Since the social movement and the epidemic, Hong Kong SMEs have been under unprecedented pressure. However, poverty is not necessarily a dead end. At the same time, many companies have used technology voucher funding to upgrade and transform during the adversity, waiting for the end of the cold night to welcome a glorious future. We have compiled 10 successful examples of technology vouchers in 2020 and shared their success. Technology vouchers provide 75% subsidies to eligible Hong Kong companies to use technology solutions to upgrade and transform their operations to improve operational efficiency. Each company has a cumulative subsidy of up to 600,000 yuan. Recently, the restrictions on “relevant organizations” have been lifted. To apply for technology voucher, you may consider hiring a professional technology voucher consultant to help you.

Successful examples of technology voucher

• Big data digital promotion management system for packaging and printing companies
• Florist Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)
• Clinic Management System
• Retailers establish online stores and mobile apps
• Logistics and freight company quotation and order placing platform
• Restaurant POS Catering System
• Tuition School Administration Management System
• Laundry RFID management system
• Training company’s virtual reality VR system
• Consulting company appointment and document management system

1. Big data digital promotion management system for packaging and printing companies

The packaging company specializes in printing and packaging gift boxes for enterprises. Customers include jewelry companies, wine merchants, watch brands, etc., not only in Hong Kong, but also in China and overseas. As digital promotion is a global trend, the company has established various online promotion channels, including websites, social media, search engine promotion and trade advertising platforms. However, different channels each generate a large amount of data, but they lack management. How to coordinate the various channels has troubled colleagues in the marketing department all the way.
In order to strengthen the management of digital promotion, evaluate the efficiency of promotion and obtain big data to formulate marketing strategies, the management decided to deploy a cloud big data system to integrate relevant data through an automated digital promotion management platform to optimize overall performance. The marketing department can now clearly grasp the overall online promotion situation and facilitate the development of online and offline marketing strategies (O2O marketing strategy).

2. Flower shop enterprise resource planning system (ERP)

Heard of flower shops, maybe you think it is a very traditional business. In fact, as modern people’s requirements are getting higher and higher, the flower industry must keep pace with the times. The applicant company has been operating the flower business for many years and faced a number of resource management issues: flowers must be delivered from the farm to the consumer, and the logistics time must be very accurate, and every second must be determined; different varieties of flowers have different requirements for temperature, humidity, light, etc., and they are stored in warehouses. Management is extremely difficult; all kinds of flowers must also be accurately sent to the floral design department, so that the florist has enough time to complete the work. With technology voucher funding, the applicant company can upgrade the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at 25% of the original price, which not only saves a lot of administrative staff, but also greatly reduces human error and avoids wasting expensive air transportation of flowers.

3. Clinic Management System

There are about 3,000 Western medicine clinics in Hong Kong, and Chinese medicine is becoming more and more modern, and there is a strong demand for a clinic management system (Clinic management system). Western medical clinics use technology vouchers to upgrade their clinic management system. In addition to general enterprise resource management, the clinic system also needs to have specific functions for patients and drugs, such as patient waiting, drug sensitivity and major medical record prompts, as well as drug inventory and expiration management. In addition, the medical system involves important privacy such as medical records, and has strict security requirements. The database must not only be encrypted, but the connection must also go through a firewall (Firewall) and a virtual private network (Virtual Private Network, VPN). The system greatly reduces the rate of expiration of drugs that need to be disposed of, saving a lot of costs.

4. Retailers establish online stores and mobile apps

The retailer itself has an information website (Informative website) with limited functions and only regularly uploads flyers for publication. With technology voucher funding, a modern online shop and a mobile app (Mobile app) available to customers will be established. Whether customers spend in the online shop or Mobile App, their data is integrated into the same system, not only simple shopping , It can also store consumption points to accumulate customer loyalty. After the online store is in operation, more different types of online promotion can be carried out, such as keyword advertising, SEO, social media promotion, and so on.

5. Logistics and freight company quotation and order placing platform

Logistics freight is a relatively traditional industry, and quotations often need to be processed manually, so there is a strange phenomenon that waiting for quotations takes more time than shipping. Therefore, the new generation of logistics and freight forwarders is determined to establish a modern logistics system and an online customer quotation platform. Customers can request a quotation as long as they log on to the logistics company website. The system will automatically calculate the required cost and time according to the needs of the customer; the system has also been connected Large freight companies find the most suitable options and preferential prices, which not only saves manpower, but also directly benefits customers. With the support of technology vouchers, logistics and freight companies received most of the expenditure subsidies, which greatly reduced the company’s cash pressure under economic difficulties.

6. Restaurant POS Catering System

The catering industry is an important industry in Hong Kong. According to the Census and Statistics Department, there are approximately 18,000 restaurants in Hong Kong with more than 240,000 employees. In recent years, many large-scale chain restaurants have used catering systems, such as POS point-of-sale management, queuing reservations, ordering food delivery, kitchen management, etc. With the improvement of technology and the price reduction of hardware, the catering system is no longer part of a large group With patents, even small tea restaurants can use technology vouchers to transform them into modern restaurants. In the past, the unique ordering terms that used pen and paper and tea notes have gradually been replaced by iPads. Customers can even order food through their mobile phones by simply following simple instructions, reducing human errors and improving work efficiency.

7. Tuition school administrative management system

The administrative work of tutoring schools generally involves management staff and tutors, and tutors are divided into full-time and part-time jobs, as well as parents and students. Therefore, the tutoring school decided to develop an administrative management system that parents can learn through the website or mobile app. Learning progress, homework performance and school announcements, tutors can also simply receive class schedules and log student performance. More importantly, the school administration has become clear and accurate, which saves many proofreaders and reduces human errors in the past. On the other hand, the database of textbooks and school examination papers is also a very important asset of the tuition agency. In the past, only hard disk backup was not reliable. Now the administrative system manages these files on a cloud basis, and the company’s assets are secured.

8. Laundromat RFID Management System

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Laundromats always use the customer’s receipt to find clothes in the store. Because the store has a lot of clothes, it often takes a lot of time. If there is a dry-cleaning order that needs to be shipped to the laundry factory, it is easier to mess up the customer’s clothes. With funding from the Technology Voucher Program, the laundry has added a dedicated RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) management system. Each laundry bag is equipped with an RFID tag. The system can identify and track the location of the clothes. Just scan The customer’s receipt can show the location, and the settlement becomes very accurate. The technology voucher program saves previous manpower, while improving company operations and overall productivity.

9. Training company’s virtual reality VR system

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have developed rapidly in recent years and have a wide range of applications. The technology voucher application company’s main business is visual arts education. In order to expand corporate training services, a virtual reality VR system is added through technology voucher funding. In the past, the physical environment that required a lot of time and cost to produce, now only needs to be generated by the VR system. Save time and cost; and the virtual environment can be adjusted according to the learning needs of the students, the same set of teaching materials can be used repeatedly, and the use of resources is more efficient.

10. Consulting company appointment and document management system

The applicant is a business consulting company, which involves a large number of confidential documents, and often has to make appointments with customers. As traffic was often blocked during social events last year, and the new coronavirus pneumonia occurred later, the consultant company decided to develop an appointment and queuing system (Appointment & Queueing) to facilitate customers to make appointments with consultants around the clock; in addition, they also developed document management and remote control. Distance access system (Document Management & Mobile Access) makes document management more systematic, safe and convenient. Even in the face of the epidemic, remote operations have been implemented in technological solutions, so that employees and customers can continue to work without face-to-face contact, which greatly reduces health risks and the impact on business operations.

The current economic environment is very harsh, and it is also time to get ready to go. The company always needs to move forward. We share the above several successful cases of technology voucher for everyone in charge of applying for technology voucher for reference. After submitting the application now, the technology voucher project can be launched immediately. Please contact the Technology Voucher Consultant of Hong Kong Funding Consulting Co., Ltd. for inquiries.