A Problem with Standard Process
Business Week.com recently posted an interesting story concerning difficulty Standard Process is having in keeping their products, supposedly exclusively available through health care practitioners, out of the hands of any one with an Internet connection and a credit card (read the story here).
The author, David E. Gumpert, declares it an “uphill battle” while giving the company at least credit for trying. Apparently the company has issued a zero tolerance policy regarding the resale of their supplements online - you get caught, you get cut off - no more Catalyn or Almond Crunch bars for you…
It appears Mr. Gumpert was unfamiliar with Standard Process, and the concept of certain nutritional supplements available only at the recommendation of a health care practitioners, when he began work on this piece. Even after he did a bit of research, he thought of it as simply “making his life more difficult.”
Standard Process has grown into a quite a conglomeration since its humble beginnings in 1929 - perhaps that’s part of the problem. With 175 or so different products, and thousands of qualified buyers, it would be quite a daunting task to monitor the vast expanses of the Internet in search of these renegade supplement suppliers.
As a much smaller company than Standard Process, Enzymes, Inc. has not experienced this degree of problems with our professional product lines. Of course, we are focused mainly on enzyme supplements, and we do offer different product lines available to consumers.
We’ve also heard, through the grapevine, of Standard Process products actually being available at retail health and nutrition outlets. Health care providers can rest assured this will never happen with the professional product lines from Enzymes, Inc.
Like Standard Process, we are vigilant in monitoring the Internet for unauthorized distribution of our products. But since our focus is more concentrated, the road isn’t nearly as rough.
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