Dehydrated Vegetables - Small Scale Industry Project Feasibility Report

Product Details:

Vegetables are perishable and a seasonal product.  These are not available during off season as they cannot be stored over a long period. Dehydration technique has been developed by which vegetables can be preserved for longer period and consumed whenever needed as fresh vegetable. This value addition to the vegetables besides ensuring availability also improves its economics. In the present day life style when both the members of family work and do not find time to shop for fresh vegetables, clean them, sort them and size them before cooking, dehydrated vegetables are handy. Some of the popular vegetables such as peas, cauliflower, spinach, carrots etc. can be dehydrated and preserved for consumption throughout the year.  Compliance with PFA Act for such a unit is essential.

Market Assessment:

Vegetables are cooked every day and infact separately for lunch and dinner in indian household.  In the present day fast life the housewife can hardly spare time for such activity along with their career. Dehydrated vegetables are thus a solution to save time and ensure availability of vegetables for meals. Further cooking dehydrated vegetables is also not troublesome as the vegetable is just soaked in water to hydrate it and then cooked. It is easier to store and transport. The major limitation with the bulk of Green vegetables is that they are grown in a limited period only lasting for 3-4 months and thus their availability is restricted to this period. Dehydration of vegetables results in its compactness and weight reduction thus it becomes easier to handle the product. This also helps in exporting the product to other countries where ever Indian cuisine is popular. It has a good demand in urban areas and metropolitan cities.  Middle East countries and other western countries with Indian population are places where it has demand.

Process & Know-how:

The process of manufacturing is simple and for the purpose of this profile vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, and carrots have been considered. In case of cauliflower the vegetable is chopped to make small pieces and washed. The pieces are then blanched and dried in cold air. Spinach leaves are separated from stalk, washed and dried in drier. Carrots are washed scrapped and cubed after washing. The cubes are blanched and dried. These dehydrated vegetables are packed and stored. Packing is very critical as any fungal growth would damage the product. Process and weight loss varies from product to product but on an average is 25% as the vegetables are dehydrated. Know-how and the machinery is all indigenously available.

The production capacity envisaged is 450 tonnes per year in 2 shifts and 300 days working.

Project Estimates:

Capital Investment                      : 54lakhs

Working Capital                           : 8lakhs

profitability                                    : 14% RoI

B.E.P.                                              : 46%

Above details are tentative estimate report only.  Final report to be prepared based on specific details of the proposed plant area and other resources availability at the time of setting up of industry.  

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Business Plan - Explained in an Easy Way

Three Things for 100% Business Success

Businesses can be on successful track if the reasons which lead them to fail are controlled appropriately.  Three positive reasons for business success are listed below. These may sound familiar to you and it may not be too late to manage them to boost your chances of success. 

1. Plan it Adequately.

There are many different perspectives on business plans. Some experts will tell you that you simply must have a formal, structured business plan.  The best solution is a simple business plan, a working document that gives you a foundation for your business, while helping you plan out the action steps you need to take.

You do need some kind of plan that outlines where you are, where you want to go and how you intend to get there. It ultimately doesn’t matter what this document looks like, as long as it gives you the direction you need.

2. Stop worrying about money.

It’s not surprising that many entrepreneurs get anxious and desperate about making money with the business and doing it fast because they don’t have big reserves of money.  But here’s the thing — most small businesses do not make money overnight.

In fact, most small businesses don’t make money in the first year, possibly even the first two years. You are going to need a financial plan to ease the transition to business owner.

You could also start the business on the side while continuing to work full-time, get a part-time job to make up the difference during the startup stage, or launch the business incrementally as you get your financial footing. 

There are a lot of options, and you need to explore them all and come up with a plan so you can put the financial uncertainty behind you. This is the only way you can approach your business and the money side of it unemotionally and avoid making bad decisions because you’re worried about money.

3. Do periodic reality Check.

Starting a business is an emotional process, and not just limited to money. You are passionate about something…so passionate that you want to turn whatever it is you’re doing into a business. That means you’re already emotionally invested, and it’s going to be hard to separate your personal feelings from your business. This isn’t always a bad thing, but it can cloud your objectivity and blind you to the reality of what you’re doing.

It can also weaken your ability to explore alternatives, try new approaches and even remember why you started your business in the first place.  Sometimes, you need to take a step back and get an aerial view of your business so you can make better decisions. If you can’t accomplish a reality check on your own, it may be time to call in a coach, partner, colleague, or even friends and family to help you take a look at what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and how you can do it better.

Above positive reasons can guide your business on to the right path. Take a few minutes to reflect on your business and see if any of these areas pose red flags for you. You may be able to head off a disaster with just a little conscious effort.

Project Feasibility Report - STRANDED STEEL WIRE ROPE

I.                    PRODUCT & USES

Stranded wire rope is manufactured by twisting or stranding together number of wire strands depending upon the stay wire requirements.  These wire ropes are prepared using either steel wire strands or galvanised steel strands suitable for the usage.  These are mainly used for Electricity poles, Telephone poles, Railway signalling purpose, stay wires for hoardings, cranes hoisting arrangements, rigging ropes, load slings, industrial hoisting equipment, etc.

II.                  MARKET POTENTIAL

Main users are Govt. depts. Like Electricity, Railways, Telephones & industrial establishments.  Due to the Smart city concept, lots of publicity hoardings are coming up in cities which also require lots of wire ropes.  With the infrastructure sector development in India, there is tremendous potential for this product.

III.                PRODUCTION

96 tons per anum.

IV.                PROCESS DETAILS

It is proposed to manufacture 7 strands wire rope of 7.77mm dia.  2.59mm wire rope is used readily available in coils from the supplier.  The thin wire is wound on the metal bobbin machine.  The bobbins are then mounted on the stranding machine and the wire rope is produced.  This is continuously wound on to wooden drum to the required length and then packed for dispatching.

V.                  QUALITY STANDARDS

The main requirement is tensile strength of the product.  Suitable and tested material needs to be used as raw strand material in producing wire rope.  Stands meeting ISI requirements to be used, and certified ropes to be supplied if the client requires so.

VI.                LAND & BUILDING

VI	COVERED  300sq.m Shed Rent		30,000.00 ₹
VII	MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
	Bobbin winding M/C with elec
	Wire Stranding M/C
	Weighing M/C- 2ton
	Handtools
	Office furniture
	Electrification at10%
	SUB TOTAL		5,25,000.00 ₹
VIII	RAW MATERIALS(PER MONTH)
	G.I.wire 2.59mm	5,28,000.00 ₹
	SUB TOTAL		5,28,000.00 ₹
IX	STAFF & LABOUR(PER MONTH)
	MANAGER
	SUP
	FOREMAN
	SKILLED-2
	SEMI SKILLED -2
	HELPERS-8
	CLERK
	MESSENGER
	SUB TOTAL
			86,250.00 ₹
X	MISCELLANEOUS(PER MONTH)
	ELECTRICITY
	CONSUMABLES
	LUBRICANTS
	TRANSPORT
	PACKING
	RENT(VI)
			70,000.00 ₹
XI	WORKING  CAPITAL (PER MONTH)
	VIII	5,28,000.00 ₹
	IX	86,250.00 ₹
	X	70,000.00 ₹
			6,84,250.00 ₹
XII	TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
	VII	5,25,000.00 ₹
	XI QUARTERLY	20,52,750.00 ₹
			25,77,750.00 ₹
XIII	COST OF PRODUCTION (annual)
	RECURRING EXP.	82,11,000.00 ₹
	INTEREST ON CAPITAL	3,86,662.50 ₹
	DEPRICIATION	52,500.00 ₹
			86,50,162.50 ₹
XIV	SALES (PER ANUM)
	PROD1-PERTON55Kx190	1,04,50,000.00 ₹
			1,04,50,000.00 ₹
XV	PROFIT CAL
	PROFIT PER ANUM		17,99,837.50 ₹
	PERCENT OF SALES	17.22%
	ROI	69.82%
XVI	BEP ANALYSIS
	ANNUAL FC
	RENT(VI)	14,400.00 ₹
	INT	3,86,662.50 ₹
	DEP	52,500.00 ₹
	SALARIES	4,31,250.00 ₹
	MISCELLAENIOUS	3,50,000.00 ₹
			12,34,812.50 ₹
	B.E.P	40.69%

Cost analysis was based on the prices available at the time of feasibility report preparation which may be different from present prices.   This report made public to help the budding entrepreneurs to understand the project basics.  For more latest details you may contact lotuslinks

Hello Budding Entrepreneurs!

Hello Budding Entrepreneurs!

Good day to you all!

Finally Lotus team is back in India after completing its target projects abroad.  This made us more satisfied at work but still am missing my links with you all which is leaving a gap in my achievements at heart.

Here i am back with you.

Last Sunday, incidentally was FATHER'S DAY and my daughter gave me a gift ' a hand made name plate' which made me so happy at my heart.  During the discussion she told that she was missing as a guide since she wanted a project feasibility report for a small online craft sales biz.  I gave her the report and then i realized what I am missing... my blogging on PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORTS  which was keeping me LINKED to you all which i enjoy a lot.

So here I am to continue my linking with you all who are looking for some info.

Very soon I am going to post some PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORTS regularly.

See you very soon.

Hello from Chief Consultant

Hello friends!

Lotus Links missed you all a lot.

We had been busy out of India for quite a long time and couldn't do much on sharing feasibility reports with you all.

Various project executions have been seeing the end of the day and we are proudly finishing our target dates in line with our client requirements all the while.

I am glad that lotus team  back on its track with fan sharing and letting me find some time to pen here again.

So I am with all of you again.

Thanks one and all for being patient with me.  And news from my side is I am coming up with all new project feasibility reports  very soon.  Please  keep checking my blog.

Have an excellent day!

Business after college education

A fresh graduate from college has a big way ahead.  There are two options at his hand ‘to work for someone or to be on his own’.  Real thinking needs to be done to choose one option or the other.  Those who like to play safe would most probably choose to work while some with risking inclination would go for entrepreneurial way and start their own business.  

There could be many reasons for the young to start on their own, but surely there will be an inspiration for their goal.  The inspiration could be Bill Gates,  Anji Reddy, Brian Wong, Ms.Carol Tice, JRD Tata, Dheerubhai Ambani and the list is not limited to these only.

What you need to start on your own?

If you want to start a small business on your own, you need to make a business plan, make some finance related decisions, fulfill local govt. requirements, marketing your product and finally delivering the product pleasing your customers.

What ever the ideas you have may be, put all of them on a paper and analyse them carefully till you get a feasible business idea.  Then devise a plan based on the idea to make is sustainable in terms of time and money.  you got a basic business plan for the kick start.

Raising start-up capital is becoming relatively easier due to the large number of venture capitalists surging apart from recent aggressive banking.  If you got a feasible business plan, it’s no difficult to obtain a bank loan.  As you make trails for the loan, you also need to take care of local govt. requirements for your proposed business.

The execution of the business plan is utmost important than establishing the business.  For this one needs to concentrate a lot on the product marketing.  You should have a executable marketing strategy for your product which results in attracting and keeping your customers.   The more satisfied your customers are, the more profitable your business would be.

Never mind you just graduated from the college, gear up for the growth and success race by becoming yourself a model entrepreneur.

Cold storage feasibility report

PRODUCT AND ITS USES India is a very big country with vast variety of soils.  Variety of fruits and vegetables are produced seasonally.  Fish, etc.,  are another source of seafood from vast marine zone available.  Thus the produced being perishable in nature needs to be stored properly for the non-seasons.    Present production of these perishable commodities in India is more than 130 million tons, but about 22% of this product is estimated to be perished.  Keeping in view of the population growth in india, it is utmost important to utilize these perishable commodities with cent percent efficiency as the demand is ever increasing. Cold storages are the prime infrastructure for these perishable commodities preservation.  Establishment of cold storages help the nation in controlling the market prices and also the farmer is benefitted as his produce gets a suitable market at a later time.  Commercially apples, potatoes, dry chillies, jiggery, oranges and eggs are stored on large scale.  Other processed or semi processed foods like fruit juices, fish, meat, dry fruits are also stored in clod sotrages.

MARKET POTENTIAL Cold storages are essential for the preservation of perishable commodities.  These can solve bottlenecks in transportation, marketing period, processing delays.  The development of cold storages thus have important role in wastage control of perishable commodities and market price control. There is sufficient demand for the cold storage industry in india including the remote villages.  The Villages welcome cold storages as they could better their future.

MANUFACTURING PROCES Storages spaces are segregated based on the temperatures maintained.  Well insulated chambers of ceiling and partition walls a must as the efficiency depend directly on the insulation quality.  Wooden crates or bags used to store the goods and the temperature and humidity in chambers is to be maintained based on the stored product.

PROJECT ESTIMATION 300days per anum of three shift working as due to continued storage of products. Chambers or rented out to farmers or traders. Ice Block manufacturing is planned as an ancillary. Ammonia Refrigeration Plan is considered.

LAND & BUILDING 400sq.m area with built up area of 250sq.m.  for storage and utilities.

MACHINERY &EQUIPMENT: Cold storage plants are available with suitable capacities on turnkey basis.

RAW-MATERIALS Though there is no raw materials required for the process, maintenance consumables required.

UTILITIES Power requirement would be 60HP; 100qmec pump set; diesel generator for power interruptions

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Manpower requirement as the unit being labor oriented.  Office furniture, fixtures, security arrangements

CAPITAL INVESTMENT Estimated capital investment: approximately INR72,00,000

COST OF PRODUCTION Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 18,96,000/-

TURNOVER Estimated sales income of 100T @ 2,200 & ice 60T @2,000 : INR40,80,000

PROFIT Profit per anum INR 28,08,580/- & Net Profit Ratio 9.8%

RATE OF RETURNS :       %

BREAK EVEN POINT :   B.E.P  48%

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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%

For more details and help you shall contact lotuslinks@gmail.com

Welcome budding entrepreneurs

Hi budding techoncrats!

Good news for you all from LOTUS LINKS.

As a proven technocrats team, LOTUS LINKS once again decided to continue supporting budding entrepreneurs with reports for execution. Though its not possible to pay 100% attention to individuals needs, LOTUS LINKS decided this time to spend specific time in working with new talented individuals.

Due to numerous mails we recieve from interested individuals without firm decisions, it is hard to identify those are in real need. Hence we advise those in real need only to contact us for eloborate reports.

Once again assuring you our best support,

Regards,

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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.

What is a business plan?

A business plan is essentially a blueprint for a business and the best way to illustrate any business is by providing a business plan. For any travel you need to have a destination and the proposed path to reach it. So is a business also ‘the travel to success entrepreneurship’. Hence it’s important to develop a business plan to achieve whether the business is small, medium or large scale.
In the book The Entrepreneur’s Manual, Richard M. White, Jr. states that business plans are “road maps” for business creation: “You identify your origin, select a destination, and plot the shortest distance between the two points.”
A business plan also serves many other purposes:
· A business plan is a detailed blueprint for the activities needed to establish a business (i.e. product or service, the market demand, and the management of the business).
· A business plan is also the ‘yardstick’ by which a business owner measures success in meeting set goals and objectives.
· Also, a business plan is a tool for obtaining a loan from a lending agency, or for attracting venture capital.
What a business plan consists of?
There is no standard format for a business plan, but there are many common components of a business plan:
· Executive Summary : providing a general overview of the plan’s main points.
· Table of Contents : it’s the index of details of plan.
· Background and History: nature and basis of proposed business explained.
· Business Goals and Objectives: the set targets are listed in detail.
· Description of Products/Services: details of proposed products and services discussed.
· Market Description/Assessment: Feasibility is assessed comparing the market trends.
· Competition Assessment: status of the propped business in the regional market detailed.
· Marketing Strategies: plans proposed for the product marketing listed.
· Manufacturing Plans: Plans for the proposed manufacturing and capacities listed.
· Pro Forma Financial Analysis: Various financial details tabulated.
· Contingency Plans: Troubleshooting/preparedness plans devised in totality.

Many business plans will also include appendixes with additional information related to the business, its operations, its owners/managers, marketing/promotional plans, etc.

Business Feasibility Report

Business Feasibility Study
What is 'feasible'? It means ‘accomplishable’, ‘achievable’, ‘doable’ ‘realizable’. A business feasibility study is a useful place to start when considering purchasing a business or starting a business. Feasibility studies are an excellent way of making sure that you have a comprehensive understanding of the business environment and a realistic expectation of its potential.
Purpose of a feasibility study
The purpose of a feasibility study is to make an assessment about the overall potential of a business concept or project. So a feasibility study is a researched and written report on whether a business idea in its current form is achievable. In particular, a business feasibility study is used to assess the economic viability of your business concept before you start spending serious money and time.
Feasibility Study Importance
Nothing is right or wrong when evaluating the commercial and technical feasibility of a business. In the end, a feasibility study simply provides reasonable evidence that a business or project will succeed or fail and, various constraints and risk involved towards the potential profitability of the business. To undertake a business feasibility analysis it requires expertise, a daunting task, but surely a cost-effective first step. A comprehensive business or project feasibility study may be all that is needed to convince an investor or venture capitalist or lender to invest the money in the project.

SAFETY HAND GLOVES - FEASIBILTY REPORT

PRODUCT AND ITS USES

Industrial hand gloves are important protective apparel for workers in factories and work sites. Hand gloves are of various types and sizes. Fast moving sizes are 14", 16", 18" etc. The materials that go in the production of hand gloves vary from cotton fabrics and asbestos to variety of leathers. However due to statutory regulations asbestos became restricted material for gloves. Leather is supreme material in the production of hand gloves. Amongst leather chrome tanned split leather is predominantly in use possibly because of its cheap price and peculiar qualities needed for hand gloves as compared to other kind of leather. Chrome tanned split leather imparts special qualities to withstand roughness of the handling material and gives enough flexibility and softness for the hand to move in the gloves easily and swiftly while working in the workshop. Such industrial gloves are widely used in industry, Shipping and Railways. Due to rapid expansion of industrial sector the use of industrial hand gloves is expected to grow considerably.

MARKET POTENTIAL

There are no brand issues in this product. There is a good scope for starting new units for manufacture of industrial hand gloves as the domestic demand and supply gap is high. Fortunately the raw material is available in the country especially split leather due to increase in production of finished leather based on hides. Cotton is abundantly available locally and hence a hand gloves manufacturing unit is a viable unit. Cotton gloves are the cheaper type and leather ones are supreme priced. There exists export potential too depending on the quality maintained for seamless knitted industrial gloves with or without PVC dotting made of cotton, polyester, nylon polyamide, etc.

PROJECT ESTIMATE
· 25 days per month on single shift a day basis presumed.
· manpower required is mainly unskilled and semi skilled labour.
· Market target to be local industry 75% sales.
· Techno economically viable unit is 15,000pairs per month for small scale unit.

PROFIT
Profit per anum INR 4,42,980 & Net Profit Ratio 10.7%
RATE OF RETURNS : 28.3% BREAK EVEN POINT : 52.3%

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Project Feasibility Report of Acid Slurry

ACID SLURRY
PRODUCT AND ITS USES
Washing compounds basically made from oils and caustic soda but resulting soaps have lesser washing capabilities in hard water. Synthetic detergents started replacing soaps gradually due to their effective washing in hard water too. Synthetic detergents not only used for washing purpose but also used in textile industry and pesticide formulations.
Irrespective of consumer brand, all the synthetic detergents in the market are made from acid slurry as the base raw materials.
MARKET POTENTIAL
There is an ever increasing demand for synthetic detergents day by day in the domestic market. Large scope is there for synthetic detergents in the small scale sector. There are many small scale units manufacturing detergent powders and bars targeting the local markets. Acid slurry being the main raw material for detergents finds ready market.
PROJECT ESTIMATION
· Manufacturing process is a batch production.
· 25 days per month on single shift a day basis presumed.
· manpower required is mainly unskilled labour.
· Market target to be local area 75% sales and local industry 25% sales.
· Techno economically viable unit is 120tons per anum for small scale unit.

PROFIT ANALYSIS

Capital investment is approx. INR35lakhs.

Net profit ratio 13.3% ; Rate of returns - 27.9%; B.E.P. - 37.65%

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STEPS TO BUSINESS LOAN

STEPS TO BUSINESS LOAN
You have a great idea to start a business. You are fully dedicated to make it a successful venture. But you also need money, may be in the form of a loan. A Business Loan for a start-up is not that easy to get. You need to prepare a good feasible business plan for lender’s approval. Here are some important steps one needs to take for a start-up loan:
1. MARKET ANALYSIS: As part of the business plan, you should include a detailed analysis of the market, trends, customer base, the volume of industry. Your expected market share and cash flow in the first few years which could be translated into estimated profit returns is utmost important. This helps your lender to assess how much you understand the market and industry, and in turn your repayment potential.
2. FUNDS DISTRIBUTION: make estimates as exactly as possible so as to justify the funds requirements for each type of purchase. Every penny accounted for adequately allocated resources leads to a more feasible business plan. Prioritization of funds requirement helps your lender assured of the investment returns.
3. EXPERIENCE BOOST: Never hesitate to share your experience through the business plan. Any type of experience is counted whether it’s managerial, technical or commercial since it helps you to handle business challenges.
4. PERSONAL STAKE: lenders expect you to make a financial commitment to the business and inject your own cash into your new business. If you show confidence in your new business by investing in it yourself, your lenders would also show confidence in your business plan.
So, for a successful business loan, gear up yourself with a detailed business plan presentation to the LENDER.Good luck

Project Feasibility Report of Printing Ink

PRINTING INK
PRODUCT AND ITS USES
Printing industry has grown four fold in the recent years. Use of print media in different walks of life has increased with the increase in standards of living. With the growing demand for packaging industry, demand for printing inks is on the continual rise.
Latest trends in printing technology lead to the requirement of wide spectrum printing inks and the industry has good potential for young entrepreneurs.
Typograhic, Planographic and Intanglio are the three types of printing inks in both liquid and paste forms. Paste form is used for offset, screen and letter press printing whereas liquid type is used in newsprint, gravure and flexographic printing.
MARKET POTENTIAL
There is an increasing demand for printing ink day by day due to the growth in print media industry. Large scope is there for printing ink in domestic and petty printing sector. Due to the gap in supply and demand in the local markets, a small scale unit in each city is economically viable.
PROJECT ESTIMATION
· Manufacturing process is partly continuous though the production is batch wise.
· 25 days per month on single shift a day basis presumed.
· 2/3 manpower required is unskilled labour.
· Market target to be local print industry for 60% sales.
· Techno economically viable unit is 100tons per anum for small scale unit.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Estimated capital investment: approximately INR 98,44,000/-
COST OF PRODUCTION
Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 2,56,91,420/-
TURNOVER
Estimated sales income of 90T @ 33,000: INR2,85,00,000/-
PROFIT
Rate of Returns : 28.53%
B.E.P. : B.E.P 44.4%
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Third anniversary

Hi Visitor,
Good day to you!

We are glad to announce that Lotus Links celebrating its 3rd Anniversary today. We take this opprotunity to thank all our well wishers and supproters.

As a dedicated tchnocrats team 'LOTUS LINKS' once again takes oath to continue its support to budding entrepreneurs as it has been doing since the day one. Due to the organizational work situations, Lotus Links condensing the techno feasibility details of Feasibility Reports a little on the blog. Nevertheless, Lotus Links assures you that details will be provided on individual request.

Raising our slogan " Totality is our Speciality" once again

With best regards,
Chief Executive

Being Your Own Boss

Being Your Own BOSS!!!
Human wants to be independent always by all means. It’s the same reason anyone wants to be an entrepreneur, primarily for independence and the opportunity to be my own boss. A person, being his own boss, can enjoy the freedom to give shape to his own dreams and aspirations. There are both risk and rewards but there is no hierarchy and office politics to cruise through for a boss.
Entrepreneurship has the potential to teach real-life skills. Every aspiring entrepreneur, who is fully engaged in growing his business, is learning in one year what others may gain in several years of corporate working life.
CHANGE-GAME : A person want to be an entrepreneur cannot look for a smooth ride. It’s the uncertainty swells an entrepreneur needs to navigate through. So an entrepreneur needs to accept every change in his journey and adapt himself to that change effectively.
MENTOR MARK : Entrepreneurship doesn’t follow any critical path. One can be passionate about his own ideas than others. Entrepreneur needs to rely on his own conviction though there are enough around to inspire with. Advice from those who are experienced always could make valuable difference. Hence never hesitate to take a clue.

CENT PER CENT : Once a decision made then put cent per cent into it. Before the decision, understand the expectations of your family and loved ones, because that defines how far you are ready to go and whether it is really worth it for you. Just be clear about the reason you are taking up entrepreneurship and be ready to act on your convictions, the rest will follow.