Quick guide on how to start a School Uniform Sewing business in Nigeria
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One of the surest ways of gaining financial freedom in any part of the world is by starting your own business. No doubt becoming an entrepreneur comes with its own fair share of challenges, but the truth remains that once you are able to overcome the teething stage of business, and you have successfully install structures to support your business, you will sure enjoy being an entrepreneur.
So, if financial freedom and being in control of your time is what you crave for, then you should consider starting your own business and one of the businesses you can start is a school uniform sewing business.
The education sector in Nigeria has so many untapped business opportunities which needs innovations to it more profitable, sewing of school uniforms and inter house sports wears is one of those.
Setting up a school uniform sewing business requires moderate start-up capital and it is indeed a profitable venture if you are in a good location with appreciable numbers of schools. All you need to do to make it big in this type of business is to ensure that your jobs are neat and of good standard and your marketing team are proactive and could meet or surpass their targets.
One good thing about starting your own school uniform sewing business is that you don’t necessarily need to know how to sew to establish this kind of business. If you have the required startup capital, you can acquire all the types of sewing machines required, rent a spacious facility and then employ trained tailors and marketers as well.
Now let us quickly go through the 7 surefire tips that you need to follow to be able to setup your own school uniform sewing business from the scratch and then grow it to profitability within the shortest time possible;
Quick guide on how to start a School Uniform Sewing business in Nigeria
- Do a feasibility studies for your business
The essence of conducting your feasibility studies before setting up your school uniform sewing business is to help you outline what you would need to setup the business, the amount required to setup the business, how you can source for materials and how you can locate those who need your services and how to market them. It pays to get first-hand information from the field before taking any important decision.
The truth is that it will be unwise to establish a school uniform sewing business in city or state where schools do not wear uniforms but muftis; such business will not thrive. One of the major reasons why you must setup a school uniform sewing business in your city or state should be that schools by law are only permitted to wear uniforms and you have several schools in that city or state.
- Write Your Business Plan
Your business plan will definitely give you a clear picture of how your business will become in a couple of years ahead – it can predict the future of your business. In starting your own school uniform sewing business, your business plan helps you put structures in place that will help you build the business.
Therefore, ensure that you spend quality time drafting your school uniform sewing business plan before venturing out to start running the business. In case you can’t come up with a good business plan, you can contract it to business consultant to help draft one. Just ensure you choose a consultant with a moderate fee, because truly some business consultant can be very expensive.
- Raise funds for Start-up
Starting a school uniform sewing business requires moderate startup capital. You would need money to buy all the sewing machines required, you need money to rent or lease a spacious facility, your would need money to equip the facility and you would also need money to buy insurance cover for your facility and business.
One of the good things your feasibility study does for you is that it gives you an estimate of the amount required to setup this type of business from the scratch. So, it is your responsibility to ensure that you raise the required startup capital and there are several ways you can raise startup capital for your business. The truth is that if you have a convincing business plan, it becomes easy for you to obtain business loans from your bank and also to attract investors to help finance your business.
- Make arrangements to Lease or Rent a Spacious Facility
No doubt you would need a spacious facility in a nice location to setup your school uniform sewing business. So, when shopping for a facility, ensure that it is a facility that has enough space to contain all your sewing machines, your ironing and cutting boards and space for storage of both materials and finished school uniforms ready for delivery.
- Purchase Your Sewing Machines and Other Equipment Needed
There are several sewing machines that you would need to run a school uniform sewing business. These machines are relatively cheap if you are purchasing them in large quantity. Depending on how big you intend starting your school uniform sewing business, you would need at least 10 sewing machines to start with, 4 ironing and cutting boards, a dozen of scissors, supply of various colors of sewing threads, 4 industrial pressing irons, Button pressing machines, 2 weaving machines, and supply of tape rules et al.
- Hire good Tailors
The quality of the uniform you produce from your sewing factory is largely dependent on the expertise of the tailors your employ. Consequently, make certain that you only employed competent tailors with bias for sewing school uniforms. Although, you might have to pay more if you are hiring a tailor with vast experience, but the truth is that a very neat and good job will bring more business opportunities to you.
- Advertise and Promote Your Business
The numbers of business deals you get to a large extent is dependent on your ability to market your products or services. As a result, all you need to do is to approach school proprietors and proprietresses to market your business with sample of school uniforms you produced. The truth is that if you are able to secure contracts to produce school uniforms for more than 2 schools, you will be amazed at how much you will make.
Source – Nigeria News 360
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