Ye Chen followed the people from the R&D department to the place, followed by Xu Hong and Li Quanlin.
Originally, the two of them could have just left work, but they still insisted on coming, especially Xu Hong, who could not be persuaded.
"Mr. Ye, why don't you interfere with the affairs of their R&D department? After all, you are not engaged in scientific research, right?"
When they arrived at the location, Xu Hong couldn't help but say.
It can be seen from the events of the past two days that Ye Chen is indeed not a newcomer when it comes to doing business, but R&D products and management of enterprises are not the same. That is the business of other R&D personnel!
Xu Hong used to work in a food factory, and often saw some CEOs manage the company with ease, but they just liked to interfere in the affairs of R&D personnel without knowing anything.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you mention the demand. The key thing is that what Ye Chen said just now is: 'I say, you do it.' This made Xu Hong feel a sense of crisis, so he insisted on following over to take a look.
If Ye Chen interferes too much, he can stop it himself.
However, Ye Chen did not reply to his words.
After arriving at the R&D room, there were a total of twelve people tinkering with bottles and cans, as if they were developing new products. When Ye Chen asked, he found out that they had already started developing new sodas.
"There's nothing interesting to study about this thing, please stop for a moment."
Ye Chen said, and then everyone in the room looked at him blankly.
"Mr. Ye, Director Feng bought me a batch of raw materials before. They are basically here. What do you want us to do?"
the R&D minister asked.
Ye Chen didn't say anything. He just took a sip of the soda they blended and shook his head, "No."
Seeing this, Xu Hong was about to suggest that Ye Chen just follow the trend and sell soda, but he stopped again when he remembered what he said at the meeting just now, and said, "Mr. Ye, have you already thought about what product you want to produce?"
"Um."
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Now soda is Liu's Beverage's territory, but milk and juice are the markets we should compete for."
"But Mr. Ye, the technology for milk and juice is relatively simple, but in fact it can't make any difference at all. Liu's poor sales have proven that the market is not good."
"If juice and milk don't work, then juice and milk!"
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he looked at the people in the R&D department: "If it is juice plus milk, is there any technical difficulty?
After "This, if you simply add the two together, there is no technical difficulty. However, some of the ingredients in milk and juice conflict. If you simply blend them, it will cause excessive foam and a irritating throat feeling."
"What is the solution?"
"Yes, reduce the amount of milk, but this will also affect the taste."
"You blend it first and I'll have a taste."
After Ye Chen finished speaking, the people in the R&D department began to get busy. In fact, they were just testing the best ratio of milk and juice.
After a while, a cup of slightly yellowish liquid was prepared.
Ye Chen tasted it and felt that it was very different from the nutrition express in the previous life, but it still had the same taste.
"No orange juice, just use orange powder."
"A little less orange powder."
"Well, a little more milk."
"A little less orange powder to highlight the flavor of milk."
…
Despite half an hour of guidance, Ye Chen finally tasted something similar to Nutritional Express, but he still felt something was missing.
"Minister Qian, is there any way to make it richer, so that when customers drink it, they will feel a rich milky aroma, a bit similar to yogurt."
"Yes, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose + sodium tripolyphosphate + guar gum + carrageenan, which is the thickening agent."
"Gagagaga!"
After another half hour, Ye Chen finally got a glass of juice and milk drink that was almost the same as Nutrition Express.
Although it cannot be exactly the same, if you can achieve 80% of the taste at 30% of the cost, it is already a success.
"Now, please write down the cost of this drink and give it to me immediately. It will be done tonight. When you are done, go to the Finance Department to get your overtime pay."
Ye Chen said.
When the people in the R&D department heard this, they immediately became excited and started tinkering immediately.
Soon, Ye Chen got the ingredient list, and then left work with the two of them.
The people in the R&D department looked at Ye Chen's leaving figure and felt a little confused. He felt that Ye Chen was the one doing R&D and he was responsible for doing odd jobs.
Juice plus milk, he had never heard of this before.
…
"Mr. Ye, is this okay?"
Xu Hong asked doubtfully as he walked on the road.
Ye Chen heard this and smiled: "Don't worry, the market has the final say on whether it will work or not. If you are unsure, you will know after the finished product comes out tomorrow."
Early the next morning, Mei Yue handed in the report she had compiled.
Ye Chen opened it and looked at it for a while, then called someone from the purchasing department, gave him the ingredient list he got yesterday, and said, "Immediately go to the raw material supplier to buy the raw materials above. In addition, I have already drawn the packaging drawings.
Yes, you can discuss with the supplier yourself, you can produce a small amount first, and the first batch of raw materials will be here as soon as possible, time waits for no one, do you understand?"
"clear!"
The people from the purchasing department agreed and started working in a hurry.
As soon as they arrived, Xu Hong came in, "Mr. Ye, regarding product packaging, I suggest we ask someone from a beverage factory outside to help us design it. Our factory does not have a design department, and the cans in the past did not need a design department."
"No need, I've finished the design."
Ye Chen waved his hand and will show it to you during the afternoon meeting.
When Xu Hong heard this, he was a little surprised, and at the same time a little worried. Ye Chen was now directly involved in management, research and development, and design. Diligence is a good thing, but forcibly intervening in non-professional matters can easily lead the company to a point of no return.
By the time I get off work in the afternoon, most of the raw materials have basically arrived, and the rest will be available tomorrow morning. The workers are all experienced and do not need training. In other words, they can officially start work tomorrow morning.
Produced.
Ye Chen is still very satisfied with the speed of the purchasing department. Therefore, the failure of state-owned enterprises is not due to the failure of employees. In the final analysis, it is a management issue. If the iron rice bowl is not destroyed, there will be no sense of crisis.
Without a sense of crisis, all you can do is dawdle.
When it was almost time to get off work, Ye Chen held another meeting.
"The documents you have in hand are all the information about our new products. Take a look at them and ask me if you have any questions."
When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised. Yesterday there was nothing, but today a new product just came out?
The key to this new product was that except for the R&D department's help in blending it, other departments had no involvement at all. In other words, from R&D to design, it was entirely Ye Chen's responsibility.
This is not a good thing, everyone thought, and opened the documents in their hands with disapproval.
"Huh?
Nutritional Frontline, this is an interesting name.”
“Juice and milk?
This is a good idea.”
"This packaging bottle looks weird..."
Everyone was talking a lot, and their words were full of surprise. It was obvious that the idea of the new product attracted them.
Xu Hong looked at it. He didn't expect that Ye Chen was so talented. This packaging design looked like a professional at first glance!
Ye Chen saw that everyone had finished reading the materials, and then said: "Starting tomorrow, we will officially enter the production stage. This is our first product for morning drinks, and it is also our first battle to compete for the market, so we need everyone to improve
Be careful, if you don't work hard, you are not only ruining my job, but you are also harming yourselves."
"Okay, if there are no other questions, let's adjourn the meeting!"