Viet Nam News by Thu Ngân Trần Mỹ Tiên is a hard-working employee of a famous bank in HCM City. Looking at her outstanding performance, no one can believe the 30-year-old has another job on the side: she is the co-owner of a coffee shop called Cái Lò Gạch Cũ in District 11 that opened several months ago. Talking about how she manages to juggle two jobs at the same time, she merely said “technology”. She was referring to the phone applications she uses to monitor everything in the shop like cash flow, revenue growth, supply sources, and others. While many people may not understand industry 4.0 and other technological changes, they are clearly sweeping across the country. On the one hand, there are many conferences on esoteric concepts like big data, cloud, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, on the other, these have already entered daily life to benefit users. Tiên is one of those benefiting from the hi-tech revolution. “I don’t know much about 4.0 but it is true that modern technology, including phone applications and social media like Facebook, have helped me much in doing business.” She told Việt Nam News: “Modern technology has enabled me to manage the coffee shop from far away so that I can do many jobs at the same time.” She uses two apps for the task. They also help her calculate the volume of materials required and show her which the peak business hours are so that she can organise promotions…. [Read full story]
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