Business Plan-Electrical Shop
Business Plan-Electrical Shop
Business Plan-Electrical Shop
This chapter contains the name of the business i.e. ROSETTA ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE
which originates from my name ROSSETA NYAMBURA MURUGAMI for a unique identity in
the business fraternity. There is full description of the location and address of the business, form
of ownership etc.
The business is majorly involved in selling and repair of electrical and electronic equipment and
offering services relevant to electrical. This chapter shows how the business enters into the
market as Tsunami as it employees different measures for increasing sales and profit
maximization e.g. advertisement low prizes of products / services, promotion discounts and after
sale services.
Chapter two describes different ways of trading and types of customers the business targets. The
business targets to serve 2,800 potential customers within its locality. Its growth will be
determined by the quality of goods and services offered hence determing the profit of the
business.
This chapter shows the competitors of ROSETTA business which are BUSH, OBASH, BUYA
and others and indicate how the business will capitalize on their weakness hence its success
methods of promotions and advertisement made to improve the business are clearly shown.
Chapter three contains the management of the business and its organization structure. The
business has a manager,supervisor, secretary, technical, artisans and security officers with stated
responsibilities respective for their qualifications.
Recruitment of employees, training and promotion of workers and other important exercises are
clearly shown in this chapter. The chapter also shows how remuneration and incentives are done
and also the legality of the business.
chapter four contains production and operational plan for the business. The business is largely
dealing with sales and repair of electrical tools & equipments plus materials (facilities) hence
their estimated cost are shown.
It also shows the business layout, production strategies, design and development of the business,
calculations of monthly materials required for the business to operate. There are also the
regulations for the operations of business.
Chapter five include calculations and totals of different finance plans like the pre –operational
cost, the working capital etc.
It shows the cash flow projection for year one which is tabulated and the accumulated cash is
1,312,500/=
These other calculations include the proforma balance sheet, income statement which has net
profit after taxation, break even level of the business, contribution margin and the break even
level of sales.
It has the profitability ratios which shows how the level of success of the business are
calculated.
CHAPTER ONE
ROSETTA ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE is the preferable name for the proposed business.
ROSETTA is an abbreviation for KEVIN KOSKEY which is very unique or original name. Thus
ROSETTA is a concrete and simple word that is catchy and can attract many people. It also acts
as an advertisement.
The business will be located at Kaptembwa Market centre which is in kaptembwa area. West of
Nakuru town and a distance of about 10 KM from Nakuru CBD. This place is preferable because
it is along the road hence easy transportation of goods and services. Its strategic location at the
heart of the market market place hence it will attract many people as customers. there is full
security as there is a police post.
The business address is :-
NAKURU
Telephone N. 0792736749
E-mail :[email protected]
This business will be a sole proprietorship kind of business as it will be runned by one person.
This will be so because of the following reasons:-
(a) He will be the boss of his own thus run the business without any interruption
(c) He will enjoy all the profits as he I will be the chief controller of the business.
(a) Selling of electrical materials like cables, switches insulators, lighting systems etc, electrical
tools like phase resters, electrical tool boxes and any other electrical related tools or equipment.
(c) Motor winding, rewinding, dismantling, repair and selling of the rewinded motors.
Leasing out services like Lighting System, Music Stereo eg Microphone etc to events organizers
for occasions like funeral, political meetings, weddings etc.
The products produced will be of high quality, convenient and cheap for customers to afford. All
these will be achieved by having skillful personnel and having a large stock to begin with. The
products and services will be readily available because of its location as it is situated at the heart
of kaptembwa market centre along the road.
The assurance that the success of this business will be profound because of the following,
(a) Availability of knowledge and skills required to run any business which was got through
three years in college, also from the experience got during attachment and lastly the
entrepreneurial skills.
(b) The business will be situated in an area reachable many people enhancing the business
growth. Also transportation of materials and workers will be easy as the business will be near the
road.
(c) Research will be done and more consultations on how to grow in business.
1.7 INDUSTRY
This business will be both a commercial and service industry as it will base on purchasing
materials, tools equipment etc to sell them to customers as well as doing services like repairing,
rewarding of motors etc. This industry is suitable because transportation of these materials will
be easy due to the access of road, there is market as the business will be located in an area where
there is less competition, availability of skilled personnel and tools / equipments required hence
quality products and services offered
In this changing world, the business will be very resourceful to many people as it will have the
following goals.
(a) The business will create job opportunity to self and to others
(b) To establish a very successful business which can win customers interest at large within a
very short period of time possible.
(b) To expand into a bigger business dealing with large quantity of stock hence increasing the
capacity of sales and services and workers.
(c) To open other branches that is 2 -3 branches elsewhere so as to reach many people with our
services and products hence grow bigger in business.
(d) To venture into other small business beside this one e.g. opening a cyber café, video show
etc.
(e) To make sure all the personnel involved in the business get knowledge and skills with time
i.e. as the world changes, technology changes also so they need to be updated.
The business will employ many tactics and ways of penetrating the market e.g.
(c) Making more advertisement through posters radio, TVs, Road shows etc.
(a) Employing dedicated and qualified personnel who can manage the business well
(b) Creating more space for expansion of the business e.g. buying land or plots.
(c) Buying a vehicle which can be used in transporting materials hence reducing cost of
transportation and also time wastage.
(d) Training the untrained staff so as to improve their production hence effective work
CHAPTER TWO
ROSETTA ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE has many strategic plans to achieve its objectives and
to reach the market demands. These are like expanding its operation and space and also
employing skillful personnel to help in management. The business will be located in a central
place which can be reached by many thus capturing many customers. The business will do
throughout advertisement of its services and products, offer promotions, discount etc to win the
interest of people. The pricing of items and services will be relatively cheaper as compared to
other competitors. These products and services will always be readily available
The business targets to win both domestic and commercial customers. The domestic customers
will be general public especially people around kaptembwa market who are most targeted as they
will buy as well bring their items for service. The commercial customers will be the middlemen
and hawkers who will buy goods from the business and sell them to the market.
Through research done thoroughly on the market in Kaptembwa area, the business is expected to
reach and serve 2,800 (two thousand eight hundred) potential customers.
There will be competition from other businesses like Bush Electro Shop, Obash workshop
(electrons) Buya electrons and others
Others 11 300
2.3 COMPETITION
VAPISH ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE will face stiff competition from other business like
BUSH, OBASH, BUYA and others who were established 4 years ago. The buiness will base on
the competitors weakness to conguer the buiness scene. Despite these competition, the enterprise
will have measures to cope and analyze competition i.e.
(b) Increase the size of the buiness by expanding its operations and shop flour.
(e) Choosing the right and low cost technology with high volume.
Promotion
(a) Offering discounts on goods and services bought from the buiness
(b) Employing good character and well hevared employees who can attend to all customers
without favour or fear.
(c) Purchasing enough stock of materials or items required to make sure that customers don’t
miss anything
(d) Offering free samples on goods bought hence attracting more people
(e) Marketing the services and products through buiness exhibitions and shows.
2.4.2 ADVERTISEMENT
(a) Through posters where all the activities and location of the buiness will be written on the
posters and spread all over the Kambimtu market
(b) Through local F.M radio e.g. Murembe F.M, West F.M or Radio Mabo who can pass
information in local language to many people.
(c) Use of sign post to show where VAPSHI ENTERPRISE can be found.
(d) Through local newspaper like Kambi Faily Asubuhi Nisikize etc. which are locally
written and do reach many people around.
(e) Through direct email to the middlemen who can be potential customers.
(f) Al;l these methods will ensure that customers are, well informed about the direction,
location operating time and kind of services provided.
(a) Competitive pricing where competitors prices will be analyzed and compared then come up
with a suitable price which is relatively cheap for the products and services.
(b) Cost plus where prices will be determined through the cost of materials used or involved
(c) Psychological pricing where goods and services are blended to capture the customers
psychology
(d) Discriminating pricing where the enterprise will be selling a commodity at two different in
cost e.g. time pricing where by during the day charges can be different from that of evenings.
There are many sale tactics that buiness is going to use e.g.
(a) Opening its doors for long hours make sure that customers get what they want at any time.
(b) Having enough stock and offering the best quality products and services
(c) Adopting an attractive way of pricing where goods or services wont be priced so high hence
affordable to everyone
(d) Advertise frequently goods and services of the buiness through the radio, posters, newspaper
etc.
(e) Employing very polite, humble, friendly, net and educated workers who will attend to
customers and any other persons correctly.
The enterprise will employ both direct and indirect channels of distributing its goods and
services to customers. Goods and services will be sold to customers directly from he shop floor
or sensing experts to them to services or repair their items. Also goods may reach the customers
indirectly from the business through agents, distributions or hawkers.
CHAPTER THREE
(a) Manager
Qualifications
He will be the custodian of the buiness i.e the owner and head of the buiness.
Carrying out short term and long term planning of the buiness
SUPERVISOR
QUALIFICATION
Should have a diploma in Electrical Engineering Should have enough experience in
electrical field
SECRETARY
Qualification
Should be at least a stage II module and above with basis knowledge ON BOOK keeping
and office practices
TECHNICIAN (2)
QUALIFICATION
ARTISANS
Qualifications
They should have skills atleast in determining any faults, knowledge on electrical gadgets
etc.
Should be able to detect any fault in an equipment and service or diagnose
Security officer
Qualification
Keeping Vigilant security during the night and day time
The business will make advertisement of its job opportunities through local newspaper, local
F.M radio like West F.M etc.
There will be interviews for the recruits done by the manager questions will be asked
concerning the job ascertained. Individuals dignity honour will be considered so as reach to
the satisfaction of the customers.
Employees will have at least a week to adopt and be familiarized with the buiness.
Training
The new employees will be trained according to their qualification s to improve their
efficiency and knowledge
They will be taught safety measures, their roles etc. in the buiness.
PROMOTION
The employees will be promoted according to their performance and ability working
Diligence
Creativity
INCENTIVES
Employees will be paid money according to their productivity and hours worked for. Also they
can earn overtime, bonus and interests
There will be safety at work place, health facilities, sick pays, transportation to and from work,
free lunch, free tea, safety clotting etc.
3.5 LICENSES, PERMITS AND BY – LAWS
The buiness will require legal procedures for it to start its operations
These will include clearances, permissions, licenses etc from the government ministries and
other agencies. Some of these legal documents are:-
(i) Trading license from the Ministry of Trade which is free of charge.
(iii) Labour laws governing the employees Insurance whereby employees will be insured by
the buiness.
(iv) Public health Act which deals with sanitation drainage, ventilation, hygiene.
(i) Banking services where the business will open an account with Equity Bank Nakuru
(ii)Auditing books of account ; auditors will be hired and be paid daily upon delivering an
auditing report
Medical services which will be provided by the local dispensary at kaptembwa market.
Water will be provided by the pipe water project from Nandi Hills and also from bore holes.
Security will be provided by the officer in charge and also the buiness will be located near a
police post hence there will be security.
Power will be supplied from K.P.L.C and also there will be a generator.
Nakuru
CHAPTER FOUR
ROSETTA electrical enterprise will require a premise to operate from. This premise will be
situated at Kaptembwa market area. The enterprise will require offices for manager, supervisor
and accountant (for this matter the secretary ). There are other facilities that will be required as
listed in the table below.
In the main workshop is where all the buiness operations will take place.
Motors will be rewarded in the motor rewinding room by experts (fault motors)
All the purchased stock will be stored in the store plus other important things
Book keeping and recording is done in the accounts office. This is where purchase of stock to be
sold is done
(a) Regular maintenance where tools and equipments will be checked for maintenance to make
sure they work effectively every tool or equipment to be checked thoroughly
(b) Corrective maintenance where by tools and equipments shall be attended to when need a
rise so as to correct the prevailing situation e.g. sharpening of blunt parts greasing moving
parts etc.
(c) Preventive maintenance where tools and equipments are kept clean or maintained in order to
prevent them from harm, rust destroy etc.
(iv) Maintenance is done to improve safety when working with tools and equipments.
4.2 PRODUCTION
Superglue 200
Pens 100
Totals 7,300
PERSONNEL AMOUNT
Manager 26,000
Supervisor 17,0009
Technicians 24,000
Secretary 8,300
Artisans 19,800
ITEMS AMOUNT
Rent 12,000
Transport 6,000
Telephone 1,000
Labour 100,000
Insurance 2,000
Materials 7,300
Stationary 500
Water 400
Electricity 1,200
Entertainment 1,000
Advertisement 3,000
Miscellaneous 1,000
Total 136,700
ROSETTA Electrical Enterprise is a buiness that will deal with offering services like repair of
electrical accessories or gadgets, motor rewinding etc and also selling of electrical equipment,
materials, tools etc. therefore the following steps will be used in thr production process.
Step one
Purchasing of the stock i.e. materials, tools and equipment to be sold and used in the buiness.
STEP TWO
STEP THREE
Unloading of the goods from the tracks and storing them in the store. Sounb to be arranged in
shelves ready for sale.
STEP FOUR
Customers will be welcomed warmly into the premises so as to make their choice on purchase
STEP FIVE
Transactions (legal) will be made if the customer wants to buy items whereby he / she will be
issued with a receipt which consist of
STEP SIX
Packing of the purchased goods into cartoons or special bags and if transportation is needed,
special arrangements to be made between the enterprise and the customer.
STEP SEVEN
STEP EIGHT
When offering the services of repairs then the following steps will be taken for production
STEP ONE
STEP TWO
To fault diagnose the gadget or equipment brought for service then advice accordingly.
Step three
Initiate payment over the work and agree on how to be paid
Step four
The customer to collect his / her item in good and working condition.
For ROSETTA Electrical Enterprise to run well as it is dealing with already made goods, it will
have to adhere to regulation measures. The following are some of the regulations.
ROSETTA business will participate fully in cleaning and conserving the environment. The
premises will be kept tidy and all its surrounding. The enterprise will make sure that it does not
do anything to contract the environmental ac. Also all workers must be clean.
(b) Ventilation
The workshop and all offices will be well ventilated to allow fresh air in. this is to create a
comfortable working condition for the workers and also to give better conditions for storage of
source tools and equipment.
(c) SANITATION
ROSETTA Electrical Enterprise will build well trained sanitations like toilets and bathroom of
standards.
The enterprise will purchase protection clothes for every workers in the premises. This include a
pron or dust coat, helmets, boots gloves etc. The security men will be provided with raincoats
etc. these garments will protect the workers from harm when working within the premises.
There will be a first aid kit in every room to help when there is an injury case or any other
problem. This kit will contain pain killers, bandages, disinfectants cottons wool etc.
The enterprise will ensure that all workers are protected from oppressions and other harm. They
have to put on protective closings.
For legal operations of the buiness to take, the enterprise will obtain a trade license.
financial plan will be carried out by qualified personnel as it is very important. All buiness
transitions done will be shown in their specific records
the pre –operations cost are the sum of many required to cater for the materials and the
equipments before buiness operates. The pre – operational cost for Vapshi Enterprise will be
tabulated as follows.
Stationary 8,000
Transport 10,000
Advertisement 5,000
Stock 50,000
Miscellaneous 4,000
Banking 10,000
Insurance 3,000
Total 360,000
To start the business /= will be required by Vapshi Enterprise from personal savings, family and
Friends contribution and bank loan i.e. Equity Bank. This will be as follows.
Sources Kshs
Personal savings 330,000
CURRENT LIABILITIES KSHS KSHS KSHS
Creditors 50,000 20,000 40,000
= 512,000 /=
= 2,789,000 /=
= 3,360,000 /=
5.3 CASH FLOW PROJECTION
DESCRIPTION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
Cash in flow
Capital 330,000 - - - - - - - -
Loan 450,000 - - - - - - - -
Friends donation 120,000 - - - - - - - -
Cash sales 100,000 125,000 120,000 115,000 150,000 140,000 170,000 125,000 195,000
Debtors 70,000 20,000 15,000 18,000 12,000 20,000 18,000 22,000 15,000
Total inflow 1,270,000 145,000 135,000 133,300 162,000 160,000 188,000 147,000 210,000
Cash out flow
Rent 1,200 1,200 1,200 12,00 1,200 1,200 1,200 12,00 1,200
Salaries 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Water 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Electricity 2,000 2,500 2,450 2,200 2,000 2,500 2,000 2,200 7,500
Interest Loan 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Creditors 4,000 4,000 5,000 3,000 1,000 1,200 1,800 2,000 2,000
Advertisement 15,000 10,000 8,000 - 2,000 - 6,000 - 10,000
Telephone 1,000 1,000 800 600 500 900 500 1,000 500
Licence 8,000 - - - - - - - -
Promotion 10,000 - - - - - - - -
Loan payment 10,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 10,000 5,000 15,000 10,.000 12,000
Insurance 8,000 - - - - - - - -
Furniture 20,000 - - - - - - - -
Miscellaneous 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Total out flow 181,500 131,000 127,700 115,300 119,000 113,100 138,800 118,700 130,600
Surplus 888,500 14,000 7,300 17,700 43,000 46,900 49,200 28,300 79,400
Accumulated 888,500 902,500 909,800 927,500 970,500 1,017,400 1,066,600 1,094,900 1,174,300
5.4 PROFORMA INCOME STATEMENT
Vehicle - - 200,0000
10 % vehicle - - 20,000
DESCRIPTION KSHS
Sales 1,700,000
Variable cost
Purchases 230,000
Telephone 9,600
Advertisement 72,000
Water 3,600
Total variable cost 340,000
= 1,700,000 – 340,000
= 1,360,000
sales
= 1,360,000 x 100
1,700,000
= 80 %
Licenses 8,000
Insurance 8,000
Rent 14,400
Contribution margin
= 1,355,400 x 100
80
= 1,694,250
sales
= 113.94 %
1,700,000
= 152.94 %
1,700,000
= 189.41 %
Equity contribution
89,250
= 527.06 %
150,000
= 683.76 %
237,900
= 632.91 %
889,250
889,250
= 52.9 %
1,136,000
= 90.29 %
1,667,900
= 90.28 %
DESCRIPTION KSHS
Bank loan 450,000
Owners equity
89,250
Total investment 539,250
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