Estudio de factibilidad para el diseño de una planta de producción de vinagre a partir de la cáscara de piña (Ananas Comosus)

Abstract

The present feasibility study with the name design of a vinegar production plant from pineapple peel (ananas comosus). Located in the Simón Bolívar parish, city of Portoviejo, Province of Manabí. The project has been proposed, according to the technical conditions and needs of the product or service to be offered. Next, a brief synthesis of what is dealt with in each chapter of the final report of the degree work is exhibited, it has four chapters, conclusions and final recommendations. The first chapter includes the delimitation and formulation of the problematic reality which leads to the realization of the project, determination of the problem and justification. The second chapter contains the theoretical framework, the same one that formulates theoretical currents and concepts that are taken into account in the entire process of preparing the thesis. In the third chapter, reference is made to the methodology applied in the development of the study, the scope, objectives, method and techniques used are defined, as primary information, surveys of the population of the inhabitants of the City of Portoviejo, as information secondary interviews: specialized food engineer, entrepreneurs who work directly with fruit. The data obtained were analyzed and interpreted to know the level of acceptance for the product offered, to end the third chapter refers to the verification of the objectives. In the fourth chapter the development of the proposal for the elaboration and commercialization of vinegar based on pineapple peel is presented. the nature of the name, the objectives, mission and vision. The technical study (project engineering), the size, location, infrastructure according to the type of needs, distribution of the areas and spaces that are required to carry out the activities in which the project undertakes, as well as the generation processes of the product, services, costs and personnel requirements. In the financial study chapter detailed in the pro forma Financial Statements for projects, such as: Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, the latter serving as the basis for the corresponding financial evaluation helping us to determine the cost-benefit ratio, the profitability generated by the project and financial viability.