Let s talk about how to evaluate unmanned supermarkets?

Unmanned supermarket must not be a complete replacement for the traditional supermarket, is another kind of business demand supplement, the application prospect is not only related to technology, and social and cultural development, labor vacancy time, entertainment and social maturity and so on are closely related, in the short term, unmanned supermarket this new retail mode of attempt and application for changing the inherent business thinking of the society, expanding the cognitive boundaries and deriving a larger and wider demand and application value, far greater than the economic value generated in the current period. ‍‍

For now, it doesn't mean much. It's good to put this kind of supermarket in Europe, because the supermarket is closed at night, especially on Sundays, and the Sunday Trading Act can only be open for six hours at most (to protect labor rights), at this time, even the less noticeable vending machines in China can give people the feeling of finding water in the desert.

Today's unmanned supermarkets are at the level of vending machines. The vending machine selection button adds a fingerprint sensor, and the display screen reads faces, doesn't it realize the function of the current unmanned supermarket? It's also much safer than your open-shelf supermarket.

There is a problem with the mode. Actually, it's not that complicated at all. Generally, standard goods, as long as a sample or even a sample model, can be fixed on the display position, Alipay scan the code to be included in the shopping list.

Determine the purchase and pay later, generate the delivery code, and the automatic picking system will directly transport the goods from the warehouse to the pick-up office, and even simply pack, scan the code to pick up the goods. Fresh fruits and vegetables non-standard products can not be sold, or relatively high-end packaged fruits and vegetables and other products can be sold. Just one person to maintain daily order.

Anti-theft, tally, all are perfectly solved. ‍‍

In my mind, this unmanned supermarket is just an over-the-top product. The Internet of Things is the ultimate form of unmanned supermarket. Think about Tmall's smart audio voice to place an order to buy vegetables, fruits and then the supermarket automatically prepares the goods, and the drone picks up the goods and returns home, and the day's dishes have been bought.

The real unmanned supermarket is the connection between things, the ultimate convenience.

There are not many waiters in the supermarket, and this unmanned supermarket saves only cashiers. It is still up to people to do the work of placing goods and cleaning. Almost all large supermarkets in the United States have self-checkout lanes, and multiple lanes only need one service staff to deal with abnormal situations.

In contrast, this "unmanned supermarket" has not advanced much, but has just replaced the scanning code with RFID.

The current unmanned supermarket, which is just a supermarket without a cashier, is an improved version of the unmanned vending machine. This model of supermarket is most suitable for community ultra-small convenience stores. In addition, there is also an important job in the supermarket is tally, what should customers do if they mess up the goods on the shelves?

What should I do if the shelves of a certain category are empty? In addition, as a place of consumption, the safety of customers must be protected, right? How much protection does a single-person ATM have?

With so many people operating the supermarket, what should I do if there is a conflict? At present, look at the introduction, the settlement is RFID, the current cost is still much higher than the bar code, and each item to be pasted RFID, but also increase the cost. When customers enter the supermarket, they are sweating profusely, and there is no one left and right, and they wipe the sweat with a supermarket towel.

If you can't identify it, how many people will be arranged to stare at the supermarket camera? Unmanned supermarkets and manned supermarkets, refer to ATMs and bank counters.

Let me give you a little bit of my own thoughts.

The concept of unmanned supermarket first came from foreign Amazon, and the idea of Alibaba's unmanned supermarket should be here. The unmanned supermarket simplifies the process of supermarket operation, reduces costs, and the supermarket can be open 24 hours a day, and the boss himself only needs to be responsible for the sufficient supply of the store, which will definitely have more advantages than disadvantages for merchants. However, for consumers, the pros and cons are quite obvious, for example, what do you want to buy, no one will come to give you advice, the quality of the things sold in the store is not convenient for after-sales, and now the aging of the society is somewhat serious, and the unmanned supermarket is not very suitable for the elderly, at least in our small county, Alipay coverage is not so wide, of course, the benefits are also obvious, that is, there is no need to queue up, take things and leave, reducing the cost of time.

These benefits are also obvious.

The unmanned supermarket now feels like a gimmick, and it will not be opened in a large area of the country in a short period of time, and I feel that the unmanned supermarket now seems to be a little bit like Alipay's hype. Unmanned supermarkets were really opened in a large area across the country, and at that time people used Alipay, everyone would use it, and there would be corresponding ways to solve the work problems of the previous supermarket staff.

With the rapid development of science and technology, intelligent machinery has banned labor in many industries. So is it good or bad to open an unmanned supermarket? It depends on what kind of person you are dealing with.

For young people, it's a very fresh and cool idea! In their usual life, they are used to paying with mobile phones, unmanned supermarkets, and from the perspective of young shoppers, it is great! But in the eyes of the elderly, this business model is like a snake to add to it.

Some of them don't know how to use smartphones, some don't use cloud payments, and the rest of them are used to the old supermarket operation model. They think that supermarkets with salespeople will save a lot of things, and they are old and need help from others in some places, and they will feel "inconvenient" in unmanned supermarkets. Therefore, unmanned supermarkets will attract a group of young people and "reject" a group of old people.

Personally, I think that the emergence of unmanned supermarkets is good, and society is developing, and that's how to toss! In 1900, could we have imagined that cloud payment has become a part of people's daily life? Not really!

Someone has to do some things first, and maybe the results are not ideal. Unmanned supermarkets are like this, they have been around for a while, how is the effect? In addition to attracting a group of customers by relying on no one's vanity at the beginning, what about after that?

And it didn't develop! This requires follow-up consideration of why this is the case and how to improve it! This is to create a template for the future, so that future generations can take the easy road.

For merchants, if the cost of payment, logistics, intelligent AI technology and other technologies related to unmanned supermarkets is reduced, which can save costs, which is definitely a good thing for the low-profit retail industry. But whether it can be developed, in the end, it depends on whether consumers pay or not, whether there is someone or not, consumers will not consider the cost issue, but convenience, cost performance, shopping experience. Therefore, whether no one can bring what consumers want at the same time is also the criterion for judging whether it is good or bad.

Rising to macroeconomic considerations, the ability to improve the overall efficiency of production services is the criterion for judging whether it is good or bad. On the whole, at present, unmanned stores have no more surprises in terms of consumption, except for satisfying curiosity, so this is one of the reasons why many shelves and unmanned stores cannot be large-scale.

Personal opinion

Unmanned supermarkets are definitely a big innovation, which will definitely have a profound impact on China's new retail, and will greatly improve the efficiency of the entire Chinese society.

I think the opening of an unmanned supermarket is good, it can save a marketer's salary, and the unmanned supermarket has the advantages of convenience and speed.

As a form of supermarket, unmanned supermarket is forward-looking, a new thing, just appeared, and there must be many shortcomings and shortcomings.

Therefore, it is not possible to simply evaluate good or bad.

At present, it is not possible to truly achieve unmanned operation. It is subject to many subjective and objective conditions. There are many problems that need to be solved.

As far as human development is concerned, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and the simple and repetitive tasks of salespeople and checkout people do not develop much for individuals.

Unmanned supermarkets and public yellow cars have a reason! Look at the fate of the little yellow car to know the fate of the unmanned supermarket!

The difference between hardcover and lite is almost twice as much! The goods sold will also be much worse! For example, selling ordinary daily necessities, fifteen square meters of daily necessities, thousands of daily necessities are full; And millions of famous bags and watches are not satisfied!

1.There may be people who don't pay (including entrainment out);

2.Some people will mess around and mess up the placement of items;

3.Some people will take their children to run and play freely in it, and may urinate;

4.Some people will pick and choose (including peeling leaves of vegetables, etc.), and rotten vegetable skins cannot be dealt with in time;

5.The hygienic condition will be poor, and the food will not be able to be dealt with in time;

6.There are some concerns about the safety situation (especially in the event of a fire), and there may be customer arguments that are not discouraged;

Think about these questions for now; I'll send it to you later.

The concept of unmanned supermarkets is of course good, that is the trend of consumption upgrading, but it is too early to open now.

Why is it too early, because there is no planning for unmanned supermarkets, only concepts!

What does the Lord sell? What is the right size? What about after-sales? If you haven't figured out these three simple questions about opening a store, you can't open an unmanned supermarket!

No one relies on self-realization. At this stage, let's take a look at shared bikes or whatever.

Actually, I don't think it's necessary, why make an unmanned supermarket? For the convenience of customers? In order to show the current level of technology?

But this is also very harmful to the society, you see, first of all, the popularization of unmanned supermarkets will definitely replace some of the existing artificial supermarkets, so that a large number of people will be unemployed, many people are already very old, suddenly unemployed, it is also a blow to the family; Second, this mechanism of unmanned supermarkets is also a test of human nature, pay or not pay, pay normal ** or pay less? The least worthwhile test in this world is human nature; There is also you say that you are for convenience, but some people he does not know, do not know how to pay, may pass by here, anxious to buy something, but do not know how to pay, delay other people's things do not say, even a person to ask, in recent years there have been a lot of new technology, new technology, but there is one more appear, that is, follow the trend, someone takes the lead, a group of people to follow the trend, but you follow the trend, many things are designed just to make gimmicks, not practical at all, it can even be said to be garbage, such as sharing, e-commerce platforms, and even the previous P2P model are all abused by people and have no new ideas.

Good and bad, both good and bad.

What's good and what's bad!!

It's better not to open, now some people are too low in quality.

To put it bluntly, it is pretending to be compared. Security guards and delivery personnel, tally clerks must have it, what is no one, what is the West that is not clear.

With the development of society, in the continuous trial and error exploration, various forms must coexist. The existence of a thing must be both good and bad, there is no complete good, and there is no pure bad. The opening of unmanned supermarkets is also like this, which saves labor costs for merchants, but relatively needs to pay the cost of purchasing and maintaining machines.

It is impossible for a cold machine to provide the same service to customers, the machine can only allow you to go through the whole shopping process, and it is impossible to give you feedback on questions such as asking it what restaurants are better in the vicinity. But for people who have a strong purpose and don't like to socialize, unmanned supermarkets are their best choice, and not having to deal with people is the greatest convenience for them.

For me, I am a person who likes to experience new things, if the unmanned supermarket and the traditional supermarket are opened together, I will go to experience the unmanned supermarket, under the premise that all the goods in these two supermarkets are the same, after the experience I will still choose to go to the traditional supermarket, more humane, although I am not good at socializing, but most of the time I prefer to be with a group of people, alone in a group of people. So my point of view is that if the unmanned supermarket and the traditional supermarket are exactly the same in terms of distance, **, product type and quality, I will choose the traditional supermarket. If the distance, **, and product quality are far better than traditional supermarkets, I will choose unmanned supermarkets.

There are good and bad sides to the opening of unmanned supermarkets, and the following are all personal opinions:

From the perspective of science and technology and social development, the opening of unmanned supermarkets obviously represents the progress of society and is an additional product of scientific and technological development. And from the perspective of human nature and psychology, closer to most people's thinking, sometimes we enter the supermarket, just wandering aimlessly, or the demand for certain items is not high (consciousness is not obvious), at this time maybe we just need to empty our minds or walk slowly, but sometimes the supermarket shopping guide will guide consumption in front of you one by one, resulting in the end to buy a bunch of unnecessary daily necessities, and the unmanned supermarket completely depends on the consumer's inner choice, Avoid making consumers feel resistant or irritated.

But thinking from another angle, you will find that the opening of unmanned supermarkets is completely unnecessary, first of all, it has eliminated most of the supermarket employees, resulting in an increase in unemployment, according to incomplete statistics, the national chain brand supermarkets have exceeded 8,000, a variety of small and medium-sized convenience stores have exceeded 5 million (statistical reference web link), unmanned supermarkets will replace most of the supermarket employees, social employment will have a huge impact. The second is that unmanned supermarkets will test human nature, and any problems that occur in supermarkets cannot be solved at any time, and even the needs of some customers cannot be properly answered, and they don't know which one is more suitable for them.

From a personal point of view, I still feel that the opening of an unmanned supermarket is commendable, and it has great advantages in terms of convenience and privacy alone, and at the same time can meet the needs of most people.