Natures Thyme, LLC

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Natures Thyme, LLC

• Joseph M. Johnson
• Yat H. Tsoi
• Toby K. Waller
• Yazan El Akkad

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General Information

• Natures Theme is proud to provide over 1,500
  nutritional powders, extracts, and much more to
  customers
• Three key elements to their business
• Quality
• Price
• Customer service (the most important)
• 3 Locations headquarters office in New Jersey

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Products and Quality

• Products
• Amino Acid
• Nutraceutical
• Botanical products for human consumption (e.g.
  L-Glutamine, Calcium, and Milk Thistle extract)
• At Natures Thyme their focus is on quality first

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Natures Thyme

• Works only with GMP and ISO certified companies

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Natures Theme

• Imports products from India, China, Indonesia,
  Peru, Canada, Brazil many more
• Inventory is stored in warehouses on East and
  West coast of America

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Natures Thyme

• Over 1500 Natures Thyme products sold thru
• Online orders
• Phone
• Fax

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Todays Focus

• Creatine Monohydrate
• Tracking it through the supply chain

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Creatine Monohydrate

• Widely known, and used by athletes
• Initially procured/ manufactured by Tianjin
  Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
• When inventory drops below reorder point,
  Natures Thyme places an order with Tianjin
  Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
• Orders are placed for many products including
  creatine

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Suppliers Responsiveness

• Tianjin Tiancheng pharmaceutical Co. Ltd requires
  a 25 kilo minimum order size on Creatine and most
  other products
• Natures Thyme often triples this amount
• Orders can be flown if the customer demands
  responsiveness
• Typically orders are sent from China via ship

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Suppliers Responsiveness

• Now we will follow Creatineas it is shipped.

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The Supply Chain

• Creatine is shipped to America through companies
  like Shanon Express International
• Shipping is not responsive (slow), but efficient
• Creatine reaches the Western USA
• Then its taken by truckto warehouses based on
  need
• Natures Thyme ships B2B via DHL with a minimum
  order size of 5KG for most products.

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Shipping Options

• If B2B customers desire responsiveness, then
  orders are sent from China to USA via air
• However, typically enough safety inventory is
  present to avoid this expensive alternative
• Shanon Express is typically used for this mode of
  transport as well
• 90 of Natures Thyme products (including
  Creatine) are shipped in order to cut cost

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Business Model

• Natures Thyme revenues are generated from this
  half of the supply chain
• Supplement manufactures and retailers are the
  most common customers
• Once orders are placed by customers they are sent
  via DHL
• At this point Natures Thyme is finished with the
  transaction
• They are a typical DC

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Business Partners

• Although not willing to disclose, these
  manufacturers/ retailers are companies like
• GNC
• Gaspari nutrition
• Etc.
• These companies take Natures Thyme products and
  turn them into a finished products for consumption

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Raw Materials sent fromChina or other nations.
Natures Thyme receives products and sells them
to manufacturesand retailers
Supply Chain Flow
Retailers and manufactures include companies like
GNC, Gaspari, Etc
The final step is for the consumer to purchase
the final product
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Third Party Logistics (3PLs)

• Customers receive their raw materials from
  Natures Thyme
• Natures Thyme relies on DHL to move products to
  customers
• Natures Thyme customers turn raw materials (like
  Creatine) into finished goods
• Many of you have probably consumed these products
• Creatine
• Ginkgo Biloba
• L-Glutamine

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Quality

• Natures Thyme checks the quality of all products
• This is done by their Lab located in New Jersey
• If the product does not meet requirements it is
  sent back to the manufacturer
• On the next slide you can see the lab analysis
  for Creatine Monohydrate

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Natures Thyme Review

• Natures Thyme Role in the Supply Chain
• Second tier in a three tier supply chain
• China (Tier 1)
• Natures Thyme (Tier 2)
• Retailer (Tier 3)
• Consumer
• Distribution Center for Retailers

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Conclusion

• Questions or Comments?
• Thank You for Your Time and Attention!
• Have a Nice Day ?
• Best Wishes on Your Future Endeavors Dr. Davis.