Ice Kingdom, Seoul, South Korea: Lee Dong-jin

Company: Korea representative
Nomination Submitted by: KCU
Company Description: Bae Seog Bong is the official representative of the Stevie Awards in South Korea.
Nomination Category: Entrepreneur Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Entrepreneur - Food & Beverage
2022 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: Korea 038 Ice Kingdom to Become Myths of 250 Ice Cream Discount Stores
  1. Which will you submit for this nomination, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length or a written essay of up to 650 words? Choose one:
    Essay of up to 650 words
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video:
  3. If you are providing a written essay for this nomination, submit in this space an essay of up to 650 words describing the achievements of the nominated entrepreneur since 1 January 2020:

    Total 297 words used.

    The point of success comes from an unexpected place, but on the floor there is the unusual intuition and sincerity of Lee Dong-jin. The engineer who majored in food engineering set up a design company because he opened his eyes to the design concept in the grand press that he visited in the Soviet Union and Bulgaria when he was a college student. It has grown its design company into a kiosk company, which is a key in the UK 15 years ago, when even kiosk words were unfamiliar.

    As a result of importing Osque and disassembling and researching the machine overnight, K-KIOSK brand was created and 30% of sales were exported to Japan, and it grew into a promising export small and medium-sized company. In April 2020, CEO Lee entered the ice cream discount store market as a latecomer and developed an unmanned IoT system and an unmanned payment system to grow into a leading company, Ice Kingdom.

    Ice Kingdom have created an unmanned store management system to cope with Corona 19 pandemics, and we have built an easy payment environment so that customers can select their products and calculate themselves without a cashier and manager at the store.

    Based on this, in the Corona 19 Pandemic situation, the store owner has achieved easy management and labor cost improvement such as sales confirmation through smartphone apps, store lighting control, CCTV confirmation, access problem, and internal voice support in the store at the remote location, and the customer has applied a smart operating system that can shop and pay in the store safely and conveniently.

    Through the unmanned store management system to cope with Corona 19 Pandemic, more than 320 franchise stores were opened in Korea, which helped prevent the transmission of corona Pandemic in non-face-to-face sales.

  4. In bullet-list form (up to 150 words), provide a brief summary of up to ten (10) of the chief achievements of the nominated entrepreneur since 1 January 2020:

    Total 117 words used.

    The Ice Kingdom is one of the four major ice cream franchises. The Ice Kingdom has its advantages.

    1. The first central control center to monitor franchisees across the country so that the owners can operate the store safely when the store operates without permission;This will include checking the inventory of products and freezers, cleanliness of stores, and identification of consumer sentiment patterns.
    2. Operation of the first shopping mall in the industry only for franchisees;
      • We will supply the goods needed for the store at the cost through mass purchase at the head office
      • Regularly earn points at the head office
    3. Although the business district is not directly located at the head office, sufficient consultation and consulting.
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Korea 038 Ice Kingdom to Become Myths of 250 Ice Cream Discount Stores
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PDF Ice_Kingdom_to_Become_Myths_of_250_Ice_Cream_Discount_Stores.pdf
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