Often, novice entrepreneurs wonder which business is profitable to do. Basically, they stop their choice on those industries that do not require significant costs at the initial stage. These include both the cost of the equipment that you need to purchase, and the purchase of raw materials. For example, for the production of coffee, you do not need complicated expensive equipment, but at the same time, raw materials occupy the largest share of costs due to their origin (import).
Determining the direction of doing business
Before investing in business organization, it is necessary to thoroughly calculate all kinds of costs and risks of financial losses that may arise already in the production process. In other words, production should be planned from the simplest costs of preparing the necessary documentation to planning a marketing policy for the sale of finished products. There are several basic rules, compliance with which will help to choose the best option.
Therefore, today it’s not difficult to talk about the need for such a seemingly trivial object, which is tightly included in our everyday life, like shoe laces.
The choice of raw materials for the manufacture of laces
Modern production of shoe laces for sports and everyday shoes can become the basis for a profitable business. More recently, shoe laces were made of cotton, hemp and leather. However, in the era of the powerful development of processes for the production of polymer materials, the production of laces from synthetic material is the most profitable.
Thus, among the common materials, the most commonly used are nylon, polypropylene and textured polyester. The use of natural materials today can be found infrequently.
Organization of a business for the production of laces
So where to start such a business? At the first stage, it is necessary to choose a room where the production of shoe laces will be located. A large workshop is not needed for the manufacture of products, but it is necessary to create good conditions for the work of specialists. In other words, the room should have good lighting and be ventilated.
Shoelace Equipment
The second step is to purchase a cord knitting machine equipped with spindles (from 16 to 44) and a basket, into which the finished products should be delivered.
Performance and speed of weaving depends on the class of this equipment. The average performance is two thousand meters per day of finished shoelaces. The cost of such equipment is about six thousand dollars.
A novice entrepreneur needs to determine for himself which shoelaces he will make, since these products have several directions of use:
- for top knitwear;
- for shoes;
- for packages and badges.
There is a universal machine for the production of laces, which is characterized by ease of use and reliability, small size, low power consumption and low cost. It can also have high performance, multivariance and various performance models.
The main varieties of this equipment are:
- cars of standard type (up to 50 heads);
- portable cars (up to four heads);
- machines with a system for winding the finished product;
- machines containing a cord pressing system;
- equipment for the manufacture of a cord from a metal type thread.
Production process
To increase the competitiveness of finished products, the option of choosing a pattern of rigidity and weaving is possible. Upon completion of weaving, the finished shoelaces arrive for rewinding and the so-called ending with tips (most often plastic). Production of shoe laces is completed by sorting by width, length, color and pattern. All finished products are packaged in boxes.
The prime cost of shoelaces consists of the following costs: rent of a workshop, salary of employees (machine operator, as well as a packer and sales manager), purchase of raw materials.
The production of shoe laces, if desired, involves further expansion, which consists in the manufacture of several types of braid, zippers, various ribbons and other similar products.
Finished Product Sales
When determining the circle of customers, sales managers should first of all focus on shoe factories or small shoe production workshops.
For such customers, you can offer wholesale deliveries of goods with appropriate discounts.
However, one should not forget about retail sales. Often in shoe stores, laces can be sold as optional accessories.
You can also open your own shop or just a retail outlet where finished products will be offered in the form of various laces or braids.
