...BUS357 Starting and Managing a Business Assignment 2 – Group based Assignment January 2013 Presentation 1. Executive Summary This document proposes the feasibility of opening a new Pet Lovers Centre Franchise outlet at the proposed recreational hub at the site of the former Parkland Golf Range in 2014. We see a need for more pet friendly facilities at East Coast Park and we believe that of all the pet franchises operating locally, Pet Lovers Centre has the most compatible business practices and values with our intended business. With steady growth in both the pet population and pet product sales in Singapore, we are targeting the middle class segment primarily, with products priced between $1, up to $500. Our main focus is on dog owners who enjoy bringing their dogs out to play at the beach or park. With an existing market share of 49.7 percent, Pet Lovers Centre is well positioned to benefit from the increased exposure towards pet activities once the hub opens. Our financial projections show that the project will be financially feasible with gross profits of about $300,000 annually, and net income of about $100,000 each year. Our monthly breakeven point requires us to sell roughly 67 units of pet accessories with an average worth of $150, as well as 53 grooming and training appointments worth $350 per session to meet costs monthly. Our estimated starting capital required is $300,000, 50% of which will come from shareholders as equity and...
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...MIS – Cool Care Manufacturers in Botswana Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1 Introduction of the proposal to the Board…………………………………………………1 Background of the organization/department………………...…………………………….2 The Existing System (Critical analysis and evaluation)…………………..………………2 Part A: Systems Analysis………………………………………………………………….4 1. Problem description……………………………………………………………….4 2. Feasibility Study………………………………………………………………….5 3. Cost Benefit Analysis……………………………………………………………..6 4. Information Requirements………………………………………………………...7 Part B: Systems Design and Development………………………………………………..8 2.1 Proposed IT Infrastructural Design (Hardware and Software)……………………8 2.2 Networking and Telecommunication options…………………………………….9 2.3 Storage…………………………………………………...………………………11 2.4 Back up……………………………………………………………………..……11 2.5 Security…………………………………………………………………………..12 2.6 Systems functionality…………………………………………………………….13 Part C: System Implementation………………………………………………………….14 3.1 Systems Testing………………………………………………………………….14 3.2 Implementation strategy………………………………………………………….15 3.3 Resolution of problems………………………………………………………..…16 Part D: Systems Maintenance……………………………………………………………16 4.1 Maintenance Procedures…………………………………………………………16 4.2 Updating and Upgrading…………………………………………………………18 Conclusions and Recommendations …………………………………………………….18 Bibliography ………………………………………………………...………………….19 Appendix A …..…………………………………………………………………………20 ...
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...| | [Type the document subtitle] | | Hilton Hotel | | | | Index Hilton Hotel 2 About Hilton Worldwide 3 Mission 3 Vision 3 Objectives 4 Market Position and Services 4 SWOT Analysis of Hilton Hotels 4 Strength 5 Weakness 5 Opportunity 5 Threats 6 Challenges 6 Internal and External Environment 7 PESTLE Analysis 7 Economic Environment 8 Legal Environment 8 Technological Environment 8 Social Environment 9 Political Environment 9 Porter’s five forces model for Hotel Hilton 9 Current strategies 10 Offering Future Strategies 13 Recommendation 15 References 15 Hilton Hotel From Omaha to Rome there are about 500 Hilton Hotels located in between. Online transactions help in the development of Hilton Hotels. Among all hotels Hilton hotels are unique. In year 1919, in Cisco (Texas) Conrad Hilton bought first hotel. And this Hotel was inaugurated in year 1925 in Dallas which was named ‘Hilton’. In America during year 1943 Hilton hotels grown to first extensive hotels, this was situated for the facilities of industrial customers. Subsequently having huge development in their hotels, the owner of Hilton Hotels i.e. Conrad Hilton grown into the richest person around the whole world. Hilton hotels were operated outside America also. In Puerto Rico in year 1949 Hilton operated his 1st hotel outward of America. In year 1979 Conrad Hilton died and the whole business was owned by Barron Hilton (Hilton’s son). They opened...
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...Pre-Feasibility Study LADIES SHOES MANUFACTURING UNIT Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority Government of Pakistan www.smeda.org.pk HEAD OFFICE 6th Floor LDA Plaza Egerton Road, Lahore Tel (042)111 111 456, Fax: (042) 36304926-7 helpdesk@smeda.org.pk REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE PUNJAB SINDH KHYBER PAKTUNKHWA BALOCHISTAN 8th Floor LDA Plaza, Egerton Road, Lahore. Tel: (042) 111 111 456, Fax: (042) 36370474 helpdesk.punjab@smeda.org.pk 5TH Floor, Bahria Complex II, M.T. Khan Road, Karachi. Tel: (021) 111-111-456 Fax: (021) 5610572 helpdesk.sindh@smeda.org.pk Ground Floor State Life Building The Mall, Peshawar. Tel: (091)111 111 456, 9213046-7 Fax: (091) 286908 helpdesk.NWFP@smeda.org.pk Bungalow No. 15-A Chamn Housing Scheme Airport Road, Quetta. Tel: (081) 2831623, 2831702 Fax: (081) 2831922 helpdesk.balochistan@smeda.org.pk June, 2011 Pre-feasibility Study Ladies Shoes Manufacturing Unit 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................. 4 2 INTRODUCTION TO SMEDA ........................................................................................................ 5 3 PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT ................................................................................................... 5 4 PROJECT PROFILE .......................................
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...Helping Hands Child Care Assignment #2 Feasibility Study Executive Summary Statistics Canada released figures that named Saskatoon as the fastest growing metropolitan area in Canada along with having the youngest median age. Finding quality care for your child during those vital, formative years is one of the biggest challenges you'll face as a parent. 90% of a child's brain develops before kindergarten. It's important to find a care giver who provides the loving, fun, interactive care their precious child's brain needs. Helping Hands Child Care has been formed to provide quality licensed daycare to families in Saskatoon, providing a safe and healthy environment for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old to learn and grow. The small atmosphere of Helping Hands Child Care will provide a home-like, stable setting, which is crucial to children at this stage in their life. Caring for fewer children allows for more one on one attention than is typically possible in a center-based childcare facility. In Saskatchewan, only not-for-profit centres are eligible for public funding of any kind. There are usually no (or very few) for-profit centres. There is a large market for licensed home day cares, as there is a centre-based space available for only 10.5% of children aged 0-5 years and only a regulated space for only 7.2% of children aged 0-12 years in Saskatchewan. Canadian women are on a slippery slope. Although the majority of women with children are in the paid labour force...
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...REPORT ON ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT TATA STEEL Prepared by www.AssignmentPoint.com Date: 21-05-202 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The project deals in “account receivable management at Tata Steel”. Receivable management is one of the most important aspects of the organization, as it deals with the management of the outstanding. The profit of the company mainly depends on the accounts receivables. Therefore it needs a careful analysis and proper management. Debtors occupy an important position in the structure of current assets of a firm. They are the outcome of rapid growth of trade credit granted by the firms to their customers. Trade credit is the most prominent force of modern business. It is considered as a marketing tool acting as a bridge for the movement of goods through production and distribution stages to customers. Till few years back, Tata Steel had a very strict policy of selling against advance payments. That was an era of controlled economy. However, with an increasing domestic and international competition, Tata Steel could no longer afford this policy, in order to maintain its premium position. Further in order to capture a greater amount of market share, it was compelled to go by the industry norms and thus it ushered into the new era of credit sales. This resulted in credit sales going up significantly. A credit limit was sanctioned to every customer. The customers were required to pay the outstanding amount...
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...AC 1.1 Explain the importance of innovation for own organisation. I have been successfully running my own business as a self-employed trainer for health and social care for the past 3 years. All of this was made possible by using all the experience gained in this field for the past 15 years and applying all the skills and certification outcomes to find out what my client’s needs are and what it’s expected by my learners. Also complying with regulations, keep updated with resources and new guidelines. Innovation within my organisation is about creating and successfully applying new ideas in this particular field. This could be in the form of such as creating and bringing a new product or service to market, or a series of smaller innovations such as finding better or more efficient ways of working and becoming more profitable. Innovation is a creative process and some business ideas need an investment of time, energy and money in order to develop and deliver results. Developing a culture of innovation can be vital to my organisation’s long-term success and profitability. There have been several reasons why I had to generate some new ideas which so far have been critical to my business’s success. Although every organisation will have its own priorities and sector-specific issues to balance, I believe business that fail to innovate run the risk of losing ground to competitors, losing key staff, or simply operating inefficiently. Innovation can be a key differentiator between market...
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...Making a Financial Case Understanding Financial Concepts Used To Inform Management Decisions 1: Understanding financial concepts used to inform management decisions 1.1: Explain the differences between capital and revenue expenditure, using examples Capital Revenue A capital expenditure is an amount spent to acquire or improve a long-term asset such as equipment or buildings. Usually the cost is recorded in an account classified as Property, Plant and Equipment. The cost (except for the cost of land) will then be charged to depreciation expense over the useful life of the asset. Within the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board we are governed by the ‘Financial Control Procedure – Capital Assets and Charges’ (Appendix 1). Section 4.2 of the procedure states: Capital expenditure is defined as expenditure which creates assets that are capable of being used for more than 1 year and: • Individually cost more than £5,000, or • Collectively cost more than £5,000, where the assets are functionally interdependent, have broadly simultaneous purchase dates and are under single management control, or • Form part of an IT network which collectively cost more than £5,000 and individually cost more than £250, or • Form part on the initial equipping and setting up cost of a new building, ward or unit irrespective of their individual or collective cost. Revenue expenditure is an amount that is expensed immediately—thereby being matched with revenues of the current...
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...Feasibility Study Milan Project Group 09 Lauran Beers Tim Denissen Joey Gillissen Carolin Quast Justine Roche Bryan Thijssen Avans School of International Studies 10th June, 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary Oil & Vinegar is a chain of culinary gift shops that was founded in 1999 by Dutch entrepreneurs John Blogg and Femke Stevens. The concept has been praised for its unique retail formula and exclusive positioning. The brand has, since its establishment, expanded with 84 retail stores spread over twelve different countries using a master franchise business model. “Oil & Vinegar”, which is the actual and only brand of the company, offers a wide variety of products. All of them fall under one of the following categories: appetizers, herbs and spices, salads and dressings, oil and vinegar, pasta products, sweet food, biological products and gift sets. (ASIS-IBMS, General information O&V, 2011) The reason for writing this report is to research whether Oil & Vinegar is able to expand to Milan, Italy. Oil & Vinegar operates on the business-to-consumer food retail market where they are categorized as food specialists. The research will show whether the market is attractive or not. This report contains information about the four separate parts of feasibility, which are market-, product-, organizational-, and financial feasibility. From all parts together, a conclusion will be drawn...
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...nurseries to be set up should be started keeping in mind its demand and the basic factors which are contributing to their demand. With this study we tried to understand the growing need for such entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurship in set up of pre nurseries is in demand because of increase in level of educated parents and income levels, who also expect their children to learn and progress right from the beginning. Entrepreneurship not only involves starting a business but also to nurture it till it grows and start giving the fruits. Study on entrepreneurial opportunity in primary education sector also includes profitability of starting a pre-school and the growth opportunities it provides. OBJECTIVE: 1. To determine the feasibility and profitability of entrepreneurial opportunities in pre/primary education sector in Pune. 2. To study the factors surrounding the set-up of Pre-nursery and also to provide a template to an entrepreneur to start any business. SCOPE OF THE STUDY: 1. Study is limited to only PUNE city. 2. Study has been conducted in specific locations within the city. These locations are: a) Wanorie (Panda Kids) b) Magarpatta city (Euro kids, Zee Kids) c) Koregaon Park (Innovations) 3. Target respondents are limited to: a) Parents of the students studying in the schools as mentioned b) Teachers and staff of the respective schools c) Franchise owners of the respective schools Chapter 2 Review of Literature ...
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...COVER PAGE Course Code: BUSM 4092 Course Name: Applied Entrepreneurship Location where you study: Saigon South Campus Title of Assignment: Group Assignment File(s) submitted 1 Student name: Hoang Bao Chau s3298283 Vu Ngoc Thuy Bui Thai Han Pho Ai Hong s3324477 s3343702 s3296816 Learning Facilitator in charge: Mr Phillip Dowler G4 Assignment due date: Jan 04 2013 Date of submission: Jan 04 2013 Number of pages including this one: 30 Word Count: 20 pages for the main content, 10 pages for Appendix and Table of Content Lecturer: Mr Phillip Dowler Team: Unity Hoang Bao Chau Vu Ngoc Thuy Bui Thai Han Pho Ai Hong s3298283 s3324477 s3343702 s3296816 Group 4 - Semester C 2012 RMIT University | Applied Entrepreneurship | Feasibility Report 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 3 A. I. II. III. B. I. II. 1. 2. III. 1. 2. IV. V. VI. 1. 2. VII. C. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. D. I. II. III. Business Idea ............................................................................................................................... 4 Opportunity: ............................................................................................................................. 4 Product and Service: .............................................................................................................. 4 Description of entrepreneur or team ......
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...CHAPTER I PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION These days, the number of population has increases impulsively 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...
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...3 ONGC Group of Companies 4 1.4 Basic Information 5 1.5 Organization Structure (CRC) 5 1.6 Vision and Mission Statement 6 1.6.1 World Class 6 1.6.2 Integrated In Energy Business 6 1.6.3 Dominant Indian Leadership 6 1.7 Strategic Vision 6 1.8 Salient Features about ONGC 6 1.8.1 ONGC in Global Rankings 6 1.8.2 ONGC- Achievements in ensuring Energy Security of India 7 1.9 Corporate Social Responsibility 7 1.10 Future Outlook 8 1.11 ONGC Offices All Over India 8 1.12 Organization Structure of the Finance Function of ONGC 9 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS 11 2.1 Financial Performance of ONGC (2012-13) 11 2.1.1 Sales of ONGC 11 2.1.2 Net Profit of ONGC from the Year 2007-13 11 2.1.3 Debt-To-Equity Ratio 12 2.1.4 Dividend of ONGC from 2007-13 12 2.1.5 Earning Per Share from 2007-13 12 2.1.6 Retained Earnings from 2007-13 13 2.1.7 Degree of Operating Leverage 13 2.1.8 Working Capital & Net worth Analysis 14 3. BUDGETING PROCESS IN ONGC 15 3.1 Budget Preparation in ONGC, Head Quarters 15 3.1.1 Introduction 15 3.1.2 Preparation of Budget Estimate (BE) and Revised Budget Estimate (RBE) 15 3.2 Types of Budget in ONGC 15 3.2.1 General...
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...1. Summary: Exploring value creation from the corporate foresight activity The article Exploring value creation from the corporate foresight activity explains in details, both technical and the human aspect, the value creation from the future research. As the future research involves a monitory as well the human capital the return on investment is an important debate. While discussing the return on investment the time line is also a concern that when the return of the present investment would be physically enjoyable. The paper starts with a brilliant introduction of the thesis statement and the author has argued the most common question “Have the predictions been accurate? ‘With the question ‘‘did our futures research create any value?’’ .Further in the paper the author have supported his argument with a literature review and empirical investigation. Based on the literature review the author have found out three main group of potential value creations (Rohrbeck 2011) • Trigger organizational responses, including identifying relevant external change, start new innovation initiatives and challenge innovation development to ensure state-of-the-art • Start and facilitate strategic discussions to enable strategic change, including challenge and change existing mental models, moderate strategic discussions, promote participation and support breaking away from path dependency • Identify and support acquisition of needed strategic resources, including identify resources, decide on...
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...Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 4 1.1 Introduction 5 1.2 Company Description 5 1.3 Industry Analysis 5 1.4 Market Analysis 6 1.5 Marketing Plan 6 1.6 Management Team and Company Structure 6 1.7 Operations Plan 7 1.8 Financials Projections 7 1.9 Funding Sought 7 2.0 Company Description 8 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Company History 9 2.3 Slogan 9 2.4 Motto 10 2.5 LOGO 10 2.6 Mission 11 2.7 Vision 11 2.8 Funding Sought 11 2.9 Legal status and ownership 11 3.0 FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS 12 3.1 Introduction 13 3.2 PRODUCT FEASIBILITY 13 3.3 INDUSTRY / MARKET FEASIBILITY 14 3.4 Organizational Feasibility 14 3.5 Financial Feasibility 15 4.0 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 17 4.1 INTRODUCTION 18 4.2 Industry Size, Growth Rate and Sales Projection 18 4.3 Industry Characteristics 19 4.3.1 Industry Structure 19 4.3.2 Key Success Factor 20 4.4 Industry Trend 21 4.4.1 Trends that favor the industry 21 4.4.2 Trend working against the industry 21 4.5 Long Term Prospects 22 5.0 MARKET ANALYSIS 23 5.1 Introduction 24 5.2 Market Segmentation and Target Market Selection 24 5.2.1 Market Segmentation by Demographic Variables 24 5.2.2 Target Market Selection 25 5.2.3 Target Market Size 25 5.3 Buyer behavior 26 5.4 Competitor Analysis 27 5.4.1 Competitive Analysis Grid 29 5.5 Estimate of Annual Sales 29 5.5.1 Partnership fees forecast for 1st year 30 5.2.2 Partnership fees Forecast the Next 4 years 31 ...
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