Yet the employees who carry out the operations that make up much of a supply chain's individual components, such as driving trucks, overseeing warehouses or operating fork-lifts, are not always treated as though their jobs are important.

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Instead of driving to the ballpark, they tie a ball and chain to each foot and walk to work, because they're scrappy like that.

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Mobile commerce is driving the requirement for mobile remote payments, creating new revenue potential for businesses involved in the value chain including Communications Service Providers, banks and credit card companies, transport operators and merchants and also postal operators who have diversified by offering banking services and mobile services through their vast networks.

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