Business Plan

YELO CAB
Ice manufacturer industry

Head Office:

LMLG Co. Ltd.

San Francisco, Calihan

Maharlika Highway San Pablo City, Laguna

Email: [email protected]

Factory:

Yelo Cab Ice Industry Limited

Maharlika Highway,

San Pablo City, Laguna

Nature of Business:
Mr. Gesmundo will run his business as its sole proprietor.

The type of business is manufacturing, distributor/wholesaler

Statement of financing needed:

Initial financing requested of the company is 3,000,000 PHP This will cover office space, office
equipment, and for supplies one leased vans, advertising and selling cost.

Share of the Profit and Loss

Name of working partner Share of Profit Share of Loss

Lannze Gesmundo 100% 100%

 Confidential Agreement

The undersigned reader acknowledges that the information provided by Lannze Gesmundo in
this business plan is confidential; therefore, reader agrees not to disclose it without the express
written permission of Lannze Marvin L. Gesmundo, chairman Yelo Cab Ice Industry Ltd.

It is acknowledged by reader that information to be furnished in this business plan is in all

respects confidential in nature, other than information which is in the public domain through
other means and that any disclosure or use of same by reader may cause serious harm or damage
to membership.

Upon request, this document is to be immediately returned to chairman.

___________

Signature

Lannze Gesmundo

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Date

This is a business plan. It does not imply an offering of securities.

Executive Summary

Yelo Cab is a standard ice block making business that is not only fully registered but also licensed as
well here in San Pablo City, Laguna. Before starting our business, we have to secure all the necessary
permits and licensing from the government.
We are in business to offer various services to all our customers in and around San Pablo City. This
means that we will be involved in wholesale and retail of ice blocks, cooling services, and even help
in maintaining or repairing these machines for our various customers. Our vision is to ensure that we
are well known in and around San Pablo City for our various services and to be the preferred brand
for many.
We intend to run a transparent business that is ethics inclined and that’s due to the fact that we are
customer centric as we place a high value on our customers and are ready to go the extra mile to
ensure that our customers’ expectations are not only met but exceeded. We intend to treat all our
loyal customers well by ensuring that we offer them discounts during certain times and periods, this
will allow them to remain loyal to us and also help refer others to us as well.
We intend to build a solid business structure and are willing to go the extra mile in ensuring that we
get only competent and hardworking staff to work in our company. We have laid down procedures
and structures, therefore only those who clearly align with our vision and philosophy and understand
how to take our business from where we are to where we intend it to be, will be chosen to work for
our company. We will ensure that we inculcate the habit of best practices amongst our employees.
Also, to keep our employees happy and also productive, we intend to ensure that we not only create
an environment that is conducive for them but that we will pay them well and also ensure that they
have great welfare packages better than what their counterparts in similar start-ups such as ours are
having. Our facility is one that is also easily accessible for our employees and is one that will not be
inconvenient for them to get to every morning.
Finally, Yelo Cab is fully owned and managed by Mr. Lannze Gesmundo who is relatively new in
this business. Mr. Lannze’ s drive for experience will also ensure that we attain the heights we intend
to and that we are able to compete favorably against our competitors.
Our Products and Services
Yelo Cab is a standard business that is fully registered in San Pablo City in order to not only make
profit but to supply cafes, bars and restaurants around the growing economic city.
We will be retailing ice blocks and also selling wholesale and also perform other services so as to
have multiple sources of income and have a solid bottom line that will boost and sustain our
business. Therefore, the products and services that we will make available to our customers are;

 Wholesale and retail of ice products of all sizes (including colored ice)
 Cooling services
 Repair of ice block machines
 Advisory services
 Ice delivery/ordering using the mobile app for delivery (anytime)

Our Vision Statement

Our vision is to ensure that we are well known in and around San Pablo City for our various
services and to be the preferred brand for many and ensure that we are always able to meet the
demands of our customers without fail, here in San Pablo City – Laguna.

Our Mission Statement

In order for us to achieve our vision, we will ensure that we get a quality ice block making machine
and also employ capable hands that will allow us not only meet the expectations of our clients but
create a distinction of our business from that of our competitors.
Production Plan
MANUFACTURING MACHINERIES & EQUIPMENT AND ITS PROCESSES

 Clean the machine for ice block placement.

 Fill nylon with borehole water.
 Tighten the nylon after filling.
 Arrange in the machine.
 Remove after 12 hours
 Arrange in the freezer to prevent it from defrosting.
 Rearrange another set in the machine for production.
 Ice block are ready for sale to retailers and institution buyers.

Block Ice maker

Flake Ice maker

Tube Ice maker

Tube ice is formed on the inner surface of vertical tubes and is produced in the form of small
hollow cylinders of about 50 x 50 mm with a wall thickness of 10 to 12 mm. The tube ice plant
arrangement is similar to a shell and tube condenser with the water on the inside of the tubes and
the refrigerant filling the space between the tubes. The machine is operated automatically on a
time cycle and the tubes of ice are released by a hot gas defrost process. As the ice drops from
the tubes a cutter chops the ice into suitable lengths, nominally 50 mm, but this is adjustable.
Transport of the ice to the storage area is usually automatic, thus, as in the flake ice plant, the
harvesting and storage operations require no manual effort or operator attendance.

Physical Plant
Our Production Industry situated in Maharlika Highway, San Francisco Calihan San Pablo City.

Industry View

Satelite View of Location

Our Business Structure
We at Yelo Cab are set to become a leading ice block making business here in San Pablo City as well
as all around its environs and to achieve this, it is vital that we build a solid business structure that
will allow us start and run our business with as few hitches as possible and also allow us achieve our
goals and objectives.
In building a workforce for our business, we will focus on those that understand customer excellence
and also the vision that we stand for as a company. Those we will employ must have knowledge of
how to work efficiently and how ice block businesses work so that they could help build our business
from the start to the level we intend.
Because we will be running an ice block making business that will not be the conventional type that
others are running, we will be employing more workers to our business that will be given various
positions and tasks. This means that we will not only hire sales people to sell these ice blocks, we
will need those with mechanical knowledge that know how to identify genuine ice block machines
but can repair them as well.
Therefore, Yelo Cab will employ the following people to handle the different responsibilities from its
various tasks;

 Chief Executive Officer

 Human Resource and Admin Manager
 Store manager
 Accountant/Cashier
 Ice block machine repair and maintenance manager
 Front Desk Officer
 Distribution and Delivery Driver
 Marketing and Sales Team
 Cleaner
 Security Guard

Roles and Responsibilities

Chief Executive Officer
 In charge of creating the organization’s vision, policies and directions and ensuring its
effective implementation
 Responsible for creating the organizational budget
 Meets and negotiates with high level clients in order to secure deals on behalf of the company
 Provides counsel, coaching and also disciplining of key staffs all in a bid to achieve
organizational goals
Human Resource and Admin Manager
 In charge of recruiting, selecting and carrying out orientation of new employees in order to
get them attuned to the organization
 Conducts staff induction or new members
 In charge of employee welfare and other incentives
 Ensures the smooth running of the company administration-wise

Store manager
 In charge of interacting with customers and ensuring that they make a purchase
 Ensures that ice blocks in supply is in conjunction with the requirements of the management
 Ensures that the store is always kept clean at all times and carries out light repairs on defects
when necessary on behalf of the organization

Accountant/Cashier
 In charge of preparing financial reports, statements and budgets for the organization
 Monitors cash inflow and outflow and ensures that they are well documented
 Develops financial policies and also administers payroll on behalf of the organization

Ice block machine repair and maintenance manager

 Carries out repairs and maintenance services on company’s ice block making machines
 Repairs ice block machines for clients on behalf of the organization
 Handles any other duty as assigned by the human resources manager

Front Desk Officer

 In charge of attending to enquiries and orders from clients
 Receives customers’ complaints and ensures that it is promptly attended to
 Have an updated and accurate customer database on behalf of the organization

Distribution and Delivery Driver

 Drives and maintains the company’s delivery and distribution vans
 Ensures that ice blocks are delivered at the right destination
 Drives safely at all times and obeys all traffic regulations

Marketing and Sales Team

 Conducts a market survey in order to determine new target markets for the organization
 Drafts an effective marketing strategy to bring in revenue for the organization
 Carries one-on-one marketing and achieve sales revenue on behalf of the organization
Cleaner
 Cleans the premises and ensures that it is kept clean at all times
 Ensures that the cleaning supplies are always in stock
 Carries out other duties as might be determined by the Human Resources Manager

Security Guard
 Ensures that the facility and outside premises is secured at all times
 Gives security tips to staffs of the organization from time to time
 Handles any other duties as might be assigned by the Human Resources Manager

Ice Block Making Business Plan – SWOT Analysis

Before starting an ice block business or any business for that matter, one has to understand the
business concept in order to determine if the business is worth going into. Because we intend to run a
standard ice block making machine business, we have hired the services of a reputable business
consultant here in San Pablo City – Laguna, who not only understands the kind of business we are
going into but also the area which we intend operating from to look critically at our business and help
us determine how we are likely to make it here.
The business consultant will be making use of four attributes – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats – in order to determine how likely our ice block making will succeed and compete
favorably against its competitors. Below is a preview of the SWOT analysis that was conducted on
behalf of Yelo Cab here in San Pablo City– Laguna;

 Strengths

Our strength lies in the fact that we are located in an area that is increasing in population, this will
make our service a highly demandable one for traders, caterers, and domestic users. Also, we are
offering various services in addition to our core service, which makes us to stand out from our
competitors who are not offering half of what we are.
We also have in our employ dedicated and committed staffs that have the experience are attuned to
our corporate goals and objectives and are willing to work hard to ensure that we attain our corporate
goals and objectives. Also, our excellent customer culture is already giving us a high ranking as we
have a high retention of our clients compared to that of our competitors.

 Weaknesses

Our weakness stem from the fact that we are relatively new in the business and as such might not
have the required finance and staff capability to be able to get as much customers as we like or be
able to compete favorably against our neighbors.
  Opportunities

San Pablo City is growing in terms economic growth considering it is a home of the seven lakes in
Laguna and so affords us enough opportunities especially as more people are yet to be aware of our
core service as well as the additional services such as repair and maintenance of ice block making
machines and cooling van services that we offer. The rapid growth of population figure here in San
Pablo City affords us the huge opportunities we will need to grow and expand our business.

 Threats

Like every other business, we face certain threats to our business as well. One major threat that we
will face is the existing of number of competitors in the same location where we are operating from,
in which we will be offering for our customers. Another threat is a major economic downturn that
will cause low patronage from all our customers and lead to low revenue.
Also, we are likely to face threats from those who are not in our line of business but who have large
refrigerators and can put on their generating sets in order to gain a few customers from our target
market. Also, if the power problem improves and remains steady, we would see a drop in patronage
for our services. As a business we are used to any threats that might crop up and are fully ready to
combat any threat that our business is likely to face with strategies of our own.

MARKET ANALYSIS
 Market Trends

Even though many people own their own refrigerators and fridges that are designed to cool their own
drinks, these devices cannot however be carried by people anywhere they go and as such they have to
buy from places where drinks are cool.
Most of these vendors who are everywhere buy these ice blocks and cool these drinks for their
various customers. This means that the more people are out of their homes, the more they are likely
to buy chilled water or drinks outside their homes and the more ice blocks are likely to be sold.
Asides from vendors, other people who also use ice blocks are caterers and those hosting an event
that would then need to chill the drinks so that the various invited guests will have something cool
and refreshing. Ice blocks offer these people a convenient way at cooling their drinks instead of using
a fridge or refrigerator that would hardly serve the purpose.

 Our Target Market

Even though we are located at a very strategic location here in San Pablo City – Laguna, we still had
to conduct a market research on who our customers are likely to be and how best we would draft the
strategies that will allow us gain a huge share of the target market. The market research allowed us to
understand the characteristics of our target market and also know what they would be expecting from
us.
Therefore, the following are those that we will be offering our services to and they are; pure water
vendors, cafes, bars, restaurants, event hosts, ice block vendors and market traders (meat and fish
traders). They are those we will concentrate in marketing our services to.

 Our Competitive Advantage

Our aim of starting an ice block making business is to be able to cater the newly opened cafes and
restaurants that are starting to grow in a rapid growth here in San Pablo City and ensure that those
who require cool drinks are able to get one in order to stay hydrated and also able to feel refreshed
especially when they are out and about under the heat of the sun.
However, in conducting our market survey, we have found that we are not the only ice block making
business here in San Pablo City – Laguna, which means we are likely to face stiff competition in
offering our services to the target market.
The feasibility study we conducted allowed us to thoroughly assess our competitors and understand
their strengths and weaknesses. Knowing their attributes also allowed us to be able to come up with
certain competitive strategies that will be of huge advantage to us and allow us not only attract but
retain a huge part o our customers.
The first competitive advantage we have is that we are offering more services than the average ice
block making business. This means customers are more likely to patronize us because they know
they will get more from us than they would from our competitors.
Also, we understand the value of our customers, which is why we are customer-centric and offer our
customers the best care as compared to our competitors. We offer our customers incentives from time
to time and also ensure that loyal customers get something from us especially when they refer others
to us.
Finally, we employed dedicated and committed staffs that understand how best to run a business such
as ours and how we can achieve our goals and objectives as a company. Our employees will be well
taken care of as their welfare package will be amongst the best across similar start-ups such as ours
in the industry. This will ensure that they put in their best and increase productivity for our business.

SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGY

  Marketing Strategy and Sales Strategy

Marketing is very important for our business because not only will we generate the needed revenue
that will grow and sustain our company, but it will also give us a chance to promote the image of our
company well. It is to this effect that we have created a marketing budget to be able to cater to all the
efforts that it will take to bring in more customers to our company.
We intend also to ensure that we draft marketing and sales strategy that will allow us to penetrate the
target market and gain a huge share of customers to our business. Building a loyal database of
customers takes time and we are fully prepared to do so in less time that it will normally take as we
intend to deploy conventional and unconventional means in getting the customers we would need for
our business.
Asides our core service, we would be offering complementary services as well which are cooling
services and maintenance and repairs of ice block machines or assistance in procuring new machines
for our customers. We have empowered our marketing and sales team to draft the necessary
strategies that will see us attaining our corporate sales goals and objectives.
We have therefore adopted the following strategies that will ensure that we do not only attract
customers but make sure that they become loyal and that a huge percentage of them are retained.
Therefore, parts of the marketing and sales strategies that we intend to adopt for Yelo Cab;

 Ensure that we introduce our ice block making business to vendors, caterers and all the other
stakeholders in the business here in San Pablo City – Laguna
 Throw a party to launch our ice block making business in order to gain the attention of our
target market and increase awareness for our business.
 Ensure that we place adverts in local newspapers and on three most popular radio and
television stations listened to by our target market
 Use our social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter
 Distribute attractive handbills and fliers in target locations and paste some at bus stops
 Place flexi banners around strategic points here in San Pablo City and its vicinity

Sources of Income
Yelo Cab is a business that has been established with the intention of making profit in the ice block
sector here in Laguna and we will do all we can to ensure that we offer enough services that will
generate enough revenue to boost and grow our bottom line as a company.
Therefore, Yelo cab will therefore generate income by offering the following products and services;

 Wholesale and retail of ice blocks of all sizes

 Cooling services
 Sale of ice block machines
 Repair of ice block machines
 Advisory services

Sales Forecast
Due to the nature of the society we are in and the circumstances we have found ourselves, we have
found that there will always be a demand for chilled drinks and ice block, which means there will
always be a demand for our products that will then translate into revenue generation for our business.
Our strategic position here at San Pablo City – Laguna has us well positioned to take over a huge
section of the target market in the area where we will be located and has us quite optimistic and allow
us meet our set target in order to generate enough revenue and even turn over a profit within our first
year of business, thereby growing the business as well as our clientele base.
However, it should be noted that our sales projections were done after a critical examination of the
industry as we needed to analyze our chances and know how we were likely to fare in this business.
The sales projections were gotten based on information and accurate data gleaned from similar start-
ups such as ours here, as well as all over San Pablo City.