Cross Border ,Manufacturing ,Supply Chain

Best practice for “front shop, back factory”

May 5, 2021

How do HK enterprises manage overseas/ China’s factories?

The model of “front shop, back factory” is a unique economic cooperation in The Greater Bay Area. While many labour-intensive production process were relocated to the north, Hong Kong enterprises engaged in retail trade and brand development. Yet, when the mobility of labour is restricted , the operational geographic dispersion created managerial difficulty. How can Hong Kong enterprises manage overseas/ China’s factories effectively?

Cloud services

Fast implementation
Direct entry without any setup
Effective virtualization

Mobile office

Stay productive anywhere with video conferencing and mobile time tracking

Approval flow

Create smart forms
Real-time approval management and analytics

All-in-one application

Financial Management

Fulfill CN-HK accounting principles
Support mobile approval, accessing approval applications, purchase requests and reimbursement anytime anywhere
Penetrate budget, forecast and actuals management
Prepare consolidated financial statement for “front shop” and “back factory”

Human Capital Management

Mobile time tracking: clock-in/ clock-out on the mobile phone, flexible setting of working hours, provide real-time statistics, and data export
Leave adjustment: generate real-time report for employee to review their leave history
Payroll: Integration with Attendance, Leave and Claim modules, making it a full life-cycle HR payroll process
Appraisal: Employee self-service portal makes performance communication effective and accurate within the organization.

Supply Chain Management

Track the procurement process with mobile approval anytime and anywhere
Access the inventory levels of raw material, semi-finished product and finished products; monitor the operational status of machinery and equipment.
Get real-time sales and contact management
Synchronize the sales and logistic plan across “front shop” and “back factory”
Implement CRM, price management and customer credit management
Generate real-time reports of production schedule, status of production orders and quality management to all end-user

Office Automation

Video conferencing: set up video and voice conference anytime anywhere
Instant messaging: online communication in real-time
Approval centre: make your approval flow fast and easy
Document management: access to a safe and effective internal knowledge exchange and sharing platform
Multi-language: Chinese, English, Vietnamese, French

How do HK enterprises manage overseas/ China’s factories?

Applying cloud native structure, yonyou offers on-demand cloud services that integrate “Marketing, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, HR, OA and Platform” to support global business operation and socialized business.

Internationalization: Multi-language · Multi-currency · Multi-timezone · Multi-regulation
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