Khanya Eggs Business Plan — Key Performance Indicators

The production, cost and financial indicators monitored per flock cycle, with the thresholds that trigger management intervention.

Key Performance Indicators

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The following are recorded daily or weekly and reported monthly. Three of them, hen-day production, mortality and the financial records behind them, are gate conditions, and every funder in Section 6 will ask for them.

Indicator

Definition

Target

Why it matters

Hens in lay

Average birds in production

21 000 by Year 5

The volume driver; everything scales from it

Hen-day production

Eggs laid ÷ hen-days

Above 80% from Stage 3

The gate condition at every stage

Mortality

Birds lost ÷ birds placed

Below 6% per cycle

Each point is roughly R120 000 of Year 5 gross margin

Feed conversion

Kilogrammes of feed per dozen eggs

Tracked monthly

Feed is 56.2% of direct cost

Feed cost per egg

Feed ÷ eggs sold

R0.97 at Year 5

The single largest line in the cost of an egg

Gross margin per hen

Gross margin ÷ average hens in lay

R372.70 at Year 5

Divided into fixed cost it gives the break-even flock

Direct sales share

Direct and local trade ÷ total eggs

Above 55%

The channel mix that makes the blended price work

Saleable percentage

Grade A eggs ÷ eggs laid

Above 94%

Cracks and seconds are pure margin loss

Biosecurity audit

Scored audit against the protocol

100% compliance

HPAI is uninsured and uncompensated

Debt service cover

EBITDA ÷ interest and scheduled principal

Above 1.5x from Stage 5

The Stage 5 gate condition

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