We need new systems for the increasingly efficient distribution of food that is sustainably produced, nutritious, and healthy.
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That requires not just low costs and clever design but expert marketing, efficient distribution and lots of money.
Lodish, who served on the board of Quidsi before its acquisition by Amazon, says the firm developed highly efficient distribution networks revolving around state-of-the art information technology.
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If WH Smith is to get its way, it will have to persuade its critics that they will be able to benefit from a more efficient distribution system.
Gunn likes low-cost global producers with efficient distribution systems.
Wal-Mart ( WMT), too, frightened its weaker grocery competitors early on with its beefy and efficient distribution system and what some saw as its bullying of suppliers and workers, all to keep costs super low.
"As innovation in home electrical technology advances, so does the need for safe, reliable and efficient power distribution, " says Joanne Edwards, vice president and general manager, Residential Division, Eaton.
But in terms of generation and distribution, electricity is 33% efficient and generation and distribution of natural gas is about 98% efficient.
It also does not say that markets are necessarily efficient in the distribution of all goods.
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My argument was not against more efficient modes of distribution, but rather a single or very few controlling the system.
The platform is efficient for content distribution, sharing and self expression.
Adding vitamins and supplements can give companies more leverage when negotiating with retail pharmacies that have consolidated, as well as opportunities to make more efficient use of distribution and supply chains.
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In order to meet the increasing demand for such alternative energy, efficient production and widespread distribution of these fuels would need to be undertaken.
In view of the recent global economic turmoil and our limited financial resources, our business plan for 2010 has been to continue to focus on the marketing and distribution of energy efficient products in China.
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Suzanne Given, chief operating officer, said Supergroup was combining its two distribution centres to become efficient and give customers a better experience.
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From smarter power distribution, to more efficient cities, to digital battlefields, to self-optimizing supply chains, to hyper-targeted products, it all seems possible and the world seems poised to make deep inroads into smart and sustainable development.
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Dealing with these large chains reduced distribution costs, facilitated efficient ordering practices, allowed the creation of set title lists, and created a coherent network for book signings and literary events that promoted publishers and sellers joint interests.
This distribution, combined with efficient collection systems has resulted in a non-performing loan rate of 5.5% as of Sept. 30, which is actually an improvement over the 12.3 % from the year prior and well below the consumer finance banking average in Mexico.
With ebooks, the distribution system becomes much more efficient and cheaper with a potentially global market, as there are no barriers for exporting to other countries.
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The Vatileaks episode offered a glimpse into some of the disfunctionality, normally due to petty squabbles among internal factions within middle management, but also drew attention to the traditional feudal structure of governance within and among the offices, and how the current structures and attitudes impede the distribution of information to facilitate efficient governance, thereby hampering the Church's mission to evangelise.
Mr Franzia's firm, the Bronco Wine Company, brings California's excess grapes to its plant in Napa Valley from all over the state. (The firm's use of the Napa name on its labels is, as a result, currently the subject of a lawsuit.) Bronco owns an efficient modern plant and has its own distribution network, so it can deliver wine directly to Trader Joe's warehouses, which keeps costs down.
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It is understandable that the food industry wants to protect our efficient and safe systems of food production and distribution, but their anxiety takes into account neither the realities of contemporary agriculture nor the nuances of biopharming.
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