HEALTH SECTOR Moleskin—for blister treatment and prevention Item Units @ Qty/d Prod. Prod. Prod.

ay Cost/d Cost/mont Cost/ Year

Dressings (sterile, applied directly to wound) ay h
Saline for cleaning wounds or washing out foreign Anti Bottl 10 100 1,000 26,000 312,000
bodies from eyes septic es
Soap- used with water to clean superficial wounds wipes
Goggles Pairs 20 100 2,000 52,000 624,000
once bleeding is stopped.
Gauze Rolls 20 100 2,000 52,000 624,000
Antiseptic wipes or sprays for reducing the risk of Moleski Pack 40 100 4,000 104,000 1,248,000
infection in abrasions or around wounds. Dirty n s
wounds must still be cleaned for antiseptics to be Dressin Pack 10 100 1,000 26,000 312,000
PORTABLE MEDICAL FIRST AID effective. gs s
Burn dressing, which is usually a sterile pad, Sub 24,500 637,000 7,644,000
KITS total
soaked in a cooling gel. General Costs (Over heads)
Introduction
This profile looks at establishing a project that will Daily Raw materials for one Kit Rent 200 2,400
make portable medical first aid kits. A first aid kit is Item Units @ Qty/d Prod. Prod. Prod. Labour 300 3,600
a collection of supplies and equipment for use in ay Cost/d Cost/mont Cost/ Year Utilities (Power &Water) 200 2,400
giving first aid. First aid kits may be made up of ay h Sub - total 700 8,400
different contents depending on who has Direct Costs Total Operating Costs 637,700 7,652,400
assembled the kit and for what purpose. It may also Plastic Pairs 12 100 1,200 31,200 374,400 Operating Costs in US$
vary by region due to varying advice or legislation Tweeze
between governments or organizations. rs Project Product Costs and Price Structure
Production capacity Disposa Pairs 4 200 800 20,800 249,600 Item Qty Qty/ @ Pdn UP T/rev
ble / yr Cost/yr x
This project will be in position of producing 2,600 Gloves day
medical first aid kits per month totaling to 31,200 Pain Pack 10 100 1,000 26,000 312,000 Medic 100 31,20 24 7,652,40 300 9,360,00
per year and this generates 9,360,000 TRs per Medicati s al Kits 0 5 0 0
year. The total operating costs are US$7,652,400 on
for the first year of project operation generating Surgical Pairs 15 100 1,500 39,000 468,000 Profitability Analysis in US$
Mask
annual revenue of US$9,360,000 with a net profit Per Per
margin of 18%. Apron Pairs 5 100 500 13,000 156,000 Profitability Item day Month Per Year
Procedure Contain Sets 25 100 2,500 65,000 780,000 Revenue 30,000 780,000 9,360,000
First aid kits are made by assembling essential er Less: Production & Operating
medical tools & equipment and the necessary Saline Bottl 10 100 1,000 26,000 312,000 Costs 24,500 637,700 7,652,400
medicines & drugs. Standard kits often come in es Profit 5,500 142,300 1,707,600
Soap Piece 5 100 500 13,000 156,000 Sources of Supply of Raw materials:
durable plastic boxes, fabric pouches or in wall s
mounted cabinets. It is recommended that all kits Raw materials are readily available on the
Burn Pack 20 100 2,000 52,000 624,000
are assembled in a clean, waterproof container to Dressin s Ugandan market.
keep the contents safe and aseptic. Kits should gs Government Facilities and Incentives Available:
also be checked regularly and restocked if any Adhesiv Pack 15 100 1,500 39,000 468,000
e Tape s
items are damaged or out of date.
Contents Haemos Bottl 12 100 1,200 31,200 374,400
tatic es
Plastic Tweezers Agents
Disposable gloves are often found in modern first- Adhesiv Rolls 8 100 800 20,800 249,600
aid kits. e
Regular strength pain medication Bandag
Gauze and Low grade disinfectant. es

Adhesive bandages (band-aids, sticking plasters).

HEALTH SECTOR to which every manufacturer must comply. They Item Units @ Qty Prod Pdn Pdn
/ . Cost/ Cost/
perform inspections of each of these companies day Cost/ mont Year
to ensure that they are following good day h
manufacturing practices, handling complaints Sub total 550 14,300 171,600
appropriately, and keeping adequate records General Costs (Over heads)
related to design and production. Rent 400 4,800
Equipment: Packaging Material 100 1,200
The essential machinery required includes: (i) Labour 400 4,800
Disposable syringe moulding machine (ii) Syringe Utilities (Power & Water) 300 3,600
packaging machine and (iii) Fixed data
Repair & Servicing 200 2,400
flexographic printer. These equipments can be
Fuel 400 4,800
imported from India.
Depreciation(Asset write off) 400 4,650
Raw Materials:
Expenses
Compounded formulation plastic is used as a raw Sub - total 2,200 26,250
material in a syringe moulding machine to form a Total Operating Costs 16,500 197,850
MAKING DISPOSABLE SYRINGES barrel, piston/plunger cover of a disposable
Introduction plastic syringe. Project Product Costs & Price Structure S
Market Analysis: Item Qty/day Qty/yr @$
Pdn UPx T/rev
A syringe is a simple piston pump consisting of a Cost/yr
plunger that fits tightly in a tube. The plunger can Disposable syringes are widely used by Doctors
and it is the way to go world over. With the Syringes 2000 624,000 0.32 197,850 0.55 343,200
be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical
tube (the barrel), allowing the syringe to take in increase in population in our country, requirement 3. Profitability Analysis in US$
for these items is a must to curb transmission of Profitability Item Per day
Per Per Year
and expel a liquid or gas through an orifice at
diseases. Month
the open end of the tube. The open end of the
Capital Investment Requirements in US$ Revenue 1,100 28,600 343,200
syringe may be fitted with a hypodermic needle, Capital Investment Item Units Qty @ Amount Less: Production & 634.13462 16,488 197,850
a nozzle, or tubing to help direct the flow into Operating Costs
No. 8,000 8,000 Profit 466 12,113 145,350
and out of the barrel. This project capital Delivery Van 1
investment requirement is US $ 18,600 Flexographic Printer No. 1 2,800 2,800
Sources of Supply of Raw Materials in US$
generating a revenue potential of 343,200 per year. Molding Machine
No.
1
5,000 5,000
Production facilities for manufacturing Disposable
The net profit margin is 42% with a payback period of 5 Plastic Melting Machine No. 1 1,000 1,000 syringes are supplied to Developing Countries –
months. Therefore, proposes to install entire
Weighing Scale
No.
1
100 100 together with the essential know-how – by a
equipments needed for an integrated disposable number of German and other European
Furniture No. 5 40 200
syringe plant. companies.
No. 1,500 1,500
Packaging Machine 1
Production Capacity: Total Amount 18,600 Government Facilities and Incentives
It is estimated that this project will manufacture Operating Costs in US$ Available:
1tonne of syringes per day giving rise to about 30 Item Units @ Qty Prod Pdn Pdn
The following incentives are available from
tons per month and this will generate TR of / . Cost/ Cost/ Government in her bid to promote Health and
343,200US$ per year. day Cost/ mont Year wellbeing of the people and they include: Capital
Technology: A disposable syringe may be day h incentives, tax exemptions, land, basic
Direct Costs
simple and straight forward to look at, but it is an infrastructure, and grants.
Sterilasable Metr 5 10 50 1300 15600
uneconomical and risky business to manufacture Paper e
them without the necessary expertise. Ethylene Litres 5 50 250 6,500 78,000
Hypodermic syringe production is strictly Oxide
controlled by the United States government, Compounde 500 250 6,500 78,000
specifically the Food and Drug Administration d Plastics Kgs 0.
(FDA). They have compiled a list of specifications 5
HEALTH SECTOR

Production and Operating Costs in US $

Pdn Pdn Pdn
Cost @/ Qty/d cost/ cost cost/
Item Units day ay day /month year

Cotton Carto
threads ns 1.5 2 3 78 936
cardboar
ds boxes No. 7 3 21 546 6,552
Cotton
staple
yarn Yard 4 2 8 208 2496
Absorbe
PROJECT PROFILE ON MAKING nt cotton kg 6.5 5 32.5 845 10,140
SANITARY TOWELS Sub -total 1677 20124

Introduction Craft Gram

This business idea is for production and papers s 14 8 112 2912 34944
marketing of sanitary towels. A sanitary towel is General costs(overhead
an absorbent item worn by a woman while she Utilities(water and power) 50 600
Labour 83 1000
is menstruating, recovering from vaginal Rent 125 1,500
surgery or any other situation where it is 41.6666
necessary to absorb a flow of blood from a Production and operating costs 7 500
woman's vagina. The towels are made of Distribution costs 260 3,120
cotton, which is extensively grown in Uganda. Depreciation(Asset write off)Expenses) 79 952
Sub -total 639 7672
The product is a necessity. The total investment Total Operating Costs 2,316 27,796
cost is estimated at US$ 47,749 per year, with a 1, Production costs assumed 312 days per year with a
production capacity of 200 packets per day and daily capacity of 200, packets of sanitary towels
revenue estimated at US$53,040 per year. 2, Depreciation (fixed assets write off) assumes 4 years
The project is expected to yield a net profit of life of assets written off at 25% per year for all assets
48% and payback period of 7months. 3, Direct costs include materials, supplies and other
Production process: costs that directly go into production of the product.
Cotton yarn is knitted into loose fabric tube. The Project Product Cost and Price
loose fabric tube is cut into required pieces of
absorbent cotton with the ends of the towels tied Pdn
by thread. The towels are packed in printed
polythene bags. Qty/ cost
Item day Qty/ yr @ /yr UPx TR
Capital Investment Requirements in US $
Item Units Qty @ Amount Sanitary
Hand driven knitting Towels 200 62,400 0.45 27,796 0.9 53040
machine No. 1 3,462 3,462
Yarn twister No. 2 173 346
TC of machinery 3,808