<div>Hve not read all the content but have a few comments to add:</div>
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<div>JD lives in Canada as do I and that limits the</div>
<div>novelty of the products he can sell.</div>
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<div>As of Jan 01 all products must have NHPD</div>
<div>product licences and any mfg must be site licenced.</div>
<div>GMP and SOP's acceptable to Health Canada</div>
<div>must be submitted alon with a product specific data set. Staff must have edu standing commensurate</div>
<div>with their job capacity and a QA officer must sign off</div>
<div>on all apps.</div>
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<div>This means the ante in $$$ is going up a fair bit.</div>
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<div>Reselling HC licenced NHP's is the only option.</div>
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<div>I say this because I have spent the last months </div>
<div>getting up to spec with what is required and will have to</div>
<div>take 4 months of HACCP training to get up to the barest of bones QA signoff level.</div>
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<div>However there are loopholes.. the custom</div>
<div>compounding of NHP's from raw ingredients is one.</div>
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<div>All the other basic business rules then apply otherwise.</div>
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<div>Morris Johnson</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/19/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gary Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:aiguy@comcast.net">aiguy@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>I'd add the following although I don't disagree with any of your high level<br>goals. These goals could vary depending on the size of your enterprise.
<br><br>5. A good IT group to give you a net presence and minimize the expenses of<br>running your operation from inventory control, manufacturing and accounting<br>perspective.<br><br>6. A just in time inventory system to reduce your inventory carrying cost
<br>and reduce spoilage in the vitamin ingredients that have a short shelf life.<br>Also consider coatings which could delay oxidation of ingredients. I hate<br>it when my vitamins go bad and I half to hold my breath when I take them.
<br>And no I'm not going to throw away $20 woth of vitamins just because they<br>smell bad.<br><br>7. A quality control lab to perform receiving inspection on your ingredients<br>to protect your image/reputation and to protect your company from liability.
<br>(Remembering GNC L-Tryptophen disaster from years back)<br><br>8. A good work environment, fair pay, benefits and background checks to<br>reduce likelihood of product tampering, employee theft, extreme addiction<br>problems, etc... again to protect image/reputation and liability costs.
<br><br>9. A five year business plan which will allow you plan for growth, obtain<br>credit for expansion, and allow you to value your business for insurance<br>purposes or potential sale.<br><br>10. A R&D group to devise vitamin combinations to reduce the number of pills
<br>people need to take each morning for specific consumer problems and/or<br>gender/age groups. This also serves to differentiate your line vitamins<br>from those of your competition.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>
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<br>Despres<br>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 6:23 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br>Subject: [extropy-chat] A successful company?<br><br>Hi,<br><br>I want to know what we need to become a successful company (I am in the
<br>vitamin business), here is my opinion:<br><br>1) We need to buy our products very cheaply and sell high (This is a trade<br>minimum to do)<br><br>2) We need talented people to do the essential job<br><br>3) We need a good image/reputation
<br><br>4) We need a good product.<br><br>Any other thing I miss ?<br><br>--Jon<br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
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