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Acknowledgment
Sir Adnan Rafiq
The Course Instructor Entrepreneurship Superior University, Lahore
Respected Sir
Adnan Rafiq;
We would like to thank you for the valuable guidance and advices that you provided us throughout your tenure with us, you inspired us greatly to work in this project. Your willingness to motivate us contributed tremendously to our projects and class assignments. We would also like to thank you for showing us some cases that related to the topic of our projects, and linked the theory to practical to make us comfortable. Besides, we would like to thank our institute which provided us an excellent environment for the creation of this project; we would like to take this opportunity to thank to all of our class fellows for the creation of this project. It gave us an opportunity to participate and learn about the major areas of
Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
Contents
The Opportunity ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Description of Business ............................................................................................................................ 9 Product ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Brand Name ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Slogan ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Competitive Advantage .......................................................................................................................... 12 Current Status and Requirement ............................................................................................................. 12 Description of business stands today .............................................................................................. 12 Description of what the business needs to move forward ............................................................... 12
(3) Management team ............................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Description of Organizational Structure: .................................................................................................... 16 A. Legal Structure: ............................................................................................................................... 16
Organizational Structure & Ownership....................................................................................................... 18 Business Model ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Supply Chain............................................................................................................................................... 20 Distribution Channel ................................................................................................................................... 21 Industry Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 22 Industry Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 23 a. Industry Size ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Driving and Cell Phones ..................................................................................................................... 23 Industry attractiveness......................................................................................................................... 32 Profit potential .................................................................................................................................... 33 Competitors Analysis ............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
SWOT Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Marketing plan ............................................................................................................................................ 37 A. B. C. Product Feasibility: ............................................................................................................................. 37 Price Strategy ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Promotion............................................................................................................................................ 41
B. C. D. E. F.
Availability of Labor Pool .............................................................................................................. 45 Business partnership ....................................................................................................................... 45 Quality Control ............................................................................................................................... 46 Customer Support ........................................................................................................................... 47 Growth Scope.................................................................................................................................. 48
Financial Plan.............................................................................................................................................. 49 Initials Current Investment ........................................................................................................................ 50 The amount for startup for this business is 2million. This amount will be initially invested by four directors which are also partners. And this amount will be equally invested by all four partners. ............. 50 Capital Requirement for the next 3-5 years: ............................................................................................... 50 1. Sources and Uses of Funds: ............................................................................................................ 50
Future plans............................................................................................................................................. 50 Overview of the financial projections: .................................................................................................... 51 FINANCIAL PLAN.................................................................................................................................... 52 Income Statement........................................................................................................................................ 53 8.3) Projected Income Statement ........................................................................................................... 53 Cash Flow Statement .................................................................................................................................. 55 8.5) Balance Sheet (Projected) .................................................................................................................... 56 Working .................................................................................................................................................. 58 Breakeven Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 59 Exit Strategy............................................................................................................................................ 60 Critical Risk ................................................................................................................................................ 63 A. B. C. D. E. 1. Management Risks: ......................................................................................................................... 63 Marketing Risk: .............................................................................................................................. 63 Operating Risk: ............................................................................................................................... 64 Financial Risk: ................................................................................................................................ 64 Intellectual Property Infringement: ................................................................................................. 65 Flex ................................................................................................................................................. 66
Executive Summary
By the grace of Almighty God, We have successfully completed our business plan. We are going to launch our new product Helmet in market For Business idea We selected Hi Fly Helmet according to the increasing in aspect ratio of road accident. Most of the death happened due to the negligence in wearing helmet. Pakistan is in really bad condition and costing country huge loses every month. In research report more than 15% death due to mobile phone during drive. Our target market is youth because youth maximum use mobile as compare to senior citizen. Youth is crazy about riding bikes and wants to be up-to-date with their calls on mobile phones. They either dont want to use a helmet or dont feel convenient while using it. People do not want to leave their cell phones while they are on road. Due to increase in mortality rate in Pakistan, Ex-President of Pakistan set the compulsion of wearing helmet on bike rider. Economical situation of Pakistan is not very favorable I choose this business idea because Pakistani people ride their bike so harshly and also use mobile phone during riding We are advertising it on the print media to aware bike rider about the importance of helmet, and promote it on a social campaign, with Traffic police and National highway police to create awareness of Road Safety and contract with the bike seller. Bluetooth, hands free port and the most important point of differentiation We are 4 partners in this business. We invest our capital in this business to give shape our idea. We start our business by a shop on Macleod Road. Our competitor is UNEED but they do not introduce helmet with Bluetooth due to this idea we have Monopoly in Market.
The Business
WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES ALONG WITH OUR PRODUCTS Products include: Hi Fly Helmets
History
The equity partners of our company were previously working with different organizations and providing these services there well, we had a large No. of customers who wanted us to start this business in Manufacturing Helmets. Working with different organizations we had enough skills and experience to run our own firm, we were sure of the fact that all of us are capable to take initiative to start our business. We all have our own areas. We have a Company support and Advisor.
Mission
Build the Branded Helmet to Improve the Safety and Customer Satisfaction
Vision
Providing Innovative Road Safety
Product
We are going to launch a new product in market; the product is Hi Fly Helmet with unique features.
Product Differentiation:
1. Bluetooth. 2. Hands free port.
Management Team
CEO Managing Director Finance Director Finance Manager Marketing Director Sales Force Production Director Production Consultant HR Director
Company Structure
Hr Director
HR Director is to review Human resource and analyze the employees of the company.
Finance Manager
Finance Manager Controls finance of the company and report it to their Finance director.
Sales Force
Sales Force job is to achieving targets and makes sales promotion of the brand.
Production Consultants
Production Consultants is to check and balance of the product.
A. Legal Structure:
In the beginning of the business the above mentioned four partners will also work as department managers.
In order to work efficiently and to make our business a success, we have planned to work as a team. All the five partners are assigned a particular designation in the company and are responsible for their departments.
Company Laws
1. The four partners will work as the board members of the company. They will legally be responsible for all the lawful dealing of the firm. 2. The meeting of partners will be after every two weeks. 3. All the four head of the departments will work under Managing Director of the company and must report directly to the C.E.O. 4. In case one manager is not available the responsibilities can be transferred to any other, with the consent of the other member. This can be done only when all the four partners are willing to do so or at least 1/3 majority is on one side
5. Any of the four partners can back out of the business after giving a one month prior notice. 6. In case of emergency meeting can be called at any time.
Business Model
We will start our operation from Macleod Road. The location is perfect for our business as we can enjoy different benefits here. Here we can also avail the entire facilities related to helmet. As we are the innovators with these
new features in helmet market, so there is no previous data available to measure and to forecast the market trend or demand. We therefore are hiring the services of an expert. In our marketing operations we hire two sales people who go to whole sellers and take order from their shops and we will be purchasing Bluetooth from Zain Traders which is situated at Hall road for our production process of helmet. In Pakistan no machinery is used to manufacture helmets. So the manufacture will be done with hands except the dyes of the helmet and for that purpose we can manufacture the helmet at Al-Fatah market 2nd floor Macleod Road. As it is near to us so the transportation cost will be less and it will also save our time. This is why that we start our own working from here. The reason for not doing this is that it is costly as the electricity crises are at its peak, so its easy for us to import the material from china and assemble it here. But that will be of very low quality and the good quality will increase our cost too much. So we have to go for the other option and that is to purchase the raw-material from the local manufacturer like Aftab Manufacturers, Tariq international, Hall road, Beadon Road etc and then assemble those parts and give the customer new and quality product.
Supply Chain
Suppliers
Customer
Manufacturers
Dealers
The lead time will be of 7 days, with a very little uncertainty in the demand. And inventory is to be kept for 1 months time. It is easy to store and handle the product.
Distribution Channel
We use private channel and deliver our product from vender to the Whole seller.
Distributor
Retailer
Manufacturer
Whole Seller
Customer
Industry Analysis
a. Industry Size
Driving and Cell Phones
The picture below shows a man talking on his mobile phone while carrying a deep freezer on his motorcycle in Lahore. This picture is a symbol of dangerous driving situation in todays Pakistan.
This shows the shifting attitudes towards cell phones and driving in the developed world. It is now commonly accepted that driving and talking on cell phone at the same time is distracting and should be avoided.
For using mobile phone while driving, motorcyclists will be fined Rs 200,
Annual Cellular Subscribers Mobilink 2003 -04 2004 -05 2005 -06 2006 -07 2007 -08 2008 -09 3,215,989 7,469,085 Ufone 801,160 2,579,103 Zong 470,021 924,486 Instaphon e 535,738 454,147 835,727 508,655 Telenor Warid Total 5,022,908 12,771,203
17,205,555
7,487,005
1,040,503
336,696
3,573,660
4,863,138
34,506,557
26,466,451
1,024,563
333,081
10,620,386
63,159,857
32,032,363 29,136,839
3,950,758 6,386,571
351,135
15,489,858 17,886,736
88,019,812 94,342,030
34,048
2009 -10
32,202,548
19,549,100
6,704,288
23,798,221
16,931,687
99,185,844
2010 -11
33,378,16 1
20,533,78 7
10,927,693
26,667,079
17,387,798
108,894,518
Jul11
33,545,462
20,569,290
11,594,583
26,946,265
17,036,690
109,692,290
Aug11
33,468,080
20,624,408
12,045,445
27,061,319
16,685,299
109,884,551
Sep11
33,412,130
20,681,699
12,591,120
27,309,21 8
16,334,27 7
110,328,44 4
Oct11
33,537,922
20,828,145
13,168,02 5
27,607,043
15,985,299
111,126,434
Political
The use of motor bike helmet was first made mandatory on 3rd March 2005 by ex-president General Pervaiz Musharaf due to the increased number of road accidents and cut throats due to kite flying. In 2005 as the mortality rate increased due to large number of road accidents and cut throats accidents. Government of Pakistan declared it mandatory for the bike riders to use a helmet, as they ride bikes. This law was also enforced to keep the bike riders safe and to prevent them from any Skull injury in case of accidents. The law was also supported by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. Sunday,April26,2009LAHORE The National Highways & Motorways Police N-5 Central DIG, Syed Ibne Hussain has said that motorcyclists in Pakistan are amongst the most careless drivers in the world, and they pay minimal or no attention to their own safety. He said this while presiding over a meeting held to review arrangements for the launching of road safety campaigns at the Zonal office, Lahore.
The DIG observed that majority of riders did not bother to wear protective helmets which resulted in head injuries. Following the directions of Inspector General NH&MP Dr. Wasim Kauser, the NH&MP Lahore N-5 Central have launched special campaigns titled Vehicles without Tail/Brake Lights, Use Of Safety Helmet, Effectiveness of Right Back- View Mirror and Keep the Extreme Left Lane with a view to create road safety awareness and soft policing among road users. The DIG said that the NH&MP was carrying out helmet-wearing campaign to make all bike riders wear helmets. He said that there was a need of raising awareness about safety benefits of wearing protective helmets as head injuries mostly proved fatal.
Economical
The economic situation of Pakistan is not very favorable. Increasing inflation rate, increasing unemployment, collapsing stock market and other unfavorable economic issues have made the situation disastrous. Some findings of economical draw backs are as under 1. Inflation rate has raise from 9.31% to 30% in the last year. 2. Unemployment has raised up from13.6 % to 15.2 (est.) (from 2010 to 2011) 3. More than 24% of the country population is below poverty line 4. The stock market has badly collapsed in the last few months due to uncertain political conditions of the country. 5. The Pakistan rupee has fallen to a record low price 6. Foreign-exchange reserves fell by $16.68 billion to $14.903 billion in the week ending December 2011. 7. Industries of the country are at the edge of being shut down, due to very high cost of production. The intense short fall of electricity has doubled the cost of production and has made the situation even worst.
Social
Consumer behavior and life style are changing rapidly. The advancement of technology and the wide spread of media has captured the mind of the people to a great extent. Man has becoming more and more social and technology oriented, and this need has been excellently met by cell phone technology. Use of mobile phone has turned into a fashion and a status symbol rather than a need. Now people do not want to miss even a single moment of their life which they can spend with their loved ones. Social circles are becoming wider as different telecom companies are entering into the market with their unique
selling points, they are offering more attractive facilities in the form of low price packages or voice craze etc. All these facilities have actually made the consumers addicted to use cell phones throughout the day, and as a result people are not ready to miss even a single SMS or a call. On road, in offices, in car no matter where you are, you will surely find someone or the other holding a cell phone next to their ear.
Technological
The technology in the field of helmets is still very backward. Even in todays fast moving world the helmets are made with hands
Supplier
Here the supplier has limited or no power as the product is more than a commodity, all the suppliers import the end product from China and sale it here in Pakistan. And some manufacturers also manufacture it at
Shaikhupura road. And there is no concept of backward integration in this industry so far.
Substitute
The product has no near substitute as it is a complimentary good itself. Although there are number of varieties in helmets but one type of helmet is used for one specified purpose. That is a bike helmet, and it is only used by bike riders, similarly a cycle helmet is also used by some of the rides. The other substitute is cap which is use in all type of the season.
Buyer
Due to the complementary nature of the product, the buyer is very little or not at all involved in this product. The buyers switching cost is very high, due to their price sensitivity, they do not actually differentiate the product. Most of the sale purchase is done upon the basis of price sensitivity or a little know how of the product.
New Entry
No barriers for new entry exist. There is no restriction for entering and exiting in this market. And anyone can manufacturing and start selling helmet.
Gaps
The above mentioned analysis clearly reflects the current situation of the industry. The industry is full of Gaps. There is a high potential of growth in this industry. Market forces are weak and in this situation even a little innovation can capture a large market
share. The basic problem of the industry is a homogenous product with no development. All this industry needs is a little innovation and a strong public awareness program.
Industry Attractiveness
The future of our business depends upon the growth of Motorbike Industry. The table below provides a detail of the last year sale of some big Motorbike manufacturers. The table shows that this industry is very potential and there is a large scope for future growth.
July 2010 to Nov 2011 Company Honda Yamaha Suzuki China bike Production (Unit) 6,085,433 3,950,088 1,600,058 15,005,345 Sale (unit) 5,865,720 3,500,544 1,582,043 14,875,460
Year
The above table gives an indication of the overall industrial growth for the last five years. The data reflects that the growth was maximum in 2009 but then in 2010 there occur a fall in this industry and now it is again moving toward the boom.
Profit Potential
As in the above table we see the increase in production and sales of motor bike in Pakistan which tends to increase the sales of helmet which shows there is profit potential in the business and also the future growth. Our product include new feature which also tends the customer to buy Hi Fly Helmet. So the people dont have o use cell phone while driving bike. By the enforcement of national high ways regulation authority helmet should be used while driving motor bike. This will increases in the sales of our helmets.
Weakness: Most people consider homeland products low in quality and durability. Marketing is rather tough due to international
Competitors deep roots in Pakistan.
Opportunities:
Product would be easily available on nearby shopping centers and companys sale centers. Company can compromise on low profit margins due to homeland benefits. Post sale services would be easily available for our customers rather than that of foreign companies. Marketing of product will be more effective and low budgeted because of home land advantage.
Threats:
Company is new in market. Company has competition with market giants of same product.
People would prefer old companies because of their old and well developed history and repute respectively. Political and economical environment is unstable in Pakistan that can suffer the companys investment.
Marketing Plan
Marketing plan
Market is developed according to the customer needs and want. When an entrepreneur understand the needs of customer then he can properly satisfies his customer. In the terms of marketing your product contains that features which attract your customer. If you dont deliver the right product to the right customer you will never survive the market. So most of important thing to survive in the market is the product you offered to customer.
A. Product Feasibility:
Product feasibility includes the product designs and the offering to their customer .our product clearly defines that it is beneficial for those who use cell while driving bike. Hi Fly helmet feature are designed according to the customer need because there is no product in the market which provide all feature in such shape. Product feasibility includes these following features which improves the product image among the customer.
Product Strategy
Customers desires the product purchased are in better in quality and performance. So as an entrepreneur we provide innovative feature like blue tooth, speakers and hands free in our product Hi Fly helmet. It includes superior quality of inner and outer surface. Outer surface is tough and inner surface is made of that material which also absorbs the heat and material remains the inner surface cool. Product strategy includes following types.
Product quality Brand name Product design Product feature Packaging Services and warranties
Hi Fly helmet is prepared by the skilled labor so the product quality is better than the other helmets available in the market. Firstly Hi Fly helmet is launched in one design and three different color combinations. Product features of Hi Fly helmet differs from other product available in the market. Most important to the customers after sale of product are after sale services and warranties in case of damaged product. We provide our customers 1 month warranty in case of any problem regarding blue tooth and hands free.
Concept Testing:
Concept testing acknowledges the importance of the creative, research, and concept refinement process involved in concept development. We
believe our concept testing research philosophy is what differentiates us from many other market research firms. These principles guide our concept development and testing study designs:
In the beginning, we focus on concept development. Using a hybrid research design, we blend the qualitative research mode with quantitative concept ranking, this to refine concept development and assessment of appeal.
Finally, we acknowledge that a full understanding of concept appeal must be assessed in a mode with maximum realism.
Usability Testing:
Hi fly using the Usability testing technique used to evaluate a product and services by
testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the product and services.
B. Price Strategy
Rs 500 10 25 10
350 10 85 990
After making all the above costing we give two prices to our two dealers.
1500 1600
1800
Users of our helmet save the following cost Cost of Bluetooth Hand free Helmet Fuel Cost Total 950 250 1000 100 2300
Difference
500
2300.Whereas in our helmet these things are built in. And we are charging only 1800.It will save 500 rupees of every purchaser of this unique type of helmet. Which is really a cost saving, exactly what a customer want to get, also save cost of Traffic challan as well as the most important is save human life.
C. Promotion
1. Public awareness through companies outlet (bikes outlet) 2. Brand endorsement through unique features 3. Contract with Bike sellers 4. A social campaign, with Traffic police and National highway police to create awareness of Road Safety.
Operational Plan
Shadara. The cost at which they are providing us the shell is 115, with our required adjustments as per the innovations required in the helmet. The third step is the thermo-pole sheet; this sheet will be taken from the Beadon Road. The thermo-pole will be adjusted in-side the shell and then, it will be fixed by the glue. The price of each Thermo-pole is Rs.10 per piece. Fourth step is to fix the hands free and blue tooth device in the inside thermo pore sheet only the hands free point and speakers are visible and the Bluetooth device is also visible and easily adjustable according to the ear. The fifth step will be fitting the windows; there are 2 windows in each helmet, upper and lower. The cost of these windows is Rs.6 per pair. In Sixth step the fitting the chin bar will going to be done. The seventh step will be lining, in this there are 2 sub heads; first the cutting machine (25000) cuts the foam and the cloth. Then the second step will be the stitching of the cloths and foam, this is also done by the machines. The 2 stitching and one cutting machine will be purchased for this process (cost of stitching & cutting machines are
Rs.50000). The foam (moderate quality) will be fixed on the thermo-pole; which will be purchased from the local manufacturer. This will reduce our price. Then the cloth is placed on the foam with the machine. In eigth step we shall fix the ears which cost Rs.27, the nuts Rs.2, the rubber Rs.3 and front glass mirror which cost Rs.50. The spherical mirror (Facial Optics) In the last step the packing is done and the helmet is read for dispatching. It will take just above an hour for the production of a single helmet with adding our features.
C. Business partnership
Initially our business stared with four partners collectively formed the companies and each partners have share according to their investment as well as profit/loss distributed according to their investment. All the partners have 1 vote in meeting and any decision cannot implement without consent other partners.
Collective partnership:
We have also make partnership with the different dealer of bike and showrooms which place our helmet in their display centre and also recommends customers who are purchasing bike also purchase helmet of our company.
Purpose of partnership
Purpose of partnership is that many partners can increase the amount of capital investing in business either one person investment. More over it expense of hiring directors of different department, all partners should be head of different department.
D. Quality Control
7QC tools always include:
E. Pareto Chart is used to define problems, to set their priority, to illustrate the problems
detected, and determine their frequency in the process.
G. Histogram shows a bar chart of accumulated data and provides the easiest way to
evaluate the distribution of data.
H. Scatter Diagram is a graphical tool that plots many data points and shows a pattern of
correlation between two variables.
I. Flow Chart shows the process step by step and can sometimes identify an unnecessary
procedure.
J. Control Chart provides control limits which are generally three standard deviations
above and below average, whether or not our process is in control.
E. Customer Support
Customer Support Strategy We Support our customer through this way: To provide high quality accessible services which put people first To provide value for money by running our services
F. Growth Scope
The future of our business depends upon the growth of Motorbike Industry. The table below provides a detail of the last year sale of some big Motorbike manufacturers. The table shows that this industry is very potential and there is a large scope for future growth.
Sales Volume
Stages of industry
Financial Plan
Future Plans
Our future plans are as follows 2013 Break even
2014
Open one retail store for B2C business and gain other bike dealers in to the customers list.2 branch offices in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Multan.
2015
2016
Key Assumptions:
Increase in Cost of Raw Materials Increase in Staff Salaries Increase in Utilities (Electricity / Water / Gas) Increase in Office Expenses Depreciation
Financial Plan
Startup Cost
Building & office Furniture& Fixture Advertisement Legal Expense Machinery & Equipment Other Assets Total Startup Cost 360,000 100,000 150,000 50,000 80000 500,000 1,560 ,000
Income Statement
8.3) Projected Income Statement
YEARS Sales GROSS PROFIT LESS: EXPENSES ADVERTISING LESS: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INSURANCE SALARIES (W-1) UTILITIES POSTAGE LEGAL&PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS TOTAL EXPENSES OPERATING
200,000
200,000
150,000
40,000 1,911,000
60,000 1,998,800
80,000 2,074,990
489,000 (171,150)
881,200 (308,420)
1,381,010 (483,354)
NET INCOME
317,850
572,780
897,656
Operating Cost Of Hi Fly 1 Month Furniture Stationary& Equipment Utility Expenses Misc Expenses Total Expense 25,000 3500 63,500 220,000 42,000 392,000 20,000 15,000 1 Year 100,000 30,000
Cash Flow Statement YEAR Cash On Hand Revenues Total Inflows Expenses ADVERTISING 200,000 200,000 150,000 2012 200,000 317,850 517,850 2013 200,000 572,780 972,780 2014 200,000 897,656 1,097,656
INSURANCE MISCELLANEOUS
40,000 40,000
40,000 60,000
40,000 80,000
Total Expenses Start-Up Costs Total Outflow Net Cash Bank Loan Cash at End of Period
8.5) Balance Sheet (Projected) Projected 2012 Assets Projected 2013 Projected 2014
Current Assets CASH Inventory Prepaid expenses Total Assets Current 200,000 2,031,000 2,231,000 200,000 2,234,100 2,434,100 200,000 2,457,510 2,657,510
Fixed Assets Machinery equipment Furniture fixtures Depreciation Total Fixed Assets (net depreciation) of 45,000 255,000 61,500 348,500 78,000 442,000 & 100,000 110,000 120,000 & 200,000 300,000 400,000
TOTAL Assets
2,831,000
3,254,100
3,697,510
Liabilities Equity
and
Invested capital
2,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Current Liabilities Creditors Bills payables 800,000 31,000 Total Liabilities Current 831,000 1,184,000 70,100 1,254,100 1,587,010 110,500 1,697,510
Total Liabilities
2,831,000
3,254,100
3,697,510
Working
No. Of Employees
Yearly Salaries
Jobs Director Salaries Sales Force @ 10,000 Marketers @ 10,000 Worker @ 7500 Sweeper @ 7000 4 2 2 4 1 240,000 240,000 360,000 84000
Total
13
924,000.00
Breakeven Analysis
Breakeven in rupees = Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin Ratio Contribution Margin Ratio = Sale Variable Cost Sale = 2,400,000 1,556,000 2,400,000 = 844,000 2,400,000 Contribution Margin Ratio = 0.352 * Variable cost = admin exp. + marketing exp.
Breakeven in rupees = Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin Ratio = 720,000 / 0.352 Breakeven = 2,04,545.5 rupees
Sales
Year
The above graph shows that there could be an increase in the revenue but the company may not reach the breakeven point.
Exit Strategy
Hi Fly after analyzing every risk and exit ways of the business have devised an exit strategy in the case if the business plan does not work or either goes to investors. We have also made certain clauses to recover the cost which would have been incurred on the project. The exit strategies of Hi Fly are as follow:
Legal documents of partnership will be signed by the partners that partnership will not be resolve until 5 years. After five years if any partner wants to exit then he has to inform to the organization at least 1 year before. If any partner exits from the business, he or she will get his or her share after 3 years. In case of losses every partner will be just liable for their share in organization. In case of winding up the organization amount received from sale of asset will be divided among partners and investors according to their shares.
Critical Risk
All businesses involve factors of risk, which cannot be eliminated but can be reduced to an extent. Profitability of a business lies beyond risk if exploited as an opportunity and if risk is eliminated there is no opportunity for profit. Rather than eliminate risk one needs to control or minimize those risks that are undesirable. Through risk management one can usually reduce price & improve quality of product (or services) variability and improve ones profit margin.
A. Management Risks:
The management risks refer to the risk that the members of the management team may divert their attentions or goals to their individual ones rather than the organizational ones. All the partners have abided by the rules and cannot break the terms and conditions mentioned in the partnership agreement. All the partners are responsible for the debts and obligations of the firm and the partnership agreement is valid for five years. In order to avoid such risk the firm has a flatter structure so that there is a two way flow of information so that matters can be handled and can be solved before they become worse and cannot be handled. On the other hand, the management team will be provided allowances, bonuses, and other financial and non-financial awards in order to prevent the employees from diverting to individual goals.
B. Marketing Risk:
The marketing risk is the economic instability because of which the prices of the manufacturing material rise out of budget. Initially we would really have to focus on our costs and maintain stability in providing services so that there would be no additional burden on the investors. There are many issues surrounding marketing and marketing decisions.
First and foremost are unpredictable and unstable prices and the inability to accurately forecast market prices. This uncertainty creates a high level of risk. Improving information and our understanding of the marketing process can be of some help. Changes in the national and world economy drive consumer demand and determine the economic environment we must face. This can be positive or negative. Consumer response to prices is not consistent over time. It is important to stay current of consumer tastes and preferences and take advantage of them.
C. Operating Risk:
A form of risk that summarizes the risks a company or firm undertakes when it attempts to operate within a given field or industry. Operational risk is the risk that is not inherent in financial, systematic or market-wide risk. It is the risk remaining after determining financing and systematic risk, and includes risks resulting from breakdowns in internal procedures, people and systems. Operational risk can be summarized as human risk; it is the risk of business operations failing due to human error. Operational risk will change from industry to industry, and is an important consideration to make when looking at potential investment decisions. Industries with lower human interaction are likely to have lower operational risk. Our operational risk can be high if we dont take care of the labor and first line employees. But as the organization has a flatter structure it is easy to care of the problems before they can turn into huge blunders.
D. Financial Risk:
Financial risks refer to risk that a company may face while it has not been prepared for it. In order to deal with such financial risks one should be fully aware of all the aspects that can cause tragedy. We deal with a number of financial risks by taking careful measures which are as follows: We have not taken any loan from the bank or any other company as all the partners are providing the capital finance for the
company initially. But as the company would make use of the resources thus using the capital it would need finance for providing further services. It would require funds from banks and other finance providing companies. If our company does not meet its target of the forecasted sales (services) then it would increase the price of its services in order to reach its breakeven at least. If all the business receives a big loss it will cover that lost by the help of all the members combined effort. If the any member of the management team tries to commit a fraud that is taking into his account a large amount of money without the companys permission then strict measures involving the law would be taken. The company would be insured in case any disaster comes or the company faces real time problems such as a fire or an earthquake comes and cause real damage.
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