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Freight and Fulfillment with Makers Nutrition: The Missing Link in Your Dietary Supplement Success

Industry by Rosemary Tambini on April 19, 2023

Freight and Fulfillment with Makers Nutrition: The Missing Link in Your Dietary Supplement Success

Today, we are revisiting a conversation I had with Executive Vice President Steve Finnegan about what separates Makers Nutrition’s fulfillment services from the sea of options in the nutraceutical industry. If you are unsatisfied with your current provider, consider what we have to offer, then call 1-844-625-3771 to learn more and let us handle not only your manufacturing needs, but your warehousing and fulfillment needs.

Now, let’s see what Steve had to say.

One of the many tasks you tackle is ensuring that Makers Nutrition cuts the best deals with freight companies. Do we cut costs for clients in terms of freight and delivery?

Steve: Makers Nutrition seeks to be a one-stop shop for supplement companies. Our clients, many of them startups and small businesses, know everything about their brand, but don’t have the time to learn all there is to know about the logistics required to get a product to market. We know that the best hope for success for our clients is to do all we can to allow them to focus on their brand and marketing. Our success comes from that of our clients. Our business model was created to be everything but the marketing department for our client. We offer a full range of packaging options, have great designers on staff to help our clients with the perfect presentation, and offer full logistical support for every point in the process. Our fulfillment centers are integrated with all of the top e-commerce platforms, and we work with the biggest and best transportation companies in the country to provide our clients with the best-priced, fully insured delivery options for everything from a single bottle to a truckload. We have negotiated the absolute best discounts with all our carriers, and we pass along the savings to our clients. Whether a simple warehouse delivery or white glove service, we can provide the right delivery at the best price for any client, fully insured.

What are some of the challenges associated with freight and how does Makers Nutrition prevail?

Steve: Commercial freight is a complicated matter for both LTL and full-load shippers. It is difficult, frankly, for a small business to get a decent deal on freight shipping or to know how to properly classify freight. Makers Nutrition’s clients benefit from our team’s 25 plus years of experience in freight scheduling and our enormous volume of package, LTL, and full load shipments annually. We work with the best companies in the business and offer significantly discounted rates and tracking capabilities to our clients. We can offer the proper delivery options for a client with all types of freight needs and we make sure there are no ugly surprises along the way.

How do we fully insure our freight and why is this feature so important?

Steve: One of the pitfalls of shipping freight is that it is rarely insured for its full value, especially in our industry. Most people fail to ask the right questions and assume that all freight is fully insured. The truth is that there is a cap on the insurance provided with full-load freight and that LTL freight is based on a fixed amount per pound. In our industry, a loss of freight can be disastrous as the product almost always requires expensive, additional insurance to cover the value of the shipment. Too many shippers find out the hard way that their freight is under-insured when they receive a reimbursement of pennies on the dollar for lost freight. Makers Nutrition has a master policy that covers all of our shipments for their full value. Such a policy might be impractical or unaffordable to an occasional, small-volume shipper and so they take a big risk with each shipment. As part of our one-stop shop concept, we offer freight scheduling to all of our clients, fully insured, under our master policy.

I know that what sets Makers Nutrition apart from competition is the fact that we are FDA- and NSF- GMP-registered. How does that affect the quality of service we provide?

Steve: The dietary supplement industry is often said to be “unregulated.” That could not be further from the truth. The FDA heavily regulates the industry to make sure that dietary supplements are safe to consume. The industry has extensive regulations for sourcing, handling, cross-contamination prevention, allergen control, packaging, labeling, and testing of raw materials and finished products. The FDA issues a full line of regulations known as Current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP. The cGMP guidelines are issued to make sure that the industry follows procedures required to produce, store and ship safe products. While the FDA cannot inspect every company in the country regularly, the agency allows NSF International to do so as a proxy. Makers Nutrition is an FDA-registered company, and we voluntarily have NSF International audit our operations twice annually to ensure that we are in full compliance with FDA regulations for our company. It would be much easier and much less expensive to ignore the cGMP regulations, I am sure, and certainly there are many companies in the industry that do not follow the regulations, but from our perspective, we want our clients to have the peace of mind knowing that we are FDA- cGMP-registered so they and their customers will know they are getting high-quality product that is safe.

Why is Makers Nutrition the industry’s #1 choice provider?

Steve: Makers Nutrition is a company that allows its clients to focus on developing their brand and marketing. We serve as the manufacturing, design, compliance, and logistics departments for each our clients. We are FDA-registered and GMP-compliant and offer the very best in quality and customer service. The question should be why would a client choose anything else?

So today, think of the unnecessary complications hindering your dietary supplement success. If the fulfillment center with which you are currently partnered overcharges you for unreliable service, perhaps switching to the most dependable source, Makers Nutrition, is in your future. We warehouse all vitamins and supplements—that’s capsules, tablets, softgels, powders, and gummies—in a climate-controlled environment that surpasses both GMP standards and client expectations. Our real-time tracking software and cost-efficient deals with the industry’s most reputable carriers may just be exactly what you have been looking for this whole time. Don’t settle for less.

More than fulfillment

The best part about Makers Nutrition is that we do not only serve you as a supplement manufacturer. We serve as your one-stop solution for all of your dietary supplement needs under one big roof. You may go to another supplement manufacturer and be told that they cannot work within your confines, that your business is just too small. With us, we have low private label MOQs so you can grow your business effectively. We know that startups are… just starting up. So, we are here to serve as your guide, with an understanding of the room you need to become the brand you are destined to become.

The private label vitamin advantage

Should you choose private label, we carry a wide variety of products that hit nearly every area of health you can think of, including bone and joint, immune, heart, and digestive wellness. These vitamins and supplements can help your business thrive on a competitive market, especially since we have all the tools and resources needed to take your line to the next level. A large portion of what we make possible for you is due to the fact that we are open 24/7. Instead of the phone ringing and ringing so you can leave a message and never hear back from any ordinary vitamin manufacturing company, when you dial 1-844-625-3771, you reach a human being, not a robot or voicemail. No matter what, one of our representatives will always get back to you within 48 hours, usually even sooner.

So, what are you waiting for? Take advantage of what we have to offer today!

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