Biodiesel Investment Analysis

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Author of foreword: Ning Shojian (Expert Member of Shenyang University National Biodiesel Industry Collaboration Group) Any investment behavior will involve the influence of two internal and external factors, and biodiesel projects are no exception. The investment behavior of the project first depends on the investor's determination - internal factors, and the external environment of the project in turn affects the investor's determination. These two factors interact and influence each other, and the decisive factor is the internal factor - the investor's own behavior * habits and basic conditions. I have warned everyone before that investing in biodiesel projects requires certain basic knowledge, experience in related industries (oil, petroleum, chemical industry), certain financial strength and good raw material channels, etc. ； But things often do not depend on people’s will. In reality, there are many friends who do not have or are better than the above conditions. How to deal with it? This article hopes to provide investors with project implementation suggestions through detailed analysis of these internal and external factors. The first part of the project influencing factors is specific to the biodiesel project, involving basic knowledge, comprehensive quality, partners, financial capabilities, raw material supply, finished product sales, local policies, and public relations capabilities. Investors need to sort out these influencing factors through analysis and research, and then give a rational conclusion to the feasibility of their own projects. One issue that needs to be noted here is that the above factors will change at any time, so the initially formed "model" needs to be updated at any time. 1. Basic knowledge: Biodiesel is a compound, which is ultimately a "chemical" thing. In other words, investors are about to engage in the chemical industry, so investors should have a certain chemical foundation. We can break this factor down into the following levels: 1. High school or below: He only has a junior high school education and little knowledge of chemistry. 2. High school culture: Have a high school education foundation and certain knowledge of chemistry. 3. Professional level: Graduated from a junior college in chemistry and chemical engineering, with good foundation and skills in chemistry and chemical engineering. 4. Undergraduate level: Chemistry and chemical engineering or related majors, with good chemical and chemical engineering foundation and research capabilities. 2. Comprehensive quality: The implementation of the biodiesel project requires an enterprise as a carrier. As an investor, you are also the main person in charge and manager of the enterprise. It is definitely not a one-person operation. Facing the most basic human and financial logistics of enterprise operation, a person in charge and manager should also have the following qualities: 1. Affinity: Investors need to have a certain affinity, or "popularity". You need to have a few close friends who have certain abilities and are trustworthy. They are people who can assign a part of the work, so that you will not get bogged down in endless specific things and have time to think about the company's big policies. ； And as the enterprise develops, this affinity must become an important part of the corporate culture. 2. Management knowledge: Nothing works without rules. As the person in charge of an enterprise, you need to have certain management knowledge. ； There is a certain "natural" element here. The investor is born to be a manager, and has a natural quality for commanding and mobilizing people (it also depends on your affinity). Just like Liu Bang is good at generals and Han Xin is good at generals, investors are Liu Bang and not Han Xin. But in a modern enterprise, it is impossible to teach yourself without a teacher. You must master a certain amount of modern management knowledge, and then you can determine some basic rules according to the actual situation of society and the enterprise, so that your subordinates can follow the rules. Of course, you must be careful not to go deep into the formulation of specific rules. That is a matter for the next-level managers. The mastery of this "degree" will also be part of the future corporate culture. 3. Financial and taxation knowledge: The most direct indicator of an enterprise's operation and management is its financial status and analysis. Without certain financial and taxation knowledge, you will not be competent. Without certain basic knowledge, you cannot coordinate the company's capital turnover. One of your main tasks is to maximize the effectiveness of the smallest funds. 4. Professional skills: In a sense, a biodiesel plant is a chemical plant, an organic chemical plant that produces fatty acid methyl esters, so managers must have certain basic professional skills in chemical production. From the simplest perspective, you need to know the form and basic use of the reactor, basic data of various pumps, valves, pipes, boilers, storage tanks, the properties and safety requirements of various raw materials and additives, etc. 5. Legal knowledge: As a chemical plant, * * and all levels * * The competent authorities have certain requirements and restrictions. Investors should understand them from multiple perspectives such as industry and commerce, taxation, safety, fire protection, environmental protection, science and technology bureaus, development and reform commissions, and local economic and trade committees. * * , various local laws and regulations and the latest policy trends in order to "survive from the cracks", which means that we must take advantage of * * , local policies, give full play to their advantages that are beneficial to enterprises, avoid or bypass factors that are not beneficial to enterprises, and seek the best way for enterprise development. 6. Other common sense: In the early stages of starting a business, some basic civil engineering, plumbing, steel and other related knowledge is required.