Recently, the Foshan Zhiyuan Lanting Factory, directly operated under Shenzhen Zhiyuan Technology, one of Guangdong's Top 100 Cross-Border E-Commerce Enterprises, officially launched a digital project with Soonfor Software. Through this project, the company will build a standard digital manufacturing system for Zhiyuan's supply chain, set a benchmark for suppliers nationwide, and help Zhiyuan Technology efficiently serve global customers with its "original ecology plus beautiful design" products under the brand strategy of "fast and beautiful".
Cross-border E-commerce, Guangdong Top 100 Zhiyuan Technology focuses on the design, research and development, manufacturing, and global sales of full-category household products. It is one of the earliest cross-border e-commerce enterprises in China and one of Guangdong's top 100 cross-border e-commerce enterprises. Relying on major e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and eBay, it has already served more than ten million families worldwide.
The company's products cover various life scenarios such as home furnishings, lighting, furniture, gardening, and outdoor products; it has established its own warehousing and distribution systems in countries and regions including the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, and India.
Building a Digital Model Factory and Establishing Standards for Digital Supply Chains The operating model of cross-border e-commerce generally involves centralized procurement and inventory management, with products sold through cross-border e-commerce platforms and delivered via international logistics to end customers around the world. The whole process, from market research and product selection, to supplier selection and management, product preparation and quality control, product marketing and promotion, order processing and logistics, after-sales service and customer relationship management, involves many links, a long chain, and many participants. Since its establishment, in order to ensure diversity and richness of product sources, Zhiyuan's supply chain system has grown increasingly large and management has become more and more complex. Problems such as untimely supply, product quality issues, and difficulties in after-sales handling have often arisen. After years of exploration, Zhiyuan concluded that the reason lies in the low level of digital management across the supply chain. In other words, most suppliers still do not use scientific management methods and still rely on traditional manual management. As scale has grown, various problems have become increasingly obvious. So how should suppliers be managed in a standardized way? What should an ideal supplier look like? Zhiyuan made up its mind to build its own factory and create a brand-new digital model factory. Once successful, it will not only solve part of its capacity problem, but also set standards for suppliers across the country, serving as a model for visits and learning so that suppliers can manage according to those standards.
Export Sales Have High Requirements, and Digital Management Is Essential Zhiyuan's move onto the path of building its own factory is a major breakthrough and innovation, but also a choice forced by the market. Competition is intense, product quality requirements are high, and profits are gradually diluted by heavy competition and long supply chains. The only way out is to reduce costs and improve efficiency through digital management. In fact, people familiar with export sales all know that whenever product exports are involved, overseas buyers place relatively high requirements on Chinese suppliers. The same is true for IKEA, the largest home furnishing retailer. Their requirements for suppliers entering the IKEA system are extremely strict, and systematic management is indispensable. At the same time, low gross margins are also forcing suppliers onto the path of digital management in pursuit of ultimate profitability behind the scenes.
Digital Project Launches to Empower Management The launch of Soonfor's digital project this time will mainly help Zhiyuan Lanting achieve the following goals: Sales Dynamically update order status in real time and realize one-stop service covering sales order intake, procurement, receiving, shipment, and reconciliation; Procurement Analyze and query progress status in real time; Warehouse Achieve speed and efficiency through process streamlining and inventory in-out-stock management; Production Resolve issues related to rapid production flow, progress, supporting coordination, and work reporting; Finance Achieve integration of business operations and finance. "As a technology-based and trade-oriented home furnishing enterprise, Zhiyuan has always stayed at the forefront of the industry and aims to lead the industry in management. In order to do a good job in Zhiyuan's digitalization work, after careful selection and extensive inquiries, we chose to cooperate with Soonfor Software, the top player in the home furnishing digitalization field, so that our employees can execute every task based on data. Soonfor has long focused on digitalization management in the home furnishing industry, and we believe it will definitely help us do a good job in digital management. We also wish the project a successful launch." At the meeting, President Yan of Zhiyuan explained the far-reaching significance of promoting this project and also expressed support and expectations for the company's informatization efforts. 
"Under the leadership of the company's senior management, Zhiyuan has already assembled 80% to 90% of its talent. Next, we need to achieve our goal of enterprise digital management. Through digital management, we hope to improve enterprise capacity and break existing industry perceptions. We hope all departments will fully support and cooperate." "Our company attaches great importance to digital development, and we already have a solid digital foundation. We believe this digital project in cooperation with Soonfor will definitely empower Zhiyuan's management." Zhiyuan's project manager explained the importance of promoting this project. "Soonfor has been working in the home furnishing digitalization field for 28 years and has a large number of successful cases in the industry, so its professionalism is beyond doubt. We just saw that Zhiyuan's workshop layout is orderly, which lays a good foundation for future digital management. As long as we follow the project plan, I believe our project will land efficiently." In order to ensure project quality, Soonfor project director Zhang Zhenxiao gave a detailed introduction to Soonfor's project team, division of responsibilities, and precautions in project implementation. Soonfor project manager Nie Yunxia specifically explained the project phase plan, implementation scope, milestones, and implementation schedule, giving the entire project team a clearer understanding of the progress and objectives of this project. Finally, under the leadership of General Manager Chen, all personnel participating in the project collectively took an oath to complete the project with assured quality and quantity.
With everyone's joint efforts, this digital project is sure to achieve complete success!
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