Startup Business plan of Funeral services.

Date : Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

Introduction Elysium Funeral Services is a startup funeral home aiming to provide interment and funeral services for the deceased and their families. It is located in I-8 Islamabad and shall cater to the needs of residents inhabiting the twin cities. The company Elysium Funeral Services is equally owned and managed by its five partners that are fully equipped to deal with day to day operations as well as plans for expansion and budget allocations. Each member has its own unique set of skills that it brings to the mix, whether it is financial expertise, social connections, technical solutions or managing customer and supplier relations. The market Current participants in this industry are individual workers such as the undertaker, grave-diggers and qaris that are serving the customers their products and services independently and thus present less value to the target audience. On the contrary, Elysium offers them a more take-charge approach and an easy solution to the burden of planning by providing a wholesome service with additional provisions. So tasks and duties that were previously overseen by close family members and independent workers in the funeral planning field shall all be handled with the same commitment and empathy under one roof – Elysium Funeral Services, so that the ones left behind can start mourning without the thought of making arrangements intervening with their loss and grief. Products and services Our wide array of services shall include:  Newspaper announcements  Informing relatives  Transporting body to morgue  Bathing the body  Obtaining permission for burial (as required)  Janazzah – Taking the body to graveyard  Selecting & designing a tombstone of choice  Supplying traditional kaffan/shroud  Prayers in mosque  Arranging for Dua / Qur’an Khattam  Arranging food services at home  Flowers and décor  Arranging for transportation to/from the graveyard  Writing eulogies and arranging memory books.