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missuzoma:
@Agarifoods. For how long did you use the van? Is it diesel or petrol? Is it flat or coiling springs? How many bags does it carry?

madam L:
Hi everyone. Where did you all go to? We need more discussions here. Where are nylon rolls producers, makers of packing bags, shrink wrappers and bottles? Join the discussion; we ned to hear from you in this biz, abi Oga Kabarka?

madam L:
Kabarka, good job!!! The business is lucrative but that is if and when you get a few things right. I have gone through the thread and I fear that there is a lot to learn and I hope new entrants to the biz will exercise enough patience to learn before starting.

It is possible to toil and sell a lot of bags in a month and still not make any profit. It happened to me when I started off and I wished I had seen anyone to advise me. It is good that producers are becoming more open minded now. I tried to visit a factory near me then and the owner was very angry and accused me of espionage of all crimes. I decided later when my biz started doing well never to hide information from beginners.

A few tips:

Look for high-yielding nylon. I will never accept anything below 23 bags per kilo. I also insist on being given credit facilities and have vowed never to violate trust in area of payment.

Check over-loading by sales staff. My biz was almost wiped out once by over-loading. One big van was over-loaded by 154 bags the day God helped me catch the thieving team.

Learn a lot about your vans and their parts. When I started, my mechanic rushed a four-bedroom house in less than six months due to my ignorance. I forced myself to learn and my woes ended then.

Know your route very well and get police, FRSC, VIO friends on the route or your boys will steal all your money claiming they used it to settle the road traffic kings.

Do not over-trust any staff.

Have an arrangement that ensures your vans and machines are repaired fast so you won't keep customers waiting.

Buy durable truck brands. For long hauls. mercedes benz products are good.

Do watch fuel use and have a good idea how many litres you really need. Ikotun to Island for instance can take 15 litres with a mercedes benz 608 carrying about 450 bags. You work out details or your boys will start excess diesel sales biz.

Let your trucks leave early. Mine all leave before 5am so as to beat hold up and all manner of traffic officials. Now, I operate more at night and have customers who pay in money to my account and get supplied at night. Breakdowns are low at night since everywhere is cool and there are no hold ups.


The list is long but whoever wants to venture must do some training in another factory. It is very important.

kabarka:
Back to AGARIfoods analysis but before that let me make this statement if i should remove 4 out of 6 vehicles from sales at once just for refurbishment(body work).I will be in serious trouble.

Back to analysis proper. 1,The vehicle VW LT 35 is a good one with capacity 286-330 bags.It has gain wide spread recognition and the mechanics are readyly available.

2,This is the most important.The yield per kg does not depend on SOURCE OF POWER(phcn or gen).The material ought to give you same yield.It has little to do with condition of machine but that brings to bare how skillful the operator is.
The main problem is that your material has poor yield,you need to discover material with better yield and that is WHY you were complaining of high input and little output.The material you are using is among the lowest category describe in my book.
IT IS VERY PARAMOUNT YOU DISCOVER MATERIAL WITH BETTER YIELD AND BUY AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE,WHY?
Because you are selling 11bags for #600.If you had been selling #800 the excess money would have shocked the effect of POOR MATERIAL.

You also mentioned the satchet water needing special attention.
The diffèrence b/w bottled and satchet water is that while producing bottled water,leakages or bad can are discovered in the factory whereas you may never discover the satchet's during production.Your operator has to be skilful enough to monitor the horizontal and vertical sealing surfaces.

Todays' business trend is driven by
1, consistency
2, Repeat sale
and you can't convince me you appreciate these two when you sent 4 vehicles in at once for body work.
That is enough to keep a lot of money away from you.
Tell me something
what happens to those customer these vehicle ought to service during this period?
which is more important:bodywork or customer?
what happens month end to those 4 drivers?

The secret of this business is[b] "buy the roll burn it down as fast as possible"[/b]
so my solution to you is
1,change your drive out time to 7.00-7.30am
2,Get better material :NOTE ALL PRINTING COMPANY HAS YOUR INTEREST AT HEART,DISCOVER THE ONE THAT HAS.
3,Don't keep your customers waiting.-you risk exposing them to other companies.

if you have the authority to do this,do it and experience the change and give us feed back.

Pls i need reactions from all quarters.

minisower:
Hello anybody in the house.I need someone who can be my mentor in this business.Someone who have a well established factory that is willing to produce pure water on my brand name on contract for payment.My prefer location will be Lagos or Ibadan.pls get in touch thro' my email ecowindltd@gmail.com
Thank you