't have time to do detailed teardown testing and analysis, and it was difficult to have a complete evaluation of this product now. He Xin replied.
"Actually, I just wanted to ask how it compares to ours. ”
"Of course ours is superior, we've made a lot of improvements in the past four months, and their phone, I have a feeling that there seems to be contradictions in some programs, which should affect their stability, and their phone, it seems to be open-ended, which is very vulnerable. He Xin said.
Hu Mingchen smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Since this is the case, then it's okay, we will follow our steps, they will do theirs, we will do ours, and if you enter the market first, you may not have the first opportunity, and you may also become a martyr." ”
"I don't know when Apple's products will be on the market, and whether we will go fully on the market, or will we distinguish the market in a step-by-step manner?" asked Chen Xuesheng.
"Mr. Fred, what do you think?" Hu Mingchen did not immediately answer Chen Xuesheng's question, but looked at Vice President Fred and asked.
"I suggest that the North American market and the Chinese market are given priority, because our production capacity is limited, and if all the markets are listed together, it is very likely that there will be a shortage of products. Fred said.
"Have you sent the goods to the United States?" Hu Mingchen asked.
"Two batches have been airlifted, and now it has entered two warehouses on the east and west coasts, and the largest batch of sea freight has also arrived near Hawaii, and it will not be long before it can dock at the port in San Francisco, I don't know how to operate in the Chinese market, but in the North American market, we have to ensure that 200,000 units are in stock, and we can open online reservations at any time. Fred said.
"Mr. Fred, are you so confident? If you want 200,000 units in stock, is the inventory too large? For new products, the market will not be so enthusiastic and accepting all at once. Chen Xuesheng wondered.
"I have confidence in Best Buy, and recently, the expectations for our products on the Internet are getting higher and higher, of course, this has something to do with our media offensive, and young people in Europe and the United States are very receptive to new things, and their spending power is relatively strong, we are not afraid of inventory, but afraid of running out of stock, in that case, word of mouth will be smashed. Fred said.
"Okay, then wait for the cargo ship to dock at the port and complete the distribution of the goods, and then put it on the shelves in China and the United States at the same time, or even a little later in the Chinese market, Uncle Chen, how much can the current monthly output reach?" Hu Mingchen nodded.
"At most 110,000 units, all the products we produced before have been shipped to the United States, and the part of the domestic market is still being produced. Chen Xuesheng replied.
"Aren't we expanding the production line? Why is it that there are only 110,000 mobile phones a month, and in this case, we can only produce 1.2 or 300 million mobile phones a year, and this kind of production capacity is far from satisfying. Hu Mingchen frowned and said.
"The key is that the upstream suppliers can't keep up, of course, our own workshops are all improvised, and the production workers are all novices, so this capacity is considered to be at full capacity. However, if I give another six months, I am confident that I will increase the production capacity to 150,000 units. Of course, there is another problem now, that is, there is no sales, and the current production is dependent on our own funds, which cannot form a good capital chain cycle. This is still Mr. Schultz's injection, otherwise it would be more troublesome. Chen Xuesheng explained.
Such production energy and scale made Hu Mingchen's brows frown deeply. This amount is far from enough.
"Mr. Hu, isn't this production capacity good? More than one million units a year, the number should not be small, especially for new products. Hu Mingrong said.
Hu Mingrong, as the deputy manager of the domestic marketing department, was not qualified to come to this meeting, but the manager of their department was on a business trip in Beijing at this time, so he was a substitute.
In addition, Hu Mingrong and Hu Mingchen are cousins, and others don't think it's inappropriate for him to sit here.
Of course, in the company, especially when it comes to serious work, Hu Mingrong is not Hu Mingchen's cousin, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates still needs to be corrected, which Hu Mingrong has been able to grasp well after a period of experience.
"It's okay to have more than a million units in the early stage, but ...... With the future in mind, it's not enough. Maybe 10 million, or even hundreds of millions. Hu Mingchen shook his head and said.
As soon as Hu Mingchen's words came out, the people present were a little dumbfounded. Damn, 10 million, 100 million units, is there such a volume? It seems that no company has shipped hundreds of millions of mobile phones.
They really don't understand where Hu Mingchen's confidence comes from, isn't it because Schultz has invested $1 billion that he gets carried away? To say that 10 million units, or even 20 million units, can still be achieved as long as they are operated well, but hundreds of millions of units are a bit fantastical.
Others don't understand, but Hu Mingchen knows that since the beginning of the past few years, the global sales of mobile phones will show an explosive growth momentum, not to mention 100 million units, even 200 million units are not impossible.
The reason why Schultz will invest heavily in capital shows that he is sharply forward-looking and sees such momentum ahead of others. Otherwise, if he didn't have that kind of sales prospects, he would have smashed it into a billion dollars? His money didn't blow in the wind, let alone fall from the sky.
All the capital investment is in the hope of generating huge profits, businessmen are not philanthropists, Schultz said that he values Hu Mingchen's ability, in fact, he is not optimistic about the prospects of smart phones, and there are only two companies that can develop and produce smart phones. If Schultz's billions of dollars were to be invested in Apple, the effect would be far less good than that of Pengbo Electronics.
Production capacity has always been the scope of Hu Mingchen's attention, and now Hu Mingchen must find a way to solve this problem fundamentally.