HDPE/PP Woven Sacks Project Feasibility Report

PRODUCT AND ITS USES HDPE/PP packing materials have become popular on account of their inertness to chemical, moisture and resistance to fungus and rotting.  They are light in weight and withstand stringent conditions than conventional bags.  Compared to jute the prices are stable and competitive.

MARKET POTENTIAL The major users of HDPE/PP woven sacks are fertilizer, sugar, cattle feed, cement.  Starches, pesticides, detergents and many other industrial bulk items are also being packed in woven sacks.  HDPE strips also used for deck chairs, etc.  PP strips used for marine rope manufacturing. With the introduction of circular looms, cost of production has come down drastically and making these sack more preferable now.  Demand is ever growing with more and more factories preferring woven sacks for packaging.  90% of the production is consumed in the domestic industry while a little is being imported to border countries.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS First the tape is produced through the tape extrusion machine.  This tape is fed to knitting machine to form cloth on circular weaving machine.  Cloth thus formed is cut to required dimensions and stitched to size.  Printing is also done as per requirement if planned. IS standards to be maintained meeting customer requirements.

PROJECT ESTIMATION Unit runs on single shift 25days per month; Wastage of raw materials estimated to be around 2%; Number of bags per kg depending on the density used; uninterrupted power availability is assumed. 450 MT production capacity estimated to be economically viable for a small scale industry.

LAND & BUILDING 1500 sq.m with built up area 500sq.m for plant & equipment.

MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT: Tape extruder; Chease winders with shutters – 8nos.; Circular weaving machine; heavy duty sewing machine-6 ; multi-color printing machine; weighing machines; lab equipment

RAW-MATERIALS 40T HDPE/PP granules; printing accessories; packing accessories.

UTILITIES Office furniture; 11kva transformer; Electricity & water

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Office expenses; insurance, etc.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT Estimated capital investment: approximately INR 3,31,95,000/-

COST OF PRODUCTION Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 3,48,40,000/-

TURNOVER Estimated sales income of 350T : INR4,16,16,000/-

PROFIT Profit per anum INR 67,76,000/- & Net Profit Ratio 16.28%

RATE OF RETURNS :   20.4 %

BREAK EVEN POINT :   B.E.P  51.83%

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Project Feasibility Report Tamarind Concentrate

TAMARIND CONCENTRATE


PRODUCT AND ITS USES
Tamarind is a daily used kitchen ingredient in India. Though the dried fruit is not directly used, its pulp is widely used in food preparations. It is used in food and snack preparations to impart sour taste. States like Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, UP, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Orissa are the major producers of tamarind.
With increased hygiene consciousness and ease of use in urban india, the use of tamarind concentrate is gaining market.

MARKET POTENTIAL
Tamarind is commonly used in food preparations and many types of snacks. Restaurants, caterers, hostels, canteens and food processors are the bulk consumers of tamarind paste. Because of high acidity, tamarind paste has longer pot life. While most of the tamarind fruits are consumed in the domestic market a little is exported and or concentrate is prepared.

Apart from the growing domestic market, there is much potential to export it to countries like USA, UK, Middle east and Africa.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Clean and dried fruits are soaked in water for one hour. Then the whole stock is heated in a S.S. Jacketed Kettle for an hour. The pulp is extracted in a pulper and then filtered to obtain the required quality concentrate. The residue is recycled into the process and further concentrate is extracted. The final pulp is packed in suitable containers or a polypack.

Compliance under FPA Act is mandatory for the final product.

PROJECT ESTIMATION
This is a batch process unit. Hence the proposed unit is for 2 shifts a day and 300 working days. A baby boiler is required and any local law applicable needs to be taken into consideration for the plant.

The unit is planned for the production of 150 tons per anum.

LAND & BUILDING
1000 Sq.m area with 200sq.m built up area for plant housing.

MACHINERY &EQUIPMENT:
SS Jacketed Kettle; baby boiler; pulper; weighing & packing m/c; Storage bins

RAW-MATERIALS
Tamarind fruits - 24tons/month; Packing tins

UTILITIES
15HP electric power supply

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Office establishment, transportation, material handling

CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Estimated capital investment: approximately INR48,20,000/-

COST OF PRODUCTION
Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 69,54,000/-

TURNOVER
Estimated sales income of 180T @ 52,000: INR93,60,000/-

PROFIT
Profit per anum INR 24,06,000/- & Net Profit Ratio 26%

RATE OF RETURNS : 21%
BREAK EVEN POINT : B.E.P 43%

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Planning Home Based Business

Planning Home based Business

“Plans are of little importance but planning is essential – Winston Churchill”

Without planning nothing is achieved and every individual in pursuit of their day to day activities knowingly or unknowingly make planning. Perhaps you want to buy a mobile phone today is your plan. Certain steps are taken in order to buy mobile phone. First you would Google for mobile phone models and shops in your area. Then you would make your choice of model you like. You then decide how you reach the shop and may be with one of your friends. You and your friend decide on a suitable time and transport to shop. The procedure for accomplishing the plan is planning which defines how you are going to do it.

Even for buying an item you are making a planning. What if you want to sell, not one item but many items of the same kind? Do you need planning? You definitely need one.

If it is a big establishment or business there will be professionals doing the planning. But when you want to start home based business you need to do it mostly on your own. Hence it is very much necessary to understand various aspects of planning which would help you make your own planning for a successful home based business.

You got a home based business idea means you got a plan. Next is to make a planning for achievement. For that you need to assess whether the idea is good one? A simple feasibility study could help your plan. There are three steps in planning to know whether your business idea is a good one or not. First, is there a market for your product? Second, can you sell it and make money? And third, how much competition you would be facing?

STEP1 MARKET RESEARCH - You got buyers for your product?
Home based business is typical compared to other business establishments. No doubt your personal rapport is important to sell but you need to know whether you are offering product that your customers really need? You cannot sell trekking gadgets in a beach area. If your product satisfies the unmet need of your customers, the success rate of your business is good.

There is an old marketing adage that states, “It costs ten times more money to get a new customer, than to retain an existing one”. Another thing to consider is whether your product or service has something that will encourage a customer to return. Find ways to continually drive your existing customers back to you for service updates, refills, etc. Repeated customers ensure that your business anchors into deep success.

STEP2 PRICING PROCEDURE – Is your product profitable?

The goal of any business is to make a profit. When setting up a business, consideration should be made on how to price the product according to what the market will bear. Pricing is a pretty simple issue. Customer will not pay a single penny more than its true value.
For a successful home based business, the offered service or product price is to be decided based on the cost of production plus the profit margin and also the customer. If the customer is not ready to pay for services or product at the minimum estimated price based on your costs and profit margin then the feasibility of the business is in question. If the customer is ready to pay more than the minimum estimated pricing then sure the intended home based business would be successful. Set product pricing based on feasibility study to make a more sustainable and profitable business. Profit motive should be optimum and not maximum for a successful business.
STEP3 BUSINESS COMPETITION – Are you into a pricing race?
"Never fear of facing competition because it makes you better. – Vason M".

When there is hectic competition, first question comes up is who is cheaper? Some times this price war may turn bloody requiring you to make an aggressive decision. Don’t think that reducing the price is always the solution. An aggressive decision could be to keep the price as it is and to promote the positive differences of your product compares to others. Some customers are more interested in quality or a company’s experience. Refining your product and your marketing strategy can help compete for a customer segment not interested in buying solely off price.

Understanding the above three steps you can prepare the methodology or essential planning. And in addition you can evolve a feasibility study from the collected information and devise a successful home based business plan for yourself.