"I am new here and may not have a deep understanding of the situation in the factory. I have a question." Pan Yu said, "The effect in the factory is not good. Is it a problem with the quality of the products, or is it a problem with the marketing strategy or insufficient technical content of the products?"
Meng Jianzhang replied: "In terms of product quality, our factory has always maintained high quality and high qualification rate, so this is not a problem. As for marketing, we have always found agents for sales, and this has not changed in more than ten years."
"As for the technical content you mentioned, I think it's not far behind the top of the industry. It's just that our products have not established a brand. As the overall market shrinks, we can't compete with the big manufacturers."
"Have you tried changing the sales model, such as online sales? Or building a brand image?" Pan Yu asked.
"I tried it, but it didn't work," Meng Ze said, "so I gave up again."
"Maybe it's a method issue." Pan Yu analyzed.
Everyone discussed from morning to afternoon, and continued after dinner. During the discussion, Meng Xiaobai and Pan Yu also learned about the updated information of the factory, previous operating conditions and industry trends.
"The entire industry is shrinking. If we follow the previous path, it will definitely not work!" Meng Xiaobai concluded, "So we must create a new path while trying to retain the original technical advantages."
"I think the smart screen is worth trying."
Smart screens are a type of smart home appliances that combine traditional TVs or other screens with the intelligent operating system of the Internet to make them more intelligent and humane.
"Smart screen?" When he heard the word, Meng Jianzhang immediately shook his head and said: "This thing has been proposed a long time ago, but the market effect is not good and consumers don't buy it."
"I think it's good!" Pan Yu also did his homework before coming. He said: "The traditional TV industry has fallen into a quagmire of price competition. Big manufacturers have spent decades building their own brand images, and with them
Competition is undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a stone."
"The smart screen is a product born in the Internet era and is a type of smart home appliance. It combines the Internet with traditional TV and is more in line with modern people's lifestyle."
"The idea is good, but the actual situation is not optimistic." Xu Ping retorted, "Those major manufacturers have made smart screens, but the sales are not high. What the smart screen can do is connect a mobile phone to a TV, which is equivalent to a network
TV is not competitive."
“Xuchang has talked about the crux of the problem!” Meng Xiaobai said, “Why are smart screens, as a part of smart home appliances, not favored by consumers? I think it’s because the smart screens on the market now are just online TVs! With smart screens,
Intelligent, completely incomparable!"
"So?" Pan Yu looked at him, already guessing what he was thinking.
“So we want to make a real smart screen!” Meng Xiaobai continued, “Siben Electronics Factory has screen manufacturing related technologies, and Deep Space Technology’s software technology is unquestionable. Combined with our advantages, we can create truly humanized and intelligent screens.
Smart screens can break the current deadlock!”
"That's the truth, but what our factory can produce is better than what those big manufacturers do?" Meng Jianzhang was a little skeptical. The smart screens of those big manufacturers can only be made into online TVs. How far can they go?
If the product's technical content is still low, it still has no market competitiveness.
"In this regard, let the product speak for itself!" Meng Xiaobai made the decision. This was actually a decision he made after careful consideration. Utilizing Siben Electronics Factory's existing production technology and upgrading it was the most suitable production method to open up the situation.
After the meeting, Siben Electronics Factory began to adjust its industrial direction. The original orders for traditional TV screens will no longer be manufactured. The entire factory began to prepare for the production of smart screens.
Meng Xiaobai doesn't have to worry about other aspects. Siben Electronics Factory has experience in making smart screens, although the ones they make are not very advanced.
There are three issues he needs to solve. The first is to improve the audition technology, that is, to improve the audio-visual effect of the screen. This is the basic function of the screen and must be paid attention to.
The second is the operating system. As a smart screen, if it still operates like a traditional TV, wouldn’t it be in vain? So he wants to design a relatively smart smart screen operating system.
The third is the sensing device. If you want to make the screen smart, it must have a keen sensing system, respond promptly to external sounds, light and operator instructions, and best cooperate with the operating system.
In the villa that Meng Xiaobai bought, the garage and warehouse have been transformed into his small laboratory with iron plates, which contains various equipment and machine parts.
"A display screen made of this kind of solid material can only be seen in museums on the planet Cybertron." Tie Ban looked at the design requirements and said, "Although the conditions are simple, there is no problem if I want to make it."
"That's good!" Meng Xiaobai said, "I'll leave the sensors and audio-visual equipment to you, and Xiaowanzi and I will work on the operating system."
"Sir, make sure to complete the task!" The iron plate started working immediately.
Meng Xiaobai also started his own work, designing a smart screen operating system.
The smart screen operating system is much simpler than the operating system of mobile phones, computers, etc. Even the so-called smart screens currently on the market have no difference in operating system functions from remote controls.
What Meng Xiaobai wants to do is to make its functions more diverse. Secondly, it must be able to distinguish commonly used voice commands so that users can operate it as conveniently and quickly as operating a smartphone.
For Meng Xiaobai, who has never had any relevant experience, the difficulty is quite high. Fortunately, Xiao Wanzi, a plug-in teacher, is here, and any problems can be solved on the same day.
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Half a month later, in the experimental workshop of Siben Electronics Factory.
"Sensors, speakers, and modified display electronic components are all the latest technology." Meng Ze pointed to an experimental smart screen and said.
These "new technologies" are all provided by Deep Space Technology. Although the people in the factory don't know how Deep Space Technology obtained it, after testing, they found that any technology is much better than their original one.
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The masters in the factory even feel that with the current configuration, even if it is not a smart screen but a traditional TV display, it can still have good sales.
But now, the smart screen only lacks the last "thing", and that is - wisdom!
"If the hardware is its body, then the operating system is its soul!" Meng Xiaobai said, "Now, I will install the first-generation smart screen operating system that I personally presided over the research and development and design into it.
Inject soul into it.”
In the test workshop, everyone was waiting with anticipation and curiosity, especially Meng Jianzhang and others. They had never paid attention to the smart screen operating system before. In their view, a screen is enough as long as it can meet the functions of the remote control.
, what else is needed for an intelligent operating system?