Preparing a Business Plan/Feasibility Study
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Investor's business plan will allow BDC to make a final determination on what type of assistance is most beneficial to their business. The following information should be included:
- Introduction/Capital Costs: Total costs, with detailed listing of capital items such as machinery, buildings, installation costs, and working capital. Explanation on how working capital has been calculated is required.
- Financing Plan: Detailed financing plan, including financing of peak working capital requirements. Statement of sponsor's contribution, and borrowings from commercial banks/financial institutions. Care should be taken that financing (income) is equal to total costs listed in Step 1. Any grant contribution must be excluded in testing the project for financial viability.
- Project Sponsors: Background information on project sponsors should be included: financial standing, technical qualifications, performance record and reason for locating in Botswana, in case of a foreign company. They should demonstrate management capabilities with relation to the project. Wherever possible, audited accounts should be included. Demonstrate capabilities of proposed company management team. Include CVs where appropriate.
- Project Description: State objectives of the project in terms of quality, volume, employment, export potential and transfer of skills.
- Location: Specify the location of the project and analyse suitability.
- Market: Detailed description of market, its size, expected growth and marketing arrangements. Comment on achievement of projected sales, estimated market share and provide official statistics wherever possible.
List your competitors and explain how you expect to compete (competitive advantages) in the market place. Analyse possible marketing risks.
- Inputs and Employment: Source of raw materials, supply routes, methods of transportation, reliability and price competitiveness. Labour requirements and estimate availability of raw materials. Specify the number of workers to be employed and the level of skills required.
- Production Process: Description of the production process from raw material stage to finished goods. Comments on the appropriateness of the technology used and the production management techniques to be engaged. Estimated capacity and useful asset/plant life (where appropriate), plant/equipment replacement schedule, build-up of capacity utilization and break-even capacity utilization, cost per citizen job created. Discuss possible production risks.
- Implementation Schedule: Detailed implementation for completion of various activities such as planning permissions, financing, construction, administrative issues and technical matters. Describe separate phases where appropriate. A bar chart (Gantt chart) can be used to show various stages of the project.
- Financial Projections: Financial projections should be for a minimum period of five years. However, for equity proposals, projections should be for a minimum period of 10 years. Projections should include Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and Cash flow Statements. Various investment appraisal methods can be used, such as Discounted Cash flow (Net Present Value), Internal Rate of Return and Payback Period.
- Project Benefits: Detailed description of the project benefits, quantitative and qualitative, including social and environmental impact and any other benefit that may result from the project, should be highlighted.
- Risk Analysis: Statement of possible risks, such as capital expense over-runs, limited market penetration and technical risk factors. Address how those will be overcome. Where considered necessary, an environmental impact assessment study may be required.
- Sensitivity Analysis: Determine what components of the forecasted cash flow affect viability of the project significantly, such as decrease in sales, changes in input costs or in market share.
- Security: Details of nature and adequacy of security offered such as property, other assets and guarantees should be highlighted.
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