Basic Steps:

To Identify your Focus of Business

 

a) Basic Nature of Business (Huge competitors)

    i. Trading - Location (for advertising, population based)

                 - Product (for profits, break even point)

                 - Term of Payment (for working capital)

                 - Your offer is : The products & price.

 

    ii. Wholesaler  - Warehouse (for storage, bulk purchase)

                       - Transportation (large in, must large volume out)

                       - Term of Payment (for working capital)

                       - Products (for profits, break even point)

                       - Your offer is : The products & price.

    

   iii. Retailer - Location (for advertising, population based)

                  - Different types of products (for profits, break even point)

                    (must combine larger different types of stock)

                  - Your offer is : The products & price.

 

   iv. Manufacturer - Raw Material (for costing)

                          - Storage (for raw material, work-in-progress, finished goods)

                          - Your offer is : Contract Manufacturing

 

   v. Servicing line - Location (for advertising, population based)

                         - Must combine with products while servicing

                         - Your offer is : Repair, Services

 

b) Higher End for Nature of Business

    (Stand in Front Line, to be Special)

 

    i. Servicing Line plus products.

      - Introduce new skills, new technologies, new products.

      - A specific type of products direct to end user.

      - Be the First

 

    ii. Trading / Retailer / Wholesaler

      - Introduce new product direct to end users.

      - Franchise concept

      - Be the First

 

   iii. Manufacturer

      - Performing Research & Development (own Product)

      - Offer your product direct to End User, or Franchise

      - Be the First

 

Is it really hard to be the first?

The formula is from experience by understanding the demand and create the demand at the same-time.

Just put it into this condition for better understanding:

If you were back in school days, how much do you score for a subject that is not at your interest?