...------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement The business plan on Auto Base car wash™ is an automatic car washing company has been prepared for Mr.Mohammad A. Arafat, Course instructor of Strategic Management as a partial requirement of the course. Real life does not go all the time like the theories and practical world is very critical and diverse. To understand the theoretical aspects of a subject one must understand the practical situation, problems, policies and implications of the theories. So the researchers were asked by the respected Course instructor to prepare a report in the very first class of this semester. Course instructor assigned this report understand what are the policy, procedure and steps that is to be taken to establish a new company which will offer a new innovative product or service. This report emphasizes on preparing a business plan, which is the outcome of an integrated process of making future plan for managing different organizational functions. In order to prepare this business plan it was necessary to survey several other companies or service centers which are of relevant field, and to know their policy and procedure. There are some organizations in abroad, which are very popular in this field. So, the researchers decided to survey these service centers to prepare the business plan on The Auto base car washer™ automatic car washing company. Researchers have tried to prepare this business plan in such a way that it reflects...
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...Discuss BP Connects revenue stream prior to and after the introduction of BP Connect BP Connects primary revenue source was gas and car wash. However, in 2001 BP Connects convenient store was opened featuring the trademark ,"Wild Bean Café," the BP Connects sport a sleek design and suntiles on the top of the gas station. In addition, the BP Connects are also known for having a kiosk offering internet connection. With the edition of the BP connect Stores, BP connects primary resource of profit revenue became the convenient store and the car wash. (Maclean, 2010) Identify the needs that BP Connect is meeting for the customer? According to The BP executive on the video, research showed that most Americans eat breakfast on the go; by creating the Wild Bean Café and offering free WiFi, they are ensuring that customers have one stop shop experience and return daily, instead of the weakly gas fill up. (Maclean, 2010) Discuss why BP changed its product offering? The profit margin in gas according to the BP executive is very low. Customers only need to fill up gas weekly or bi-weekly. BP wanted consistent contact with their customers by offering convenient store type of products, a café, and creating a separate brand that would bring the customers in daily. (Maclean, 2010) Location is an important variable for retailers. Discuss how BP Connects location increased or decreased the likelihood of an exchange BP has the best locations. Most of the gas stations are on intersections...
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...involves thorough cleaning and polishing of the interior and exterior parts of a motor vehicle. Auto detailing helps to maintain the vehicle, prolong its lifespan and increase its value during re-sale. Auto detailing is divided into two category, interior detailing and exterior detailing. Interior detailing involves cleaning and vacuuming the floor mats, cleaning all upholstery, cleaning the trunk of the car, wiping the windows and mirrors and performing all other duties that would make the interior part of the vehicle sparkling clean. As for exterior detailing, you would be required to brush and clean the wheel rims, wash the vehicle tires and polish the car exterior. Auto detailing business can provide you with an extra source of income. It is easy to start and requires minimal capital. A mobile auto detailing business is a recession proof business because even when the economy is witnessing a downturn, a mobile detailer would continue to receive patronage because a lot of people would want to maintain their current vehicles properly, since they may be unable to afford new cars. Mobile auto detailing eliminates the...
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... 7.1 Break Even Analyst References 1.0 Executive Summary Kodjo car wash will be the first hand car wash serving Takoma Park, Maryland. The car wash will be run by Cokouvi. Cokouvi has been working for decades in Maryland big dealership. The Business Kodjo car wash will offer customers with three different services: interior cleaning, and exterior car washing. Kodjo car wash has a lot of competitors who are trying to take over the market by offering low rate with high quality service. Kodjo car wash offer high quality service, by hiring best employees in regards to respond quickly to the time customers have to spend in the shop before they get their cars back .This delivery time will be very important to kodjo car wash to keep its customers, and distinguish itself from competitors. Kodjo car wash will hire best employees to operate in effective cost control. Research proves that unhappy employee provides less productivity than an employee who is happy. Unhappy employee always fell like the managers are taking advantage on him therefore his result will be less than a happy employee. The Customers Kodjo car wash will have three groups of customers: local business car dealerships individual car owner and leasers. The environment surrounding the site area is quite affluent, and busy with 50% of the residents earns over $60,000 a year. This revenue allows these residents to have niece cars. Also there are four different dealerships within ten miles....
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...Basic Company Information Mechanical Wash System is a company based out of Troy and Grand Rapids, MI that supplies and distributes and maintains Hanna Carwash System. Hanna is corporately owned and licenses off their products to companies like Mechanical Wash Systems. Hanna is a corporate company that is ran by their CEO Jim Perris that is based out of Portland Oregon that designs and builds all of the cash washes and products. Mechanical Wash System is a private business owned by Chris Davis. Mechanical Wash System is in charge of all maintenance and customer care of a local level. Company History: In 1955 while vacationing in Mexico Dan Hanna Sr. saw his first car wash. Hanna was amazed by this site and studied it in depth while in Mexico. Once he returned home Hanna opened his first car wash in Milwaukie, Oregon. Two years later he opened his second carwash and over time Mr. Hanna owed a total of 31 carwashes. People started to take notice and wanted to open their own carwashes. In 1960, Hanna started Hanna Carwash Systems and started making carwash equipment for others. In 1982 Entrepreneur’s Magazine named Hanna the #1 Franchiser in the world. Today Hanna has more patents and trademarks than any other carwash builder. Through the years Hanna has installed over 90 million carwashes in 90 countries. Mechanical Wash System was founded in 1984 by Chris Davis after had attended a Franchiser convention in Las Vegas, NV. Davis started out of his house...
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...Web or Mobile App Paper CIS 207 Tim Thacker J Adam Hendricks 05 AUG 2013 The topic of discussion for this paper is going to be on the mobile app “Gas Buddy” for Android. Gas Buddy is one of the most practical apps that I use. I use it on average only about once a week, but it can potentially save me hundreds of dollars a year in gasoline charges if I use it effectively. The way Gas buddy works is that it allows it’s users to locate the nearest gas stations to them or the gas stations in a location they will be in later in the day. This is enabled by utilizing the smart phone’s location services or GPS. In addition to that, Gas buddy will also list the prices of gas at each station for each fuel grade. Since Gas stations vary their prices based on their competition, this app really empowers the consumer by allowing them to see the prices of all the stations in the area. In the old days, we could only compare the prices of gas stations by physically seeing them AT the different stations with our own two eyes and word of mouth. Gas buddy has become our new source for word of mouth communications for gas prices. Gas Buddy is designed so that it’s users post the prices themselves, with the users becoming the dynamic source data that is required for and displayed by Gas buddy. This means that Gas buddy is constantly changing and always up-to-date. On the flip side, Gas buddy is similar to Wikipedia in that it uses open-source data and that data is not 100% reliable....
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...MAUTECH MOTOR SALON BUSINESS PLAN EFFECTIVE EXPERIENCE Prepared by: Maurice muia mutinda Email: mauricemuia@gmail.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………3 Mission statement………………………………………………………3 2. COMPANY DESCRIPTION…………………………………………………………..4 Legal status and ownership……………………………………………..4 Services we provide……………………………………………………..4 Automatic touch less……………………………………………………..5 Outside services………………………………………………………….5 Aim of the business……………………………………………………..6 S.W.O.T analysis………………………………………………………..6 3. MARKET ANALYSIS………………………………………………………………...8 Industry overview………………………………………………………..8 Target market segments………………………………………………….8 The competition…………………………………………………………10 Competitive advantage………………………………………………….11 Barrier to entry………………………………………………………….11 Future competition……………………………………………………...
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...Idea To organize carwash and selling car accessories using only 50 zl. At intersections approach to vehicles and offer to wash windshield, side window. Take 2 zl for each wash. Pluses: • immediacy of the transaction • Big stream of clients. Minuses: • dependence on the weather. 1. Work only in daylight hours (8 a.m - 4 p.m). In this hours we don’t need to buy and wear a special reflective vest. 2 Choose a location. Is necessary to choose a place with an average flow of cars in contaminated areas (near construction projects or planting trees under which frequently park is placed). 3. Consumables and their price: 1. Window cleaner (750 ml) – 7,99 zl 2. Brushed scraper – 7,99 zl 3. Microfiber cloth – 1,54 zl * 5 = 7,7 zl 4. Air fresher – 4,99 zl * 5 = 24,95 zl Sum: 7,99 + 7,99 + 7,7 + 24,95 = 48,63 zl Expenditure: 1. Window cleaner. If one spraying = 3 ml, then one bottle will be enough for 750/3 = 150 sprays. For one car washing we need average 3 sprays, so using one bottle we will be able to clean 150/3 = 50 cars. 2. One Microfiber cloth will be enough for 10 cars, so using 5 Microfiber cloth, which we have bought, we will be able to clean 50 cars. 3. Brush scrapper. This tool will be used very often and we can do not take it into consideration. For 50 cars we need: • 1 bottle of Window...
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...Bus 643 Case Study 6 Tiffany Smith 8/13/2013 Professor McIntyre Abstract Wally’s Wonder Wash (WWW) is a full service, high tech, high touch car wash Company owned by Wally Wheelspoke. It is located in a city of 200,000 people and another 100,000 in surrounding suburbs. Wally wants to add four additional car washes within the next two years. Wally is dedicated to providing the best service to customers and is opened seven days a week from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. He looks mostly for fulltime workers to work either 7:30am to 4:00 pm or 11:00am- 8 pm. The two main positions are attendant or washer who’s job is to vacuum, wash/dry cars, wash/fold towels, perform light maintenance on machinery, and engage customers in small talk and ask them to inspect the vehicle. The custom service specialist (CSS) details the car. So far he has a staff of 70 attendant and 20 CSS’s. Wally promotes from within so the only way to become a CSS is to be promoted from attendant and the only way to become manager is to be promoted from CSS. Attendants make $8/hr with a $0.50 raise every six months while CSS’s make $1 more with the same $0.50 promotion every six months. Managers make $27,000 annually and receive a “merit” raise if Wally ever gets around to their performance appraisal, however, attendants and CSS’s do not receive performance appraisals. Based on last year’s data, Wally had a turnover ratio of 65% for attendants, 20% for CSS’s and no managers left....
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...Car Wash Business Plan and Request for Financing Car Wash Business Plan Car Wash Business Plan and Request for Financing © 2007 International Carwash Association Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 71 Car Wash Business Plan and Request for Financing Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..............................................................................................3 MARKET OPPORTUNITY ............................................................................................................................... 3 UNIQUE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE .............................................................................................................. 3 CUSTOMER ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 3 COMPETITION ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................. 3 MARKETING PLAN ........................................................................................................................................ 3 FINANCIAL PLAN .......................................................................................................................................... 3 MANAGEMENT TEAM.................................................................................................................................... 3 SECTION 1 – COMPANY AND MARKET ANALYSIS .......
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...and according to Worldometers the real time world statistics, the current world population is about 7 billion. The population grows fast simultaneously the number of cars the people use in their everyday life. As stated in the report of Wards Auto, the global number of cars exceeded 1.015 billion as of 2010 and the OECD's International Transport Forum forecast that the number of cars worldwide would reach 2.5 billion by 2050. Nowadays, living in the community with things having high technology people always choose to do their jobs more easily. They’re always tend to depend to other people to make things easier such as cleaning their cars. They prefer on going to car wash to pay for cleaning their cars rather than cleaning it themselves because, going to carwash makes them lives more easily and at the same time they also treat their cars. Today's modern industrial environment the surface of a vehicle is subjected to daily abuse. The sun beats down on your car all day every day, pollutants and dirt deeply embed themselves into your paint, and minute slivers of metal become lodged into your paint which eventually rust. If you have owned a white vehicle or have observed one then you may have noticed specks of rust. Those metal slivers are the cause. Car washing techniques vary amongst individual vehicle owners. Car washing is an essential function of preventive maintenance. Keeping the exterior of a vehicle clean prevents rust and oxidation and also reduces the occurrence of fine...
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...Magic Hands Car Wash is a prominent hand car wash that will be serving all the southern rural area. Magic Hands will be run by Dewayne Russell who decided to have his very own self business. The Russell family has been serving the southern area with car repair business and property development /management for over 20 years. Dewayne will be leveraging the incredible good will and brand recognition of the Russell family name to quickly gain market penetration. Magic Hands will be providing customers with three services: exterior car washing, interior cleaning, and detailing. Magic Hands has no true competitors that are trying to offer a high quality service for a reasonable rate. Most are trying to compete on price alone. Magic Hands ability to provide a high quality service, both in regards to the actual washing as well as customer service is all based on their ability to find the best employees. Hiring the best employees is cost effective because it decreases HR costs associated with turnover and other employee costs. Hiring the best employees and making sure that they are well taken care of ensures that they in turn take care of the customers. Study after study proves that a happy employee is far more likely to provide the highest level of customer service compared to an employee who is not happy and feels that they are being taken advantage. Magic Hands will target three main groups of customers: individual car owner and leasers, car dealerships, and local businesses...
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...ACC557 – Financial Accounting The following will describe the mobile car wash, the benefits it has, and provide a chart of accounts explaining the need for each item to be purchased. The type of business that I will create is a mobile car wash. A mobile car wash will solve several business problems. The first business issue that a mobile car wash solves is that “mobile car washes often use less water than traditional car washes” (Sinclair, 2012). Mobile car washes can be performed with or without the owner’s presence, which can save a busy vehicle owner valuable time. Lastly, since dirty car owners do not have to travel to their local, fixed car wash location, a savings in gas will be acknowledged. Nomadicar will be a self-sufficient car wash service capable of fully detailing cars, SUV’s, vans, motorcycles, and more. Nomadicar was created to provide a car wash alternative to the vendors that currently exist in the market. The Atlanta market provides an excellent opportunity for a mobile car wash to be relatively lucrative. Nomadicar is built with the premise of satisfying all deliverable criteria for minimal overhead and cost. This will expedite the timeframe of the initial Return on Investment (ROI). A mobile car wash company provides an investment opportunity with minimal upfront risk. In order to start a mobile car wash, initially there are three major deliverables of this project. These three deliverables are a water tank, a pressure washer...
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...Proposal Mr. Wash Course: Introduction to Management Information System Date: 30 May 2012 Table of Contents Page No. * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………. 3-4 Unique Features of Service Objectives * MARKET/MARKETING…………………………………..…… 5-6 Market Segment Sought Benefits of Service to the Market Segment Summary of Advertising and Pricing Policies Sales Projections * MANAGEMENT…………………………………………………. 6-7 Backgrounds Responsibilities * TECHNOLOGICAL…………………………………………….. 7-8 * FINANCIAL DATA……………………………………………... 9-11 Financial Projections Capital Needed Current Financial Position Start-up Cost * BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE............................................... 12-13 History Description of Products/Services Unique Aspects of our Strategy Table of Contents (Cont.) * SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES……………………………………….13-17 Revenues/Sales Profitability Market Standing Product/Service Quality Management Development Specific Market Location Trends Characteristics Buying Habits of Customers * COMPETITION ANALYSIS…………………………………… 17-21 Direct Competition Auto-care Car Wash Services/ Advantages & Disadvantages Spotless Car Wash Services/...
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...Analysis Entering its first year of service, The Wash will utilize a comprehensive marketing strategy to position itself for a timely and lasting success. The basic market need is a premium exterior/interior auto care facility that will exceed customer expectations. Market Summary The target market has a population of 68,925 people. The Varina District of Henrico County is a growing community that is brimming with opportunity for economic development. Market Demographics • Population in target area 68,925. This number is expected to grow 4.5% by 2011. This is important as it relates to self serve revenue • Three car dealerships in target area • Three apartment complexes and a town home development in target area Market Needs • A premium automatic wash offering the latest touch free technological advances • A high quality self serve wash offering the convenience of bill acceptors • A central location for premium hand wash and detail services Market Trends There has been an upturn in the carwash industry. The average home washer is being encouraged to wash their car at a car wash facility. This is part of the “Green” initiative to prevent the inevitable chemical waste from being absorbed into the environment. SWOT Analysis The following SWOT analysis captures the key strengths and weaknesses within the company, and describes the opportunities and threats facing The Wash. Strengths • Strong market demographics ...
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