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Market Study Technical Study Financial Study
Production PlanProduction Phase
Sale PriceCosts
Construction Phase
Feasibility Study
COMFAR
Index
Market Study
Market Study
What are the main products of the project and Which characteristics are important for the customers?What are the basic applications of the products? How many/much (depends on the product) product in this area had been imported in the recent years?How many/much product had been exported in the recent years?What was the scale of domestic production in the recent years?What are the predictions of internal and external demand?What are the predictions of internal and external production?What's the rank of our product among the other manufacturer?Which companies are famous in this field?Which companies are the premier suppliers for the raw materials & the spare parts?What's our plan to obtain the market share?
Technical Study
Technical StudyWhat are the technical characteristics of the products?Which are the standards and requirements that we must pass before mass production?What are the quality specifications?What are the machinery and equipments that are needed in the project?Who are the suppliers of this equipment?What are the main production methods and which one is the best?What are the predictions of needed spaces?What size of facility is needed?Who will be responsible for the transportation of goods between the facility and the market?How important are delivery contracts and a fixed source of supply to the success of the business?Which is the optimum arrangement for machineries, equipments and official rooms?Which Proficiencies are needed to do the plan?What qualifications are needed to manage the operations?What are the key staff positions that need to be filled?How much energy the project needs?What's the detailed plan & schedule of the project?
Financial Study
How much do the Fixed assets cost?What are the total start-up costs required in order to begin operations? For instance, what are the capital costs of the land, plant and equipment, and other start-up costs?Fixed assets are included land, site preparation, buildings, machineries, equipments, tools, Auxiliary and service plant equipments, Administration equipments, … and contingencies.How much do the pre-production activities cost?Pre-production activities are such as product's design, factory layout, production plan, getting the administrative approvals, Technical approvals, approval of plans, quality control approval and so on.What are the operating costs involved? These include the daily costs involved in running the business, such as wages, rent, utilities, and interest payments on outstanding debt. These will determine the cash flow requirementswe should determine the operation costs:Operation costs are divided into two main categories: Direct costs and indirect costs. Direct costs basically include raw material and other costs that belong to it, such as custom,
transportation & insurance costs of the material and parts .
Financial Study
Index
COMFAR – Project Identification
COMFAR – Planning Horizon
COMFAR – Planning Horizon
COMFAR – Products
COMFAR – Products
COMFAR – Currencies
COMFAR – Currencies
COMFAR – Discounting
COMFAR – Discounting
COMFAR - Fixed Cost
COMFAR - Production Costs
COMFAR - Sales Program
COMFAR – Working Capital
COMFAR – Working Capital
COMFAR - Source of Finance - Equity
COMFAR - Tax and Allowances
COMFAR – NPV Chart
COMFAR – IRR Chart
COMFAR – Break Even Point Chart