Grace Ngilu XX
Grace Ngilu XX
Grace Ngilu XX
PRESENTED TO: KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL FOR FULFULLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN GENERAL AGRUCULTURE
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this business plan is my original work. I also affirm that it has not been presented to
this institution or any other college for academic purposes, or for any other purpose.
Signature: ………………………………………..
Date : ………………………....................................
This business plan has been submitted to Kenya National Examination Council with my permission as the
trainee’s supervisors
Signature: ………………………………….……………..
Date : ………………………………………………..
DEDICATION
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I must sincerely dedicate the trade project to MRS. HAMELYNE BOMET of Sang’alo
Institute of Science and Technology, my parents, brothers and concern protocols to a
achieve these as a agricultural officer, one needed transparency and total
accountability. Only those who are ready to sacrifice and pay the price have
supported transparency and total accountability and therefore dedicate those
scholarity works to all of you for sacrificing and paying my school fees
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION…………………………………………………………………………………….2
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………………………..3
Executive summary………………………………………………………………………………..4
CHARPTER 1……………………………………………………………………………….……..9
1.2 locations……………………………………………………………………………………….10
1.7 industry……………………………………………………………………………………,,….11
CHAPTER 2………………………………………………………………………………...……..13
2.3 competitors……………………………………………………………………………….……13
CHAPTER 3…………………………………………………………………………………..……17
CHAPTER 4…………………………………………………………………………………..…..21
CHAPTER 5……………………………………………………………………………………….24
References ………………………………………………………………………………………..29
Appendices………………………………………………………………………………………..29
LIST OF TABLES
Table6-legal requirements………………………………………………………………………………..20
Table7-sport services……………………………………………………………………………………..20
Table12-working capital……………………………….………………………………………………..24
Table16-breakeven point……………………………………………………………………………….26
Table17-profitability ratios………………………………………………………………………………27
Table18-disired financing……………………………………………………………………………….28
Table19-proposed capitalization……………………………………………………………………….28
List of figures……………………………………………………………………………………………
3 figure3-premises layout…………………………………………………………………………………21
4 figure4-production process…………………………………………………………….……………….23
List of abbreviations
1 C.M-CONTRIBUTION MARGIN…………………………………………………………………
2 Y.C-VARIABLE COSTS………………………………………………………………………….
5 S-SALES………………………………………………………………………………………….
CHAPTER ONE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Business description.
The business name is called JOY DAIRY ENTERPRISE that will run by the owner Ms Grace Nguli as a sole
proprietor. The business will begin at the end of the year 2020. Within Nyeri town in Nyeri county .the business
address will be 502 Nyeri ,the business will be dealing with milk processing and its products like butter ,cheese to
start this business will require ksh 500,000 and the business will require 10 workers ,the business in future will be
able to be expanded based on the short-term and long-term progress.
Marketing plan.
Business shall be dealing with milk processing where by the following will be processed youghurt, byproduct of milk
like butter and cheese. The market of my products will be advertised through radios and television and the prices of
the same products will be sold at very affordable prices and packed well for them to be safe and healthy for human
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consumption. Targeted customers of my enterprise will be in schools, hospitals and centers surrounding Nyeri
town .therefore according to Armstrong & kotler states that products and services marketing ,mix planning begins
with building an offering that brings value to targeted customers.
Organization plan.
The enterprise will aim at the key management personnel’s and this will include farm owner and other workers .
The business will offer duties and responsibilities and academic qualification will also be given out.
There shall be rewards given to motivate workers those have done the best in contributing success of the enterprise.
Recruitment shall be done annually and training will also be given out to new workers .according to Derek & Taylor
states that strategic aspects of employees relation and training is about developing employees skills that they need to
perform their job.
The business requires tools and equipment in order to produce quality products .equipments required are milking
cans, strip cup, sieving items and milking machine whose total cost will be ksh 150,000.the business will also be able
to hire some qualified people to produce high quality yoghurt.
The working schedule hours will be as follows working hours-10 hours per day, working days -5 days per week,
working weeks -4 per month.
Working time will be starting at 8.00Am upto 5.00 Pm.the regulations affecting the enterprise are as follows safety
regulation, public health, business logo and employment act .According to John .M.Irangerish states that
development can be determined by employees through training and can help evaluate the results of training program
and this will encourage and also help in observing behavior of the employees.
Financial plan.
In this chapter it shows all the amount used to promote start and run of the enterprise .the capital required is ksh
50,000 ,here operational cost estimation, cash flow, profit ratios ,are carried out to show the flow of capital used on
the enterprise. as Paul & Mc Graw stated that individuals in business make decision that results in accounting
transactions and the above can be done individually or combined
The enterprise is located in Nyeri area, along Nairobi-Meru road.it is in Nyeri village,Karatina sub-location,Kabati
location,Nyeri county.the business address is dairy production enterprise P.O BOX 130-90200 NYERI ,EMAIL
ADDRESS [email protected].
Figure 1
To Nyeri
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The enterprise in this case is a partnership with to some advantages such us all disputes we do share the profit. Thus
making short and long term developmental plans.
Type of business
This business is designed to offer products which are supplied in the society and in big business like supermarket
and also in wholesalers and we also distribute to the neighborhood members.
Fresh milk
Yoghurt
Butter
Cheese
Fresh milk will be packed into packets, yoghut will be of high quality mat is Vanilla.
Butter and cheese will be also of high quality whereby our products will be of affordable prices and will be very easy
to deliver to our customers.
Industry
The enterprise fails in producing milk of which we shall be providing fresh milk producing milk so as we manufacture
yorghut,also we share be producing butter.
The business enterprise started as a small firm due to limited capital and has a rapid sales for profit and expand the
business, the enterprise has the willing to offer little service that cannot be expand to those offered in medium and
large firms.
Micro
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The enterprise involved in simple whereby qualified to be a micro business involved to have some machines
which shall be of high essence to the business.
Technology involved in the business.
The business intends to incorporate some minor machines, most of the business operational time share be
labour incentives.
The enterprise is advancing technologically day to day. As the world face technological advancement, the business
will not be left behind.
For our enterprise to shine, it should be first published to entire market before development.
We have to offer advertisement in and outside Nyeri to capture as many customers as possible.Pertnership believes
that in the five months, the business shall acquired 60% of the market. We intend to improve the enterprise by the
following technologies:
By use of banners
Providing t-shirts bearing the name of our enterprise to workers.
Organizing road shows aimed at business promotion.
Posters pining in public areas.
Advertizing in roads and television.
Business goals
Entry strategy
Customers shall be aware of the business products by use of posters of which will be displayed on the streets and all
accessible areas within Nyeri district especially in Karatina town and it’s neighboring regions.
Growth strategy
The business shall ensure to take the following measures to ensure expansion of the business:
CHAPTER TWO
Marketing plan
The targeted market will be hotels, supermakerts, wholesale, and the residents of Nyeri market of which it will serve a
good numbers of customers. The enterprise will major advertising through radio stations, posters and also in
television to create awareness and target new customers of the business. Cash discount on large goods bought on
cash will be offered to customers of the business. All will be done to close a loop of strong relations between the
business and its customers.
Targeted customers
Individual customers
-Customers shall be needed for to have good market for their products.
The institution shall be Karaina University, Nyeri technical and those other institutions located in Nyeri.
Business customers
-Those with supermarkets, wholesales and other mini-shops will be providing our products at the right time and
also in affordable prices in order to attract as many customers as possible.
Local customers
-These will be buying of goods in small quantities and less after .these customers will not be able to obtain
goods on credit facilities because their buying capacity is low.
Market share
In regards of our enterprise with other enterprises we should improve our services to capture the other
competitors in the market.
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Table 1
1,760,000 =14.8%
Competition
Meat production
Dairy production
Meat production
Dairy production
This one is located 2 km from the town of which they have poor infrastructure for displaying their products while
selling them. The products offered are of high prices compared to the income of potential customers.
Table 2
Key:
0.5-possible score
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0-nil
5-maximum score
Conclusion
The enterprise in the market performance is fairly goo according to the performance above.
It is a vital role in increasing the sales thus generating profit since these are techniques used to motivate the minds of
customers to buy certain products from a particular enterprise.
Posters bearing the name and the logo of the business shall be placed allover locality and strategic places in the
town.
The media can also be used as the best form of remitting the information.
Business promotion can be done especially by offering discounts to the customers.busines will offer 2% discount
at the total of selling price to the customers who buy goods in large quantity.
Sales promotion
Pricing strategy
The pricing of our products depends on the cost of production that is human capital, processing, distribution and
advertisement strategy.
The enterprise will also consider the price of other business. It will change relating lower process than its competitors
but keeping in mind the maximum profit. Realization of profit growth and sterling in the market.
Competitors’ policy
Sponsors shall price the products basing on the amount of tax paid to the government and small percentage for
profit.
Customer’s affordability
Sponsor shall give credit facilities of 3% discount to customers who buy goods regularly and also buy in bulk. They
shall also be transporting customers for them to obtain this discount.
Table 3
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Sales tactics
Dairy production enterprise shall ascertain orders before delivering and place them to potential customers and also
consumer’s service use in all the branches will be made available.
Employees code of ethics and conduct will help out employee act professionally and fairly to be able to capture and
retain customers.
Distribution strategy
The enterprise shall be using pick-up in distributing of goods to the customers destinations. This is because the pick-
ups can carry many goods at once. It is also easy to maintain and the rate of fuel consumption is little a bit lower.
Advantage
The competitors’ enterprises do not have free deliveries to those customers who buy large amount and bulky
products.
The problem is other enterprises yes they have means of transportation but the customers have to pay for that
service.
Marketing plan
According to Armstrong and Kotter(2013),Pearson Horizon 14th edition PP(246-248).states that products and
services marketing mix-planning begins with building and offering that brings value to target customers. This includes
both tangible goods and services products become more commoditized many companies are moving to a new level
in creating value for their customers.
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CHAPTER THREE
It is a plan that allocates the offices and bringing basic skills and academic levels together with working experience.
This enables efficient working to increase production through producing quality products which will be able to fetch
high prices.
Figure 2
Manger
Asst.Mange
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Security Workers
Managers
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The manger shall be the overall boss of the business, he will be able to manage the whole welfare of the business
and also the workers .
Table 4
As the business rules and regulation the requirement of new workers which will be conducted in case the company
has a lot of work and the workers are less, also if there is inadequate of workers in the firm.
Training
a) Observation
This is the way workers will be performing their duties and this will determine if they need more to be trained on.
b) Public complains
Through our customers we will be able to know if our workers need some training on the way they deliver the
products and also how they behave and interact with our customers.
c) Questionnaires
Through asking of questions this will determine more if our workers need training.
d) The entry qualification of workers will determine the position and duties of the employees
e) The training program within twice per year to all the workers and will be costing ksh.500 each.
f) Through performance appraisals of the employees.
Staff promotion
Statutory deductions
The workers will be deducted 12% of their salaries to outstand the following:
Retirement
National social security.(NSSF)
National hospital insurance fund(NHIF)
Legal requirement
The license and business permit is mandatory for the business operations. This will be issued by the ministry of trade
and industrialization for ksh.1, 000 only.
Table 6
Table 7
Supportive services
CHAPTER FOUR
Production/operational plan
Production facilities/equipments
Table 8
Premises layout
C D
B A E
Key:
A-Machine shade
B- Milking parlor
C-Milk processing
D-Gracing area
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E-Houses
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Indirect expense
Table 10
9. Incentives 12,000
10. Employee benefits 1,000
11. Transport 500
Tota 546,700
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Facilities to be hired
The only facilities can be hired from our organization is computer and machines.
Once you hire anything from our organization and interfere with its operation you will be able to repair it before you
bring in back. One item in the organization should be managed well.
Production strategy
As organization we will be offering products of high quality, giving promotion to our customers those who buy
large amounts.
Offering transport to our customers who purchase bulk items.
Selling our products at a fairly prices.
Production process
Figure 4
Sealing Packaging
According to John .M. Irangerich (2008) human resource, Tata Mc Graw-Hill publishing company limited 10th edition
states that development can help evaluate the results of training programmes.it also helps the subordinate –
supervisor counseling relationship and the encourages supervisors to supervisors observes subordinates behavior to
help employees.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Financial plan
Table 11
Amount which is set aside to address day to day running expenses of our organization is ksh. 500,000.
Table 12
Table 13
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Debt collection 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 102,000 95,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 1,714,000
Loans 100,000 50,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 42,000 40,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 37,5000
Total cash flow 220,000 135,000 45,000 42,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 41,000 49,000 40,000 44,000 40,000 3,740,750
Cash flow
Out flow
Rent 300 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 5,7000
Salaries 104,000 102,400 110,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 95,000 80,000 79,000 69,000 39,000 1,010,000
Repairs 7000 4500 4500 4500 40,000 40,000 40,000 45,000 39,000 39,000 39,000 41,000 387,000
Maintenance 200 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,000 1,000 850 850 940 42,000 54,360
Water bills 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,500 2,000 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,000 23,300
Electricity 1,000 1,000 400 1,000 1,000 1,000 200 1,000 950 950 1,000 1,000 10,520
Materials 5,000 5,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 1,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 34,000
Inventory 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 32,000
Loan repaying 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 1,500 400 400 20,000 20,000 20,000 122,300
Loan interest 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,500 9,000 1,500 1,990 2,000 2,000 29,990
Insurance 2,000 2,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 28,500
Transport 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 2,500 7,500 7,500 8,000 8,000 8,000 89,500
Total 161,300 140,000 180,000 178,000 160,000 157,000 140,000 174,000 169,000 147,100 174,200 174,000 178,860
667,550-178,860=488.690
Table 14
Table 15
Table 16
BEP= TFC
1-(CM)
Table 17
Profitable ratios
Desired financing
Table 18
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Proposed capitalization
Table 19
According to Jeff,(1995),international financial management, west publishing company.4th edition states that if
interest arbitrage parity exists the attempts of covered interest rate currency will result in an effective financing rate.
Similar to the domestic rate and corporations typically use long term source of fund to finance long term project.
References
1. Armstrong & Kotter (2013), Pearson Horizon of marketing education 14th edition.
2. Derek Torrington. Laura Hall and Stephen taylor (2008) strategic management Pearson education 7th edition.
3. John M Itangerian (2008) human resource Tata Mc Graw-Hill publishing company limited 10th edition.
4. Paul Solomon (2004) finance management Mc Graw-Hill 6th edition.
Business logo
Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
To Nyeri
town
Appendix 3
Premises layout
C D
B A E
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Key:
A-Machine shade
B- Milking parlor
C-Milk processing
D-Gracing area
E-Houses
Appendix 4
Sex: female
Religion: Christian
Nationality: Kenyan
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Address: 40 Nyeri
Email : [email protected]
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Diploma-General agriculture
WORK EXPERIENCE
September-December-2019
Skills
HOBBY:
Singing
Reading novels
Swimming
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