Soap Making Process in Nigeria
Category: Business & Consultancy Services
Employment of any form today either in the private or public sector has become a nightmare. It is no longer important whether you have an uncle as “oga at the top”. Is it not when there is available vacancy that the uncle can provide you with a job? Even the uncle is now afraid of losing his own job. And doing everything possible to protect the job; and have a Plan B!
This is why everyone, including government and private sectors are preaching, “SME”- Small and Medium Enterprises.
On ACKCITY, we continually enlighten, teach and give necessary information to our readers that can help them to start their own business.
We have written on How to start your Supermarket Business, Pure Water Business Set Up, Fish Farming, Online Business, and many others.
The subject this time is, Soap Making.
Soap making takes three stages; mixing, cutting and packaging.
In starting your Soap Business, here the list of major important things you MUST put into consideration before starting;
Soap Making Factory Layout:
Location:
You factory should be large enough to occupy five rooms divided into (Cloak room, Packaging material room, Packaging material store, Production room, and finished product room
Mixing Stage:
Two- Stainless Mixer (500 liters)
Treatment Plant (20 inches)
Deionizer
Power pump (Stainless or metal) (1HP)
Two- Tanks (3000 Liters)
Water analysis
Chemical to treat
Pipe and fittings
Cutting Stage:
Mould & Molding machine (It can be manual or automatic). You can start your factory with a manual and switch to automatic later- this handled by one person
Cutting machine (It can also be manual or automatic) - handled by one person
Packaging Stage:
Three phase packaging machine is used in packaging of soaps after cutting
Power
Generator; use at least a 100 KVA generator
Regulatory Requirements
1. License (CAC)
2. NAFDAC: Requirements for production inspection of premises for regulated food, water and cosmetics;
Arrange three (3) photocopies of required documents below and present the original for sighting:
1. Application letter (On Company’s letter-headed paper) addressed to:
The Director, Establishment Inspection Directorate, NAFDAC, Abuja
2. Labeling: The label of the packaging materials should be in the following pattern:
Name of product/pack size (Top portion), Batch No., Manufacturing Date, Best Before, NAFDAC Reg. No, List of Ingredients (Except water), Factory location address (Not P.O.Box)
3. Evidence of payment
4. Certificate of Incorporation of Company (Obtained from CAC)
5. Evidence of Trade Mark Reg. (Obtained from Federal Ministry of Commerce & Industry)
6. Organogram of the company with names and qualifications of key officers (e.g. MD, Production Manager, Quality Control Manager)
7. Letter of Appointment and Acceptance of key Officers
8. Standard operating procedure (SOP) for production
9. Standard Operating procedure for Quality Control
10. Standard operating procedure for Cleaning of Factory Premises and Equipments
11. Standard operating procedure (SOP) Recall and Distribution Channels
12. List of production facilities/ quality control with their sources of purchase
13. Batch formulation (Not applicable for packaged water)
14. Retainership agreement with a hospital or clinic (with names and signature of both parties)
15. Food Handlers Test/Medical Fitness Tests which should include;
· Sputum test
· Urine test
· Stool test
· Chest x-ray
· Widal test
16. Analysis of raw materials and finished product
17. Agreement with fumigation company for regular fumigation of the factory with name and signature of both parties
18. Current fumigation certificate of factory (quarterly)
19. Geological survey of borehole report
20. Any other relevant documents
Financial Requirement for running your factory
Location Cost
1- Factory Site: N500,000 and above, depending on your location
Mixing Stage
2- Treatment Plants(16in to 20in): N200,000
3- Two- Tanks (3000 Liters): N100,000 each
4- Deionizer: N50,000
5- Pumps (Stainless): N25,000, Metal: N20,000
6- Micro filters(3 Sets): N25,000 each
7- Two sets- Stainless Mixers (500 liters): N300,000 each
8- Water analysis: N20,000
9- Pipe & Fittings (Negotiable and depending on the size of factory)
Cutting Stage
10- Mould for tablet soap: N170,000
11- Molding machine (Manual): N75,000, Automatic: N200,000
12- Cutting machine (Manual): N120,000, Automatic: N200,000
Packaging
Packaging machine (Three phase packaging machine): N2 million
Regulatory:
NAFDAC: N450,000 (Four hundred and fifty thousand naira)
Generating Set: N500,000
Marketing
Website/ Online Marketing: ?
Advertising/ Marketing:?
You may check advertising options here:
Total: N5,000,000 (Five million naira)
Staffing
One- Production Manager,
Three- (Tablet) Factory workers,
Three- (Liquid) Factory workers.
One free worker to run around
Cleaning is usually alternated among the factory workers.
Your Factory Site
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