How to organize a small production of dry mortar

Dry building mixes are metered sets of ingredients necessary for various construction and repair work. The most common of them are dry concrete and mortar. These products will always be in demand, since no construction is complete without its application.

Instruction manual

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Start by planning your organization. Gather detailed information about the types of dry building mixes, the technologies for their preparation, the necessary equipment. Examine the existing market for these products in the region and the prices at which they are sold.

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Decide which concrete mixes you will produce, and find out what equipment is required, its productivity, cost, and the possibility of leasing. So, for a small production of dry building modified mixes (plaster, tile adhesives, putties), you will need a set of equipment consisting of a loading unit, a screw feeder, a vibration dryer, a sieve, an additive dispenser, a mixer, an elevator and an automation kit.

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Calculate the required room area based on the performance and size of the equipment. Specify storage conditions for raw materials and finished dry mixes. Choose a room taking into account these conditions, find out the cost of its rent.

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Find out how much electricity this equipment will consume. Calculate energy costs. Check the prices of raw materials for production from various suppliers in the region. Schedule future product consumers. Decide on the delivery of raw materials and finished mixtures - your own or hired vehicles.

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Count how many people and what specialty you will need for a small production job. At a minimum, you need a technologist who will compose the mixtures, the operator of the installation, a loader who knows how to control the forklift. Decide how you will keep accounting - yourself or hire an accountant.

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Based on the data collected, draw up a business plan with a budget of income and expenses. Calculate the estimated initial costs (start-up capital) and the costs of the main production and sale of products. Be sure to consider the cost of advertising. A business plan can be ordered from specialists, they will collect all the information themselves and perform the necessary calculations.

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Find out the possibility of obtaining a loan from a bank to open a business. Decide on the type of business activity - LLC or IP. Prepare the necessary documents and arrange the company.

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Conclude all the necessary contracts: for the rental of premises, for the supply of equipment and raw materials, for transportation services, etc. Purchase the selected equipment, arrange its delivery, installation and configuration. Purchase raw materials and auxiliary materials for production.

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Hire employees - through advertisements, through recruitment agencies or by applying to the employment service. Get a computer, printer, and fax. Install an accounting software.

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Be sure to engage in product advertising, it is very important at the initial stage of work of even a small enterprise. Contact the advertising agencies, order advertising on TV and radio. Post ads to newspapers, including free ones. You can order the creation and promotion of an enterprise website on the Internet.

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Send commercial offers, price lists by fax to potential customers, offer products by telephone. So you quickly build up a base of buyers of dry building mixes of your production. If your budget allows, hire a qualified sales manager.

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Pay attention to actual production costs by figuring out ways to save costs and improve work efficiency. This will make it possible to quickly pay back the initial investment and then direct the profit to the development and expansion of the production of dry building mixtures.

note

Some novice entrepreneurs try to save money by acquiring used equipment. Ultimately, such a "savings" leads to triple costs:

- to repair used equipment that quickly failed, and then to dismantle it;

- to purchase quality equipment;

- on its installation and configuration.

LLC or IP