The building will need to include amenities and facilities for the workforce to use. These include things such as male, female and disabled toilets, a staff room for the employee’s breaks and a kitchen for the workforce to be able to make and have somewhere to eat.
There will need to be a contingency fund for the building in case there are any unexpected problems that you cannot foresee that are going to happen, for example if there was a natural disaster or if the building needed a new roof, the fund is there as an emergency cash flow to make sure the factory can continue work as fast as possible.
Health and safety checks will have to be carried out around the building on a regular basis to ensure it is safe for the workforce and also people coming into the factory, also there will need to be fire exits and fire extinguishers around the factory to comply with health and safety regulations.
To ensure that the building is secure alarms and CCTV cameras will have to be installed all around the building and also inside the building to make sure the whole of the property is safe.
There will need to be a range of different machinery for the different jobs; these include a special machine to mix the products, a machine to produce the finished products and a machine to package the products, there will also need to be different machines for each of the different scents being produced.
Computers and other IT technology will need to be installed, there will need to be computers to control the machines, and also computers will be needed in order to place restocking orders to make sure that there is enough stock readily able to use so there is always a continuous production. The managers will also need computers to be able to do the financial and marketing side of the business.
There will need to be a range of raw materials; these include sodium chloride, a preservative, fragrance and cocamidoproyl betaine. There will need to be a just in time (JIT) production for the raw materials to make sure you make the right amount of stock to be sent out but not too much that it needs to be stored.
As there are going to be liquids being worked with in the machines there needs to be a good drainage system to dispose of any of the waste. The packaging needs to be recycled or be put into waste disposal; this could be done by an outside company coming to pick up the rubbish.
There will need to be public liability insurance; this will cover the costs if a member of the public is injured by you or your workforce or accidentally whilst visiting the business and it will also cover the building if damaged by someone carrying out business activities. Along with this there will need to be contents insurance to protect everything inside the warehouse and in case any machinery breaks. There will also have to be a contingency insurance this is like a secondary insurance and will cover you if the primary insure doesn’t pay out and also use for legal costs.
Technological Resources
The technological resources of my business include the intellectual property such as the architectural designs of the building. The building will need to be checked by the architecture then they’ll be able to do drawings and designs of the things that needs to be done on the building that is going to be used for the business.
The product will need to be patented in order to protect the distinct scents and the way they are made so nobody else can use them. The name of the product will need to be trademarked in order to protect anyone else taking that name and the brand logo.
The computers will need to have specialist software installed onto them to be able to complete the stock orders and also to control the machines. For the managers software such as Microsoft office will need to be installed onto the computers for everyday use.
Employees using the computers and machinery will need to be trained before using them in order to be able to function them properly, this may be internal training on showing the employees how to use the different machines but also external training may need to be use on how to use the computers.