Dietary supplement processing small order analysis

In the health care product processing industry that uses traditional Chinese medicines, new resource substances, fruit and vegetable enzymes, probiotics, and minerals as the main raw materials, small orders account for a considerable proportion, and most of them are new investments in the health food field.From the perspective of dietary supplement manufacturers, this model has both advantages and disadvantages. If not operated properly, it may backfire!

What is the starting point for small orders of dietary supplements?

1. Reduce project risks: By reducing the number of processed health products as much as possible, reducing the investment in the entire commissioned production project, and then achieving the effect of reducing risks, this should be the original intention of most investors. After all, it is my first time to get involved in the health industry. No one will give a clear answer to how deep the water is, so I can only try it myself.

2. Product sales are limited: This situation is related to the industry the investor is engaged in or the customer group he already has, such as traditional Chinese medicine clinics processing formula products, or formal health care institutions expanding their business through products. Such customers often design orders with reference to the factory's minimum order quantity.

3. Product market testing: Find a factory to process small batches of tableted candies, solid beverages, or substitute teas. Obtain regular products in a short period of time, conduct market response testing, and then carry out large-volume production.

The emergence of small orders for dietary supplements is mainly due to the above three factors. In fact, they are all risk avoidance. However, when processing small batches, there will be many factors beyond the control range, making it impossible to get the intended product you want.

What are the disadvantages of processing small orders for dietary supplements?

1. In terms of packaging materials: In the commissioned production of tablets, powders, granules, water pills and tea bags, not only the product itself will have a corresponding minimum order quantity, but the packaging materials used will also have a minimum order quantity. For example, the minimum order quantity for packaging bottles is usually 5,000 pieces, and the minimum order quantity for aluminum foil bags is 300 kilograms. If you want to originally design a packaging solution for your own products, many packages may not meet the minimum order quantity. This means that you have to pay the same packaging material cost for a large order for a small amount of products. As a result, the cost per unit product will rise sharply.

2. Processing costs: The processing costs of food, special meal, and blue hat health food manufacturers are inversely proportional to the batch production volume. This is a common feature of production-oriented factories. Therefore, small orders are bound to have the same start-up and clearance costs as large orders. By apportioning it to the smallest sales unit, small orders for dietary supplement processing will not have an advantage. As a result, it is difficult for the product to have strong competitiveness when it reaches the end market.

What are the benefits of dietary supplement processing for small orders?

1. Reduce trial and error costs: Of course, the lower the trial and error costs, the better. This cannot be overstated. The advantages of small orders are indeed obvious.

2. Reduce inventory pressure: Most of the products processed by the same source of medicine and food have a shelf life of 18 or 24 months. For products with slow circulation, small batch processing is undoubtedly the preferred solution to reduce inventory pressure.

Although small-order dietary supplement processing projects have both advantages and disadvantages, it is still better to reasonably plan tablets, tea bags and granules OEM projects based on the minimum order quantities of various products corresponding to food manufacturers and the order quantities of packaging materials. Can reduce risk.