In some cases, medicines get hijacked somewhere along the distribution chain and get sold.
Structural problems in India's farm distribution chain are also contributing to high food prices.
Initial food supplies would come through the distribution chain that stocked Valero gas stations.
They could only produce what those above them in the distribution chain wanted to buy.
Attempts by manufacturers to streamline networks and create a leaner distribution chain move very slowly.
Primarily operating in the Southeast, RGNC moves natural gas through the distribution chain.
However, it does still own enough of the food-distribution chain to be able to promise plentiful supplies of cheap produce for Tet.
Right now, they only use stickers that are easily removed by anyone at any point in the distribution chain or the aftermarket.
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They also understand the fast-changing local distribution chain better.
Although NBC is owned by General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ), it is not a part of a stable of production houses, recording studios and cable outlets the way its Big Four peers are--each of them part of an entire content distribution chain.
Then it goes through another multi-tiered chain of distribution, often over multiple continents, before the final pieces are set and crafted into traditional objects of beauty.
ISPs already offer free service in parts of France, such as Groupe Serveur or World Online, Kingfisher has the advantage that Dixons had of access to a trusted distribution network in its Darty chain of household-goods stores, which will give out free starter discs to its numerous customers.
Most utilities operated as monopolies controlling the entire chain of production through distribution.
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The next weak link in the power-deregulation chain is transmission and distribution .
This upside is justifiable if Apple is able to sell iPhone 5 at a higher price point and curb its manufacturing costs while ensuring smoother distribution and management of its supply chain.
Greenpeace asks companies to measure and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of their products: supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, customer use, and end-of-life, using a combination of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy policy advocacy.
And a lot of times, farmers are not making all the money from their products because it goes through this chain of shipping and processing and distribution, and there are a lot of middlemen between the farmer and the end user.
Therefore, distribution must be delivered through a multi-layer supply chain that ends in thousands of mom-and-pop storefronts.
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Wasson is en route to forging the first global pharmacy chain, with worldwide buying power and a massive distribution network.
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So why would Apple, known for meticulous control of its supply chain, stay quiet when someone has invaded its distribution network in China?
While other business processes like distribution have improved by leaps and bounds thanks to supply-chain technology innovation and that old stalwart, Six Sigma, the revenue process is still one of the most inefficient areas of enterprise today.
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Given the uncertainty in the demand environment, we decided to aggressively and proactively adjust our supply chain now to maintain lean inventories, especially in the distribution channel.
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Outsourcing of manufacturing, for instance, is feasible only if it can be separated from other supply chain activities: product development, branding, marketing, distribution, and after sales services.
As I discuss in The Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, for instance, outsourcing of manufacturing is feasible only if it can be separated from other supply chain activities: product development, branding, marketing, distribution, and after sales services.
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They provide an alternative, virtual supply chain, one where the costs of creation, marketing, distribution and use of information goods have plummeted to something close to zero.
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Gasfin is an independent developer and operator of innovative small and mid-scale LNG solutions across the LNG infrastructure chain from liquefaction to shipping, storage, regasification and local distribution.
Like Morton, who comes from the entrepreneurial family that started the Morton's steakhouse chain, the Maloofs are known for their beer and booze distribution empire, as well as for their sports teams, including basketball's Sacramento Kings.
The product also boasts a flexible and innovative distribution channel, as Max Life has signed an agreement with a national retail chain, I-SERV, to let policyholders manage their policies at 12, 500 of its stores.
Typically, companies in this industry manage complex and interrelated decisions that span the entire value chain, ranging from the procurement of feedstocks to production, marketing, logistics and distribution.
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