SAE: Indoor Plant Rental To Local Teachers and School Staff
Description:
  • Will require several specimens of given plants.
  • Can use school facilities to store plants.
  • Can be picked up from school facilities or other designated area.
  • Will be in contact with teachers and other staff members throughout the school year.
  • School personnel can pick-up and bring back plants eliminating the need for a delivery vehicle.
  • Plants can be cleaned and shined and pick-up and delivery location.
  • Minimal labor and skill required.

Written by Eddie McKie, 2002

 

Factors To Consider

Ranking:

1 = lowest

10 = highest
Time required

5

Investment 7
Equipment needed 2
Skills required 3
Facilities required 2
Land required 1
Labor Intensity 5
Potential for income 7
Transportation required 1
Expansion possibilities 9
Expertise needed 6
Advertising needed 3
Susceptible to disease 9
Susceptible to insects 9
Suitable for residential areas 8
  Other (specify)
Length of production cycle Year-round
Regional No
When to start project Anytime

 

Notes:
  • If using school provided facilities, must be careful to not give the impression that school is profiting from enterprise.
  • Insect and disease potential being brought back with plants.
  • Business and labor on enterprise should not be conducted during class time.

 

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