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LAMID Consulting provides a variety of bankable business guides based on over 25 years of research interviewing 1000 + candidates. Our business guide is a condensed version of our business plan. For our budget minded clients, it provides them an affordable option to our customized client driven business plan.

 

It consists of a combination of generic and customized content that gives our clients just enough information about the business and start up considerations. Preview the business guides below and make your selection from a wide variety.

 

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Biscuit Production and Sales

Overview:
The company will produce, package, and sell biscuits that are classified as Drop, bar, sandwich, molded, rolled, and pressed biscuits . Over the last decade, the biscuit manufacturing industry has been one of the most dynamic, with new entrants and a wide variety of products.  Food items that are fast and convenient, such as pasta, biscuits and noodles, will continue to experience dynamic growth in Nigeria.  
Annual Growth rate:
-6 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Furniture Production and Sales

Overview:
The business would manufacture and sell hand made furniture products. Upholstering furniture and high-end design is another potential portion of this business. The use of interior decorators to achieve a certain “look and feel” to household furniture is also driving this expansion in both the industry and the potential opportunities available.
Annual Growth rate:
44 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Candle Wax Manufacturing

Overview:
This business will produce and sell candle wax products. Although Nigeria is definitely in the age of electricity, the electrical grid infrastructure is intermittent and not reliable. Candles as an alternative source of light is a daily household and small business need, for those who cannot afford a generator or fuel. Aside from providing essential illumination during electric outages, light from candle wax has its own charm and pleasure. Candles are also in common use by religious organizations, hotels, restaurants, private individuals, offices, etc. This simple instrument of light to illuminate dark environment requires little initial capital investment. 
Annual Growth rate:
19 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Uniform Manufacturing

Overview:
 This business plan will provide details concerning the industry, operations, market, and financial analysis. The Nigerian manufacturing industry has experienced really low productivity and growth over the past decade. This will however change with government’s promise to stimulate the industry.The government has also promised to encourage more local entrepreneurs and indigenous companies.However, lack of electricity and other proper infrastructures still remain issues within the industry and evidently drive up the cost of production. That withstanding, the current political and economical state of the nation makes the industry viable and profitable. The sale and manufacturing of uniforms provides services for security firms, schools, hospitals, hotels, and janitorial firms.
Annual Growth rate:
14 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Ice Block Production

Overview:
The primary product will be ice blocks, produced by freezing it in different sizes and packaged in different containers. The following are the types that will be produced and sold by this company: slab blocks, paint plastic, nylon blocks, ice cubes.
Annual Growth rate:
44 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Bakery

Overview:
 The company will produce and sell baked goods and breads, as well as other specialty items such as doughnuts and cupcakes, all made in a variety of styles, shapes, and sizes. Ingredients and/or flavors can be added to the basic bread or pastry to meet customer demand.  Wheat, coconut, peanut butter and chocolate breads are all popular.
Annual Growth rate:
29 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Used Car Sales

Overview:
 The prevailing social value system, i.e., car ownership as status symbol, has created a ready market for used cars utilized either for business transportation or for pleasure.  Success determinants and competitive advantage can be gained by having cars that are mechanically sound, that look good, are affordable, and that maintains excellent customer relations. The business owner’s reputation of integrity and good customer relations will always be the one factor that provides the competitive edge.
Annual Growth rate:
11 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Sales of Cooking Gas

Overview:
 The business will offer domestic cooking gas. The intermittent scarcity of kerosene has brought to fore the need for the Federal Government to encourage Nigerians to embrace the use of cooking gas. The campaigns on green environment in recent years have ensured a rise in the number of users of cooking gas, especially in the cities and semi-urban areas in Nigeria. It will be sold in differently-sized cylinders to encourage persons from different income groups to get the product at the volume they can afford.
Annual Growth rate:
-8 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Ice Cream Sales

Overview:
 This business involves the production and sale of ice cream products.  The opportunity for businesses such as an ice cream producer is a rapidly growing one. Even more important is that children remain the primary customer target demographic: out of an estimated population of over 150 million (July 2011 estimate), children under the age of 15 constitute over 40%, representing in total over 60 million children.  That fact speaks for itself as it is representative of the potential for a profitable ice cream production business.
Annual Growth rate:
30 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Bead Making

Overview:
 The company will use beads to make all forms of jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings.  The beaded jewelry, cheaper than gold, silver, or diamond counterparts, will to a large extent perform the same function by complementing fashionable clothing. When properly worn and not twisted, beaded materials neither degrade nor break, nor do they require any special care.
Annual Growth rate:
40 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Chalk Production

Overview:
 The company will produce and sell Chalk. Chalk is a part of the stationery supply sector supported by the educational and administrative establishments. Schools - primary, secondary, and some tertiary institutions - are the prime markets for this product.
Annual Growth rate:
44 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Stove Thread Production

Overview:
This business will produce and sell high quality stove wicks that soak up kerosene and provide light. Materials are very cheap, so the product will be therefore affordable to many households. 
Annual Growth rate:
10 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Production of Cane Products

Overview:
 The company will manufacture and sell cane products, including those used for storage, transport and furniture.  The production of baskets, chairs, tables, shelves, and couches will be the major product lines the company will offer,  either at start-up or in the future.
Annual Growth rate:
1155117 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Footwear Production

Overview:
 This company will manufacture and sell footwear products.  This market is a rapidly growing one. This can be traced back to when the former President of Nigeria put an embargo on the importation of shoes. This policy has brought about the increase in the number of footwear manufacturers in Nigeria, as well as the creation of job opportunities.
Annual Growth rate:
9 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Tie and Dye

Overview:
In-depth details relating to the textile industry and market in Nigeria, especially in Lagos, will be given as well those of the operations and financial workings of a small tie and dye producing firm. For the sake of clarity and precision, the business will be specialized in the production and sales of tie and dye and batik print products. With a population of over 165 million people, clothing which is a basic necessity will always be in high demand in Nigeria. The challenge to tie and dye manufacturers is to produce and market textiles wholly made in a country where the usual penchant is for foreign ready made clothes.
Annual Growth rate:
8 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Crushed Granite

Overview:
The business guide provides an overview of the Granite crushing industry. The industry is an important industrial sector engaged in producing crushed stones used as raw materials for various constuction activities. The company will be located in Lagos, Nigeria but conduct it’s operation in Ogun State. Over the last 10 years, the construction sector has undergone strong growth rates in the range of 8-10%.Housing and construction is one of the major drivers of growth in more than 40 allied industries,the granite crushing industry included. Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stones and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. In some areas, granite is used for gravestones.
Annual Growth rate:
45 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Production of Insecticides

Overview:
One way a business can gain grounds in this industry is by exploring the under-exploited market involving insecticides that are not harmful to human respiration. Manufacturers in this industry have had to deal with the scarcity and hike in the price of kerosene which has affected the quantity of insecticide produced. Kerosene is one of the major chemicals that are used in producing the insecticide. The scarcity and hike in the price often affect the quantity available. Current trend in the market also reveals that there is a general consumer preference for imported brands such as Raid, Baygon to mention a few. These imported brand are perceived to be better than locally produced insecticides.
Annual Growth rate:
11 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

Manufacturing of bags and purses

Overview:
Bag production has assumed significant economic importance in Nigeria today, because of the multiple uses of the finished products. The products are extensively utilised for wrapping, packaging, shopping and general bagging purposes, and are constantly in demand. The markets to be served are wide and growing. School bags for children and teens under the age of 18, travelling bags for undergraduate and those over 18 years, shopping(party) bags for ladies and women and folders for office use are just a few of the many markets available.
Annual Growth rate:
6 %
Location:
Lagos
Online Points:
20 points

BUSINESS GUIDE TEMPLATES

A LAMID Business Guide provides you with detailed and well researched information and guidance that have been broken down below:

Executive summary

The executive summary provides you with crucial information that covers everything from the point where you start the business, through its operational structure to the point of further research and growth of the business. The executive summary contains:

 

  • Required start-up cost
  • How to secure funds, loads and how to draw out a repayment plan
  • The operating structure of the business
  • Dynamics of your operating industry
  • The growth potential of your selected business
  • Researched business location

Business Objectives

These call for the development of guiding principles that enhance the reputation, financial and operational viability of the business. The business objectives contain:

 

  • Defined targets/goals for your business
  • Financial aims

The Industry, The Market, and The Competition

This gives a complete analysis of the industry under which your business is classified, defines who your customers are as well as opportunities to explore in order to give your business a competitive advantage. This section contains:

 

  • Industry profile
  • Customer profile
  • Competitive analysis
  • Competitive advantage of the business

Products and Services with Sales Forecasts

Here, you access well researched information on the peculiar form/structure of your product/service, practical recommendations as well as sales forecasts.

 

  • Product or services to be furnished
  • Product pricing and sales forecasts

Marketing Plan

The marketing plan is designed to show you how your product/service gets to your target audience (customers/clients), your product’s unique edge and how to set up feedback mechanisms. The marketing plan contains:

 

  • Promotion: Means of creating product awareness, plans to meet target customers as well as benefits and quality of products.
  • Distribution Channel: Availability of the order placement and how the customers get access to the product or service.
  • Competitive Advantage: Advantages the business has over other businesses and reasons they are considered advantages.
  • Feedback: Ways of soliciting customers' opinion and methods in which the business will be evaluated.

Start-Up Considerations, Needs, and Costs

This section provides you with details revolving around starting up the business; resources required for the business, factors to consider for location and benefits of building business relationships.

 

  • General start-up concerns and considerations
  • Personnel
  • Durable and non-durable start-up equipment, materials, and supplies
  • Suppliers and product sources
  • Business location
  • Business facilities
  • Initial start-up and operations plan
  • Utilizing customer feedback
  • Maintaining Standards

Financial Summary

The financial summary looks into the financial structure of your business with particular interest in having a registered business name, financial obligations for the first three years, estimated start-up costs as well as profit margins and revenue. The financial summary contains:

 

  • Annual cost summary
  • Recommended Initial Investment
  • Estimated gross revenue, expenses, and profit