Neither Lu Fan nor Zhou Huan worked full-time in finance.
Just as Zhou Huan mentioned in the document, there would be a profit margin of 100 million yuan.
But in his experience, there is still a lot of room for this space to move upwards.
In addition, Zhou Huan also mentioned one point:
"Our labor costs are not low either, but compared with other companies that also operate supermarkets, we have a slight advantage."
"The establishment of the logistics chain is enough to save us the cost of hiring purchasing staff for our branches."
Lu Fan clapped his hands and laughed: "As you know, whether it's Baiyue or anywhere else, the speed of industrial expansion is so fast that there is a labor shortage everywhere now."
Zhou Huan quickly chimed in, "That's right. The speed of recruitment can never keep up with the speed of staffing. And the manpower saved by removing employees from the purchasing department can be used in various branches."
Zhou Huan felt he had considered all aspects.
Lu Fan nodded, then shook his head and chuckled, "You've managed to fill the staff at several branches, but the shortage of workers needed for logistics and delivery is a real headache for me!"
That's what they say, but it's clear that Lu Fan is very satisfied with Zhou Huan's suggestion:
"The work is very detailed. I'll call the finance department over to help with the calculations later."
Seeing his proposal approved, Zhou Huan was both happy and proud:
"Yes, Mr. Lu, I will continue to work hard!"
Lu Fan left the proposal behind and then dialed the Human Resources Director's number:
"Call the finance director over for a meeting."
The HR director on the other end of the phone is practically suffering from PTSD; he gets a headache every time he sees a call from his boss, Lu Fan.
Because he knew that the first thing President Lu would say on the phone was: "Hire! Keep hiring!"
Today is fine. First, I need to inform the finance department that there will be a meeting.
After that, they arranged for recruitment.
Previously, we recruited sales staff, assembly line workers, and supermarket employees.
This time, they are recruiting logistics and delivery personnel, as well as truck drivers, etc.
Zheng Hongshan, the person in charge of Guangyuan Supermarket's main store in Nanshan District, is conducting the monthly inventory of all stores.
Initially, the sales were decent, and Zheng Hongshan casually flipped through the documents.
The report was compiled, and no problems were found.
However, a quick side comparison revealed that the total sales revenue appeared to be significantly lower than that of the same month last year.
Zheng Hongshan wondered whether August was cold or hot this year, whether a new large chain supermarket had opened in the nearby business district, or whether any store had some kind of promotional offer.
Otherwise, how could there be such a 20% difference in sales figures for the same month? After pondering it for a while, Zheng Hongshan still couldn't figure it out.
If we can't tell, we can only analyze the monthly reports from the stores below.
Specific issues will not be included in the report.
Zheng Hongshan could only ask his secretary to retrieve all the reports from each store in previous years and then compare and analyze them.
The secretary's workload accounts for a large part of this.
After the secretary pointed out the problematic parts, Zheng Hongshan finally had a moment to take out the report and conduct a detailed comparison and analysis.
This direct comparison naturally reveals where the problem lies. "What's going on? Sales are declining year-on-year, so why is the decline in condiment sales even greater?"
Zheng Hongshan picked up the report and slammed it on the table.
In addition to the significant drop in sales of seasonings, the report also mentioned other factors.
Other categories, such as fresh produce and frozen drinks, have seen slight declines.
Zheng Hongshan can attribute this portion of the decline to normal fluctuations in performance. But why would a product as essential as condiments see such a significant drop?
He now has no say in the managers of several branches; only his secretary listens to him swearing.
Fortunately, secretaries are all incredibly patient and resilient. After suffering an undeserved beating, they quickly grabbed a few reports:
"General Manager, Guangyuan Supermarket has more than 20 branches in Nanshan City."
"But I see that about six or seven of them have experienced a significant drop in sales of seasoning ingredients."
"This is definitely not a problem with one of the companies. It could be the product category or a reversal in reputation that led to the 590."
Zheng Hongshan lost his temper, but he also knew that problems needed to be solved, and that losing his temper alone wouldn't save the market.
Now, after listening to what the secretary said, I feel that it makes a lot of sense:
"Okay, Xiaozhou, compile a list of the stores that have had problems." "Then notify the store managers of those stores to come to a meeting." Finally, she wouldn't get scolded. Xiaozhou's secretary quickly replied, "Yes, General Manager, I'll take care of it right away!"
The next morning, the store managers from several branches appeared in Zheng Hongshan's conference room.
Everyone looked at each other, guessing what had probably caused them to be gathered at the head office building.
No one expected there would be so many fellow sufferers in the same boat:
"Hey, you too..."
"What bad luck! Who knows what Manager Zheng will do next."
"Who says otherwise? Luckily, it wasn't just my side that had this problem, otherwise, the higher-ups would have made things difficult for me."
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