TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
1.
Objectives
2.
Location and Site
3.
Plant Size
4.
Technology
5.
Design, Layout, Plant & Machinery
6.
Construction Process
7.
Infrastructural Facilities
8.
Manpower
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OBJECTIVES
Project proposal will depend on the stated mission of investors or
enablers:
1.
Private Sector
2.
Public Sector
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OBJECTIVES
1.
The Product(s) &/Or Service(s)
2.
The Manufacturing/Production Process
3.
The Capacity & Design
4.
The Supplies
5.
The Location
6.
The Lay Out
7.
The Structures Specifications
8.
The Raw Materials & Their Sources
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LOCATION AND SITE
Initially, as many locations as possible should be identified which
meet the most fundamental operational requirements of the
proposed project.
1.
criteria of material versus market orientation
2.
quality standards
3.
infrastructural status, local laws
4.
socio-economic and living conditions
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LOCATION AND SITE
Within the geographical location so selected, alternative sites are similarly
identified
1. terrain
2. local climate and its impact on plant & equipment and their operation
3. availability and cost of land (plus its development)
4. local infrastructural facilities and their costs (power; water: road/
air/water transport; telecommunications; etc.)
5. socio-economic conditions
6. availability and quality of labor and construction equipment, valid waste
disposal alternatives and their costs
7. local living conditions,
8. public policies, local law, and taxes
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PLANT SIZE
Any under utilization of its capacity means either reduced profits or,
for levels below the Break-Even Point, losses.
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PLANT SIZE
1. availability of materials, technology, equipment
2. public policy
3. finances
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TECHNOLOGY
A technology is considered appropriate only if it is assessed
to be satisfactory, and relevant, vis-à - vis the following
aspects:
• Specifications of the task/product
• Task uncertainties and interdependence
• Developmental imperatives (e.g. growth of employment;
maximizing use of local resources; reduction of disparities
in income levels)
• Required gestation period versus the time actually
available of the project.
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TECHNOLOGY
A technology is considered appropriate only if it is assessed
to be satisfactory, and relevant, vis-à - vis the following
aspects:
• Source(s) and ease of availability
• Indigenous availability of comparable technology
• Field validation status in comparable situations
• Adaptability to the qualitative characteristics of the locally
available resources including energy and efficiency in their
usage
• Dependence on nonrenewable sources of energy
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TECHNOLOGY
A technology is considered appropriate only if it is assessed
to be satisfactory, and relevant, vis-à - vis the following
aspects:
• Capacity of the organization to absorb/adopt the
technology
• Required operational parameters of ambient environment.
• Timely availability of manpower with requisite skills for
installation, operation and maintenance
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TECHNOLOGY
• A technology is considered appropriate only if it is
assessed to be satisfactory, and relevant, vis-à - vis the
following aspects:
• Cost of acquisition, installation, repairs and maintenance
versus availability of funds (local/foreign)
• Safety characteristics
• Requirement or availability of R & D facilities
• Environmental and sociocultural sensitivities
• Likelihood, and time frame, of obsolescence
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TECHNOLOGY
• Is the technology available as a technical knowhow, or through a technical collaboration, or a
joint venture?
• Are patents, trademarks, or licensing involved?
• At what terms and with what legal obligations?
• Will it tie down the investor to procure
equipment(s) as well from a specific country or
company?
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DESIGN, LAYOUT, PLANT &
MACHINERY
to design a viable operating entity which not only
works, but works harmoniously (and with minimum
costs) in relation to the stipulated inputs and local
environment
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
1. The methodology to be followed
2. Whether the construction or installation is to be done inhouse, or on a turnkey basis, or by farming out a number
of contracts for different work packages, and their
feasibility
3. The determination of such construction equipments,
materials and other essential inputs (like cement, sand,
steel, stores etc.) as are to be arranged by the owner
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
4. The recommended sequence and time schedule of
different activities in the form of a bar chart/PERT
network
5. Assessment of the financial implications of this phase
based on the latest available unit costs and with provision
for inflation and contingencies.
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INPUTS
These relate to the operation phase of the project, but need to
be identified at this stage of the feasibility study to examine
the technical feasibility of the proposed system(s)
• raw materials
• processed materials
• components & sub-assemblies
• spares and wear & tear parts
• water & steam
• gas, fuels and electricity
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INFRASTRUCTURAL
FACILITIES
Availability and characteristics of roads, bridges, railway
facilities (like station, yards), air transportation, waterways,
ports, etc. depending upon their relevance to the assessed
requirements of the project at both implementation and
operation stages need to be studied
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MANPOWER
Availability in needed numbers, of manpower of requisite
skills where and when required, has to be studied
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