Project Planning & Finance
Industry Identification:
- Existing organisation's Core Competence
- Demand/Supply Equation
- International Scenario
- Key financial Ratio
- Duty Structure
- Public Sector Role
- Value Addition for EOUs
- Backwad/Forward Integration
- Skills of Business
- Flocking Mentality
- GreenField/Acquisition
Investment Vehicle:
- Group Control/ Promotor Funding
- Depreciation as Tax shield
- Sales Tax /Excise Implications
- Trade Union/Wage Structure
- Joint Venture/Foreign Equity
- Backward/Forward Integration
- Nature of Business
- Size/Risk of New Project
- Terms of Funding
Factors Influencing Plant Location:
- Nature of Raw Material/Finished Goods
- Level of Industrialisation in the Area
- Incentive from local Govt.
- Sales tax
- Power
- Octroi
- Subsidy
- Infrasturcture
- Political Stability
- Environmental Factors
- Infrastrctural Requirements
- Land
- Water
- Power
- Raw Materials
- School/Colleges
- backward Area Benefits
Project Cost Components:
- Land
- Building
- Plant & Machineries
- Imported
- Duty + Clearance
- Indegenous
- Misc. Fixed Assets
- Erection & Commissioning
- Technical knowhow
- Preliminary & Preoperative Expenses
- Contingencies
- Margin for Working Capital
Steps in Project Appraisal:
- Firming up of Project
- Non Financial Factors Influencing Projects
- Financial Projections
- Structuring Means of Financing
- Cost of Capital
- Net Present Value & Internal Rate of Returns
- Sensivity Analysis
- Sanction/Predisbursement Conditions
- Security/Documentation
- Disbursement
- Servicing of Capital
Project Report Format:
Part I :Introduction
- Promoters' Background
- Sister Concerns/Group Activities
- Group Financial Strengths
Part II:The Project
- Technical Aspects
- Proposed Activity
- Product
- Statistics on Other Exixting Products
- Site Details
- Technology & Process
- Raw Materials
- Infrastctural Requirments
- Licence/Permit/Clearances
- Major Suppliers of Machineries
- Implementation Schedule
- Present Status
- Financial Aspects
- Cost of Project
- Means of Financing
- Working Capital Requirements
- Cash Flow Planning during Implementation
- Assumption of Profitability
- Projections
- Ratios
- Sensitivity Analysis
Part III:Business Prospects
- Demand /Supply Postion
- Competition
- Marketing Strategy
- Export Potential
Financial Institutions Help:
- Rupee Term Loans
- Forex Loans
- Underwriting of Instruments
- Direct SUbscription to Equity
- Issuing Guarentees
- Bill Discounting
- Seed Capital
- Deferred Paymant Guarantee
- Loan Syndication
- Over Run Financing
- Financial Restructuring
- Leasing
- Advisory Services
Key Ratios:
- Break even Point a) Cash b)Quantity
- Debt Service Coverage Ratio (Ideal = 1.8 Times)
- Internal Rate of Return
- Gross Profit Margin
- Operating Profit Margin
- Return on Capital Employed
- Earning per Share
- Fixed Asset Coverage
- Debt/Equity Ratio (Ideal = 1.5 /1.7 : 1)
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- Promotors Contribution (Ideal = 15 to 20 %)
- Current Ratio (Ideal = 1.33 times)
Finance Considerations and Guidelines:
- Stock Exchange Guidelines
- SEBI Guidelines
- Financial Institutions Norms
- Ministry of Finance
- RBI/FERA Guidelines
Causes of Project Cost Overrun:
- Price Increase in Capital Equipments
- Time Overruns
- Change in project Scope
- Underestimate of Project Cost at Conception Stage
- Rectification Stage
- Management Failure
Financial Instruments
- Debt
- Equity
- External Commercial Borrowings
- Global Depository Receipts
- Multiple Option Debentures
- American Depository Receipts
- Secured promissory Notes
- Deep Discount Bonds
- Flaoting Rate Notes
- Comercial Paper
- Zero Coupen Bonds
- Structured Financial Products
- Non Convertible Debentures with Warrants
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