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Tinggalkan Posisi Manajer, Pilih Jualan Air! 300 Galon Terjual Setiap Hari!

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Business

Founder Background & Motivation

  • Pulung Wijaya (“Bulung”) is the owner of Raja Banyu (water + crystal ice).
  • Business age: 4 years (as of May).
  • Career before entrepreneurship:
    • Helper → sales → supervisor in a multinational FMCG environment (e.g., Danone/Aqua).
    • Later moved across companies to pursue higher compensation and new learning.
  • Motivation to start:
    • Improve the family situation and build long-term stability.
    • “Learn by doing” through sales and management experience.
  • Operational philosophy:
    • Hard work, consistency, and honesty
    • Treat employees like family

Go-to-Market (GTM) & Sales Execution

  • Initial traction:

    • Started with door-to-door sales
    • Then expanded to courier delivery to customers

  • Differentiation: delivery + service (not just selling gallons)

    • Deliver to homes/dispensers
    • Cleaning and lifting service
    • Customer education, including warnings like:
      • Keep gallons away from heat sources
      • Avoid molding risks

  • Customer value proposition / offer structure

    • No minimum order
    • Free shipping for a gallon and crystal ice within the local distance rule (up to ~5 kilos away, as mentioned)

Operational Model & Staffing (How They Scale Delivery)

Throughput Targets

  • Consistency goal: ~300 orders/day
  • Peak example: up to ~500 orders occasionally
  • Many buyers may be “unregistered” (ad-hoc customers not yet in the system)

Delivery & Logistics Approach

  • Uses regional mapping by splitting demand into North / South / West / East areas so couriers avoid extra driving distance.
  • For farther shipping:
    • Ensure couriers serve multiple nearby customers in the same direction to control operational cost.

Inventory & Order Reliability

  • Operations improve based on complaint signals.
  • Late delivery complaints often relate to unsynchronized stock, driving focus on:
    • Accurate inventory/stock control
    • Entry/exit checks
    • Ongoing report review (wife assists checking; founder later manages team and field follow-ups)

Team Management System (SOP + KPI/QPI)

  • Functional teams include:

    • Delivery team
    • Production team
    • Admin
    • Content creator

  • Management framework in practice

    • Each role has:
      • a clear SOP
      • a measurable QPI (their version of KPI)
    • Bonus is tied to output volume (e.g., “how much they send” → bonus)

  • Leadership playbook

    • Daily morning briefing
    • Afternoon field time to meet customers and follow up on issues
    • Cultural rule: no lying
      • Integrity is the foundation for support and help

Product Strategy & Quality (Ice Positioning)

  • Crystal ice cubes are positioned as more hygienic than block ice.

  • Claimed production method:

    • Uses RO (reverse osmosis) water
    • Impurities are removed

  • Current product scope:

    • Gallon water
    • Crystal ice cubes
    • Related household needs

  • Customer insight leveraged:

    • People want fast, direct-to-home delivery
    • Reliability drives repeat purchases—especially for night-time orders

Customer Service & Retention Tactics

Managing Late Delivery Expectations

  • The founder repeatedly addresses customer scolding and uses it to stay closer to customers.
  • Capacity constraints are explained plainly:
    • It becomes “impossible” to deliver quickly when demand spikes and many orders come at once

Night Operations / Demand Timing

  • Serves 24 hours (or a night-serving model).
  • Saturday nights are described as the busiest:
    • Ice/water needs arrive late (sometimes around midnight)
  • Customers already know the shop’s night availability.
  • The founder also calls employees during late times to keep service running.

Growth From Side Venture to Main Business

  • Initial attempt: F&B (“Crazy rice”)
    • Closed due to a learning gap and domain mismatch
  • Pivot to Raja Banyu: chosen as a “simpler” business aligned with sales/logistics experience in water

Early Operating Model

  • Began with small daily stock and low early sales:
    • Example: ~15 gallons/day capacity, but sold ~5/day early on
  • Early profit was small per day (example referenced: ~Rp 2,000–3,000 profit per gallon-level transaction)
  • Overall approach: scale-first mindset

Marketing Channels (Practical Examples)

  • Word-of-mouth is emphasized:
    • Employees share within personal networks
    • Relatives and acquaintances end up purchasing
  • Recurring customer message:
    • Free shipping
    • No minimum order
    • Reliable delivery

Business KPI Mindset & Culture

  • Growth KPIs (implied/explicit) include:

    • Market share increase tied to employee growth
    • Order volume targets:
      • ~300/day goal
      • up to ~500 peak
    • Customer complaints as operational feedback:
      • delivery time issues
      • stock synchronization problems

  • Culture KPI:

    • Honesty + discipline
    • Employee trust reduces operational friction

Expansion Plan (Execution-First, Not Investing-First)

  • Vision: expand into a water-ice brand across Indonesia, potentially through franchise-like replication
    • “Same concept in every city,” using the brand locally
  • Expansion approach:
    • Apply structured execution knowledge:
      • team roles
      • SOP
      • KPI/QPI
      • delivery logistics and regional mapping

Key Presenters / Sources

  • Presenter/source (in subtitles):
    • Pulung Wijaya (“Bulung”), owner of Raja Banyu (Blitar)
  • Sponsorship/tool mentioned (source referenced, not a presenter):
    • Odoo, integrated with Shopee
    • Used to manage stock and finances and reduce late deliveries

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