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# 49
49th episode of “Real Man”
Yoo Hyun sat on the outdoor terrace bench on the first floor while drinking coffee from a free vending machine.
For office workers, smoking time is also called the second meeting.
This is because it is more convenient to talk outside in a relaxed manner than in a stuffy office.
It was similar to being talkative when you drink.
“Whoo….”
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo’s expression of cigarette smoke was different from usual.
He didn’t laugh in vain, but he looked very serious.
“I’m saying this after hearing you, but I think I’m going to fail the PDA, too.”It would be faster for Apple phones to succeed.”
“…….”
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo’s sense was not bad.
No, it was exactly right.
Although it is still being treated as an MP3 player, Apple’s smartphone will open up the smartphone market and absorb all of the PDA.
“But why are you doing it? Dude, when you’re at work.There are times when you have to do things you don’t want to do.”
“…….”
Yoo Hyun replaced the answer with a nod.
The office worker had no choice but to match what his boss wanted.
We need to make sufficient grounds to change the directive.
Of course, even so, it’s hard to hear good things.
The best thing is when you achieve results according to the right decision made by your boss.
What’s okay is when the boss made the wrong decision, but he changed it in the middle.
If you work hard, you’ll be able to make a result.
What’s the worst thing?
It was when he was dragged around by the wrong decision made by his boss and eventually failed to produce results.
In the worst case, the person in charge will even take responsibility for all failures.
It was just like the situation that Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo was in now.
“By the way, how should I prepare for backup…”….”
“What?”
Manager Park Seung-woo, who was talking, was surprised.
I thought Yoo-hyun was too good, so I mistook him for a while for a newbie.
“Oh, backup.I’m talking about the follow-up plan if the quantity of the product doesn’t come out as planned.”
“Then can I change it to another product?”
“It’s not easy. You can’t find a product that’s so high-spec right away.”
Why not.
Hansung Electronics was the first to use a pen before HPDA3.
It is also a product that collaborated with Channel, a luxury company.
Yoohyeon asked.
“Can’t you join Channel Phone 2?””
“Well…… we can go in.Well, it’s also possible because they’re in a hurry to schedule it.”
“…….”
“But the volume difference is too big to provide it as a backup.”
Yoo-hyun only matched the rhythm to Park Seung-woo’s agonizing words.
“Really?”
“Sure. No matter how much you catch, it can’t even be 10% of the mass production line set by HPDA3.Well, that’s not a small figure either.”
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo also knew that 10% was never a small number.
From the look on his face, he also seemed to think that it could be one of the backup measures.
However, it is true that a proper backup is needed in preparation for the complete collapse of HPDA3.
However, it is not possible to sell panel inventory to customers who have no plans.
There was a need for a response from a different perspective.
Yoo Hyun hoped that Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo could find an answer.
“But does it have to be the same resolution product?”
“No. That’s not true.Still, it’s better to have the same inches to match the post-process.”
“Low resolution is also possible.”
“If you have a customer who wants a low resolution of 3 inches.By the way, which high-end model would want a panel with low resolution?”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. I’ve bought a good touch panel, but it doesn’t fit.”
That’s because Park Seung-woo is only thinking about high-end models such as PDAs and channel phones.
Manager Park Seung-woo had a stereotype in his head that the customer base of touchphones would be a minority using high-end models.
You have to break it first.
“Can’t you lower the resolution of the touch panel?” Actually, I don’t think I’ll write with a pen on a small screen.”
“Why? It’s quite useful.”Customers responded well on HPDA2 and Channel Phone 1.”
The customer is afraid to deny something new.
It was not possible to know the customer’s intention to purchase through a simple survey.
asked Yoohyeon insinuously.
“Have you tried it?””
“Me? I used it.”
“Are you going to buy it?”
“Oh, it’s expensive.”
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo said it like a joke, but that was the case.
Although touch panels were increasingly expanding the market, they still recognized that cell phones should have keyboards.
Even the people on the scene were not feeling the change even at hand.
“I think it would be cool if you just touch the button.”
“Why?”
“The design will be great.The screen is big, so it looks good.”
“The button is gone…….”
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo paused at Yoo Hyun’s words.
I hope you understand at this point.
Can he break the mold of thought?
“If it’s cheap, people will buy it.If you lower the touch resolution significantly, the price will decrease…….”
“That’s true.”
“Yeah. Why don’t you touch me.As you said, I’m only going to press the big button or icon.But the design will eat it.”
“At least it’s better than this.”
When Yoo-hyun took out a folder phone from his pocket, Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo smirked.
At the same time, he seemed to be continuously thinking about something to turn his eyes.
“But there’s no company that makes this.”
That’s not wrong.
The product planning team has so far done to set specifications according to the guide set by the customer company, that is, the company that makes the cell phone, by matching the detailed figures to the level of mass production.
But now we have to change our perspective.
“Isn’t it our product planning team that allows customers to make such products?”
“…….”
Assistant manager Park Seung-woo lost his words for a moment at Yoo-hyun’s.
Instead of pecking at the development department with the specifications that the sales team receives, it is planning a panel so that products that will lead the market can come out to the world.
That is the real role of the product planning team.
It is also a real thing that has never been done before.
Mate.
Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo clapped as if he had remembered something, and soon rolled his eyes around as if he were lost in thought.
He kept moving his butt out of proportion to his serious expression.
This seemed to be Park Seung-woo’s habit when he thought deeply.
What is he thinking now?
He must be thinking about his ideals and reality.
It was true that no matter how good an idea was, a parts company could not make a product.
To make that possible, additional measures were needed.
Yoo-hyun recalled his past memories when he saw him like that.
Next year, Ilsung Electronics will release a low-end front touch phone and create a sensation in the market.
It is time for a full-fledged touchphone boom.
However, Hansung will not follow with similar products until more than a year later.
Although it was late in time, we were able to supply the supplies on time.
This is due to the fact that the panel line for PDA, which Park Seung-woo is currently in charge of, has only changed the resolution and responded as it is.
And the results were taken by Shin Chan-yong, who belatedly raised the spoon, not by Park Seung-woo.
The only thing left for Park Seung-woo was the scarlet letter due to the PDA failure.
How to back up the PDA backup plan.
What Yoo Hyun put in people’s heads was a device that would not take away Park Seung-woo’s performance in vain.
It was clear that a report to be written under the name of backup would play a role.
Won’t it simply be taken away?
Or will you do more than that?
It is entirely in the hands of Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo to see how much more he do.
Yoohyeon was going to watch for now.
I had to catch the fish rather than give it.
That afternoon, the conference room on the 12th floor.
All the team members gathered for the weekly report.
The white screen on the wall was shot with a beam.
One full page contained what each part did last week and plans for next week.
The first part was busy responding to Nokia, and the second part was not very good due to low sales of Hansung Electronics’ mobile phones.
Nevertheless, Shin Chan-yong, the chief of the department, seemed quite confident.
“……As I reported, the market response for Channel Phones is pretty good.In this regard, we will be publishing success stories for our high-end channel phone LCD panels in our training materials
“Is this what HRD (Human Resource Development) requested?” You must be busy with work. Are you okay
“Yes, sir.It’s good for the company.”
Shin Chan-yong smiled around his mouth when he saw Oh Jae-hwan nodding his head.
A channel phone made in collaboration with famous luxury fashion brand Channel and Hansung Electronics.
Shin Chan-yong was in charge of LCD panels that go into it.
In fact, the LCD panel used by other models was used as it is, so there was no product planning.
Development, sales, and marketing were also tailored to the mobile phone division without any particular crisis.
Nevertheless, I am thinking of making it a successful case.
Several adaptations seemed to create a drama-like story.
There wasn’t enough material to wrap up his work.
Yoohyeon laughed.
He must have asked HRD to turn it into a reverse.
Even so, the HRD’s education team, which is struggling to find success cases every year, would have been right.
A series of processes may not have been seen by team leader Oh Jae-hwan and other team members, but it was clearly seen by Yoo Hyun.
I’ve been working for him for over two years.
It was enough time to know that his real self, which he thought was great, was nothing but empty gangjeong.
It was followed by the third part.
It was always three parts that were broken by the team leader at every weekly report, but today it was different.
“Manager Choi, did you hear what the person in charge said? I’ve talked to the sales team, so take the lead in working this time.”
“I’ll do my best.”
When Choi Min-hee reported the change in Hyunil Motor specification, Oh Jae-hwan, the team leader, smiled for the first time at today’s meeting.
“Manager Park, you did a great job today.”
He even praised Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo, who was always scolded.
Shin Chan-yong, who is sensitive to changes around him, felt a sense of alienation from the changed atmosphere of the three parts.
From Shin Chan-yong’s point of view, the third part was only a pushover part.
I’m doing all the hard work, but there was no chance of success.
This means that he never got a good score in the personnel evaluation.
In addition, most of the failed projects were projects that were about two years ahead of time.
If you use this to propose a new item to the mobile phone division, it is also an achievement.
What generous trees they are.
But for the first time today, I thought, “No way.”
What’s changed?
At that moment, Deputy Park Seung-woo was seen smiling at the view of Shin Chan-yong.
His eyes were on the new employee sitting next to him.
He was a very unpleasant fellow.
He looked sensible and tried to collect it, but he couldn’t even grab the opportunity he was given.
Meanwhile, I wondered.
You said he was the one who got a call from Hyunil Motors, right?’
Come to think of it, I was also with Deputy Park Seung-woo’s report, which I thought would be ruined.
Did the new employee do any magic tricks?
Manager Shin Chan-yong smiled at the thought of the moment.
“Does that make sense?”
If a new employee does well, how well will he do.
It’s probably just the right timing.
As I was thinking so, I made eye contact with Yoohyeon.
Then Yoohyeon smiled.
Are you laughing?
It’s certainly not a sneering laugh.
However, the gaze that seemed to be looking down from above somehow was quite unpleasant.
Manager Shin Chan-yong wanted to teach that blue young girl that she must put snow in front of her.
Twitching. Twitching.
Manager Shin Chan-yong, who was making rhythm by tapping the desk with his index and middle finger, looked at Deputy Director Ko Jae-yoon next to him as if he had a good idea.
“Manager Ko, would you like a cup of tea after the meeting?”
Then he said with a good smile.
It’s a combination of Shin Chan-yong and Ko Jae-yoon.’
After the meeting, Yoo Hyun saw the two going out together.