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Ohio River Valley Food Venture

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Manufacturing Process

This section does not apply to every business. (If you are not building or assembling products, just leave this section out and continue with the marketing strategy.)

A. Materials
Simply list the BOM (bill of materials). If the BOM is not self-explanatory you may need to explain them as well.

B. Source of supply
List all of your vendors. They should be reliable but you must have back up suppliers in case your top supplier fails to deliver.

C. Production methods
Be descriptive. Job descriptions must be developed for each position. Production flow could be shown by using a floor plan showing locations of equipment, where the work starts, and arrows pointing out the flow of work.

Production method flow chart


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